Faversham Urgent Treatment Centre

The practice runs the Urgent Treatment Centre at the Faversham Health Centre.

It is available to all patients both in and out of Faversham.

It is open from 8 AM till 8 PM 7 days a week, including Bank Holidays.

You can get help for any

• Minor Injuries - cuts, wounds, grazes, eye and ear injuries, bites, abscesses, falls, burns, sprains, strains and foreign bodies.
• Minor Illnesses - infections, rashes, emergency contraception (morning after pill), coughs and colds.

Clinics

Anticoagulation (Warfarin)Clinic

Clinics are held on Mondays and Thursdays for patients who have been transferred from secondary care.

Diabetes Clinic

By appointments for annual review, blood tests and updates.

Dermatology Clinic

We offer an in-house dermatology clinic run by a consultant which has links to hospital services.

Lifestyle Advisor-One You

One You Lifestyle Advisors- formally known as Health Trainers.

• We offer free, confidential one-to-one support to help patients make positive lifestyle changes. We work in the most deprived areas of Kent to reduce health inequalities.
• We offer up to six free sessions of support, encouragement and practical assistance in local venues.
• We work with our clients to establish what changes they want to make, to develop a personalised behaviour change plan and to provide support and encouragement to enable them to achieve their goals.
• Issues we can help with include:
  • accessing local services
  • physical activity
  • healthy eating
  • healthy weight
  • stopping smoking
  • alcohol/drugs concerns
  • reducing stress
  • sexual health concerns.
• Referral criteria
  • Health Trainers work mainly with clients aged 18-65, though we will accept referrals for over 65s if they would benefit from our service.
  • We cannot accept referrals for patients who have unstable mental health conditions or who are not compliant with their medication regime.
  • Please see your GP or speak to the receptionist to book in to see Mark who is available every Friday

Orthopaedic Clinics

KIMS Hospital now run some NHS and private Orthopaedic clinics at the practice. See here for more details.

Respiratory Clinic (Asthma and COPD)

By appointment for annual review and updates.

Smoking Cessation

A local self-referral service is run by the local pharmacies to help patients to quit smoking. Advice and nicotine replacement medication is available, free of charge after the initial prescription. Please speak to your local pharmacy.

NHS Health Checks

These are available from patients aged from 40-74 years old. They are run on a rolling 5 year timetable and you will need to be invited to attend. Times to suit.

Services

Antenatal 

We all provide maternity care, sharing your care with your midwife and the local hospitals.  If you think you are pregnant, please make an appointment with one of the GPs.

Breast Screening 

The NHS Breast Screening Programme offers a free breast screening service every three years to women aged 50-70 who are registered with a GP.

Every woman will receive her first screening invitation by her 53rd birthday.

Women over the age of 70 can self-refer for a screening mammogram every three years by contacting their local screening office (01227 783000) to make an appointment.

Cervical Screening 

The practice nurses and the doctors take cervical smears in-line with NHS guidelines.

• aged 25 to 49 – every three years
• aged 50 to 64 – every five years
• over 65 – only women who haven't been screened since age 50 or those who have recently had abnormal tests

If you have not had your regular smear and have had a letter from the local health authority inviting you for one, please make an appointment to see the nurse. You will receive a letter advising you of the result from the health authority. 

Child Health/Vaccinations 

All vaccinations are done by our Practice Nurses. Please make an appointment at the appropriate time for these to be done. Please check your "Red Book" for appropriate times.

Family Planning 

The practice provides a full range of family planning services, including the contraception pill, depo injection, implant and coils.

Medical Examinations 

Appointments for pre-employment, life assurance, HGV medicals and other organizations are available on request. Please ring your GP’s secretary who will arrange this for you. Charges are made for all medical examinations as well as reports, certificates and letters prepared for you. Please ask at reception for our list of charges. 

Minor surgery & Joint Injections

Most minor operations and joint injections can be done in our treatment room.

Postnatal and New baby checks

You will be contacted for an appointment with your registered GP 8 weeks following the birth of your baby.  During this appointment the doctor will examine both you and your baby and the nurse will give your baby their first set of immunisations.

Physiotherapy

We are pleased to offer an in-house physiotherapy service run in conjunction with Kesson Physiotherapy.

Travel Clinic

Please see under Travel Clinic

Ultrasound Services

We offer an in-house ultrasound service for our patients. We are able to arrange ultrasound scans in the surgery for most conditions. Any conditions which can't be scanned by the in-house service will be scanned at Kent & Canterbury Hospital.

X-ray

Available 10am to 4pm Monday-Friday. Patients need to bring with them the forms provided by their GP and do not need to book an appointment.

Travel Clinic Information for Patients

We no longer provide travel forms for completion. If you are travelling abroad, please follow steps below:

1. Visit website www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk
   • Click on DESTINATION and locate your travel destination(s)
2. If you require any of the below NHS vaccines (free of charge) then print off the vaccination information and book an appointment to see the Practice Nurse 6-8 weeks prior to your departure. You will need to bring the printed off vaccination information to your appointment.
   • Hepatitis A
   • Typhoid
   • Tetanus/Diptheria/Polio
   • Cholera
     • This is not required routinely for travellers. Should only be considered following a full risk assessment, for the following categories of traveller:
       • Relief or disaster aid workers
       • Persons with remote itineraries in areas where cholera epidemics are occurring and there is limited access to medical care
       • Travellers to potential cholera risk areas, for whom vaccination is considered potentially beneficial
3. If you require any other travel vaccinations not available on the NHS, please visit a travel clinic or contact:
   • Ashford Travel Clinic 01233 503666
   • Boots 01227 470944
   • BMI Chaucer Hospital (not children under 16yrs) 01227 825137
   • Tankerton Pharmacy 01227 272336

Faversham Medical Practice is NO longer a Yellow Fever Centre

Non-NHS Services

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges.

Fees for these private services are below: