Living with chronic pain can be challenging, but you don’t have to face it alone. Engaging with self-help and support groups can be an essential part of your pain management journey. These groups provide valuable resources, emotional support, and practical tips to help you live a fuller life despite chronic pain.
Explore These Resources:
1. Flippin’ Pain Visit Flippin’ Pain for a wealth of information on pain management. This community-focused initiative aims to change the way we think about, talk about, and treat pain. It offers educational resources, expert insights, and stories from others living with pain.
2. Lincolnshire Pain Star The Lincolnshire Pain Star is a comprehensive guide created by Lincolnshire Prescribing and Clinical Effectiveness Forum. It offers evidence-based advice on managing chronic pain, including medication reviews and alternative therapies.
3. Live Well with Pain The Live Well with Pain website is designed to support people living with long-term pain. It provides practical tools, self-help strategies, and a supportive community to help you manage your pain and improve your quality of life.
4. Opioids Aware – Faculty of Pain Medicine For those using or considering opioids for pain management, Opioids Aware by the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists is an essential resource. It offers detailed information about the risks and benefits of opioids, helping you make informed decisions about your treatment options.
Referrals
If you have been referred to a hospital and are waiting to be seen as an out patient or an in patient and your symptoms deteriorate, unfortunately hospitals are no longer accepting expedite letters from the GP.
It is therefore advised that you contact the hospital that you have been referred to directly.
If you are waiting for an appointment at Johnson Community Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital or Lincoln County Hospital, please call:
New Appointments
01522 573200
Follow-up Appointments
01522 513199
If you are waiting for an appointment at Peterborough City Hospital or Stamford and Rutland Hospital, please call
Peterborough City Hospital or Stamford Outpatients Referral Line
01733 673555
Lincolnshire ‘EACH’ – patient referrals to community services and hospitals Website details.
Non-urgent advice: Private Referrals
You should contact the Private Provider directly to book an appointment, you may not need a referral from your GP.
If you have Private Medical Insurance, you should check with your insurer before you proceed.
If the private provider requires medical information this can be provided by supplying copies of hospital letters, or by sharing your medical records via the NHS app online medical records system. Alternatively, you can make a SAR request to obtain a free of charge printed summary of your medical record. There is no charge to either the patient or the insurer for the provision of a letter.
If a private provider requests more information from the surgery, this can be provided, following consent, and the cost of preparing the report can be charged to the private provider.
Hire a wheelchair
Hire a wheelchair from the British Red Cross for short-term use.
The British Red Cross Mobility Aid Service offers comfortable manual wheelchairs suitable for anyone over the age of 5. All Red Cross wheelchairs are available in a range of sizes, with fitted footrests as standard, and can be adapted with free accessories to better accommodate individual needs.
The practice offers a wide range of non NHS services at competitive prices.
These include:
Medical legal services
LGV/DRIVING/Sports medicals
Occupational Health medicals
Insurance medicals
Pre-employment medicals
Payment for these is to be made prior to the medical and we accept Cash, Cheque, and most Credit & Debit Cards (including non-UK cards) with the exception of American Express.
For further information please telephone reception on 01775765932.
Chronic Disease Management
The practice also ensures that clinical follow up is provided for patients with the following conditions.
It is suggested that patients with any of the following conditions familiarise themselves with information from patient.co.uk/pils.
It is encouraged that you gain as much information about your condition as possible so that your appointments with us are made more effective.
We offer chronic disease management services for the conditions listed below:
Diabetes
Coronary Heart Disease
Heart Failure
Stroke
Hypertension
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Epilepsy
Hyperthyroid – thyroid problems
Cancer
Asthma
Dementia
Depression – See below for further information
Chronic Kidney disease
Atrial Fibrillation
Cervical Smears
Coronary Heart Disease
Smoking Cessation
Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do to improve your health.
Please contact the surgery to book an appointment 01775 715999
Travel Health
Travel Questionnaires
To ensure that we have all the relevant information relating to your travel plans we ask that you complete a Travel Health Questionnaire for each person.
Please return the completed travel form to the surgery, we will then contact you to arrange a suitable appointment.
Travel forms must be handed into the Surgery a minimum of 6 weeks before travel, otherwise you will be classed as a last minute traveller, and will be asked to attend Travel Clinics as listed below.
Please note if you attend these clinics there will be a charge for the vaccines administered.
Immunisations
Some vaccinations may take up to 2 weeks or longer to work after completion of the course.
Malaria prophylaxis usually needs to be started 2 weeks before you depart and some vaccinations involve a whole course which may take up to 1 – 6 months depending on the immunity required.
To complete a full course of immunisation, it may require you to attend multiple appointments.
Non MMC patients – £20 charge for private consultations.
The practice charges for non-NHS immunisations, common vaccinations are listed below:
Japanese Encephalitis (Jap B)
(Course of 2 @ £99 each)
£198
Meningitis (ACWY)
(Single Dose at £50)
£50
Rabies
(Course of 3 @ £70 each)
£210
Tick Born Encephalitis
(Course of 3 @ £65 each)
£195
Cholera
(Course of 2 doses, first dose free)
£28
Hepatitis B -Adult -Pediatrics (children)
(Course of 3 @ £50) (Course of 3 @ £31)
£150 £93
Prices are correct at May 2023, cost of vaccination(s) will be confirmed at time of booking, and payment for complete course is required in full before the first vaccination of a course of treatment.
Payment can be made by cash and most credit or debit cards (including non-UK issued cards, but excluding American Express).
Other vaccinations are available, but not all are held in stock, and stock is subject to availability from our suppliers.
You do not have to be a registered patient to have travel vaccinations at the practice, but you will be asked to fill in the relevant paperwork so we can pass details to your regular GP.
(Non MMC Patients – £20 charge for private consultation)
You can obtain further information and establish likely vaccination requirements by visiting the websites below. The practice uses its own travel immunisation information from a source available only to healthcare professionals.
We are a Registered Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre
As a registered vaccination centre, we are able to offer the yellow fever vaccine to patients needing this for their protection when travelling in certain areas of the world.
In order to be a registered centre, we have to have received mandatory training in this subject. This is monitored by National Travel Health Network and Centre: nathnac.org.uk
Who needs this vaccine?
Usually travellers to areas of Africa and South America are advised to receive the vaccine a minimum of 10 days before travelling.
Travellers of 9 months of age and above require the vaccine for these areas.
Please take time to look at your travel itinerary.
This will guide you to your personal need for yellow fever vaccine.
Do I need to pay for this vaccine?
Yes; as this vaccine is not available on the NHS, you are required to pay for the vaccine at the time you receive it.
The cost of £70 is usual for this vaccine.
How long will the vaccine protect me for?
The vaccination will give you 10 years of protection, and you will gain protection against yellow fever approximately 10 days following the vaccine.
Why do I need a yellow fever certificate?
This international certificate of vaccination allows the immigration authorities of the country you are visiting to either:
Protect the population against yellow fever disease
Protect the traveller against the disease.
A certificate will automatically be issued to you when the vaccine has been administered.
You will be asked to sign the front page of the certificate and the details inside it will be completed by the Nurse administering the vaccine.
It should be kept safely and must be taken with you when you travel.
Without it, you may be held in immigration, or asked to return home.
I have lost my original certificate, can I get a replacement?
If the original details are available to use, then any yellow fever registered centre can issue a replacement certificate.
A charge may be made for this service.
If you need further advice regarding yellow fever, please book an appointment for travel advice with the one of the Practice Nurses who specialise in Travel Vaccination.
Smear Tests
Cervical Smears – ‘How it Works’
If you have been invited for cervical screening (a smear test), you may have questions or concerns about how your appointment will work now. We hope this page gives you answers or points you in the right direction to get them.
Read our full ‘How it works now’ series > If you are due (or over due) your smear test, please telephone our Receptionists on 01775 71599, who will be able to book you an appointment.
