Medical and Nursing Services provided by Lantern Surgery

These consultations are by appointment only. 

The Practice Nursing Team help us to provide many different services.

These include vaccinations, travel advice, stopping smoking, cervical smears, dressings and ear syringing, general health advice, blood tests and a variety of specific 'mini clinics' - see below. 

STOP PRESS:  FLU VACCINATIONS BOOKING NOW:

- If you are over 65 or in an 'at risk group' or pregnant please phone and book your flu jab NOW.  - JUST DO IT!

Diabetes Care

• Make enquiries at Reception to book a blood test prior to clinic attendance. Then make an appointment with Joanne Downs on a Tuesday or Wednesday morning a week later. See the Diabetes UK website for excellent advice.

Blood Pressure Checks

• Tori Russell will check your blood pressure on a Wednesday and Thursday by appointment.

Stop Smoking Clinic

• An appointment with Tori Russell who will help discuss choices and strategy and advise on treatment. Also see 'Give up smoking'.

Family Planning Services (including I.U.C.D.)

• With both doctors – telephone to make an appointment. Here is a summary of the different forms of contraception. Dr. Kearsey fits 'coils' regularly and very expertly.

Pregnancy Testing and Maternity care

• Make an appointment with the Practice Nurse if you need a pregnancy test. 
• If you are already pregnant then please see a doctor within the first few weeks so that you can be referred to the Midwife.  There is useful general information about pregnancy here and about Kingston Hospital Maternity services here.
• Postnatal examinations are performed at 8 weeks after birth by both doctors.

Travel Vaccinations

• Available by booked appointments with the Practice Nurse every week-day morning - please complete a travel questionnaire before coming. Useful detailed information here about anti-malaria medications. 

       Some vaccinations are charged for. see FEES.

Yellow Fever Centre

• Yellow fever vaccine is needed in parts of Africa and South America.  Available by booked appointments with the Practice Nurse every week-day morning. People who are not registered with the practice can alsoo book here for Yellow Fever and other travel vaccines.

Well Man Checks

• Available by booked appointments with the Practice Nurse every week-day morning.  If you are over 50 and were thinking of having a PSA (Prostate cancer) blood test please read this FIRST .  Please see a doctor before considering a PSA test.
• Cholesterol testing - in general is not needed under the age of 40 unless there is a strong family history of heart disease and if normal need not be repeated for  5 years as in general our natural level changes little. If you have been advised your cholesterol is high you may find this dietary advice useful

            Cholesterol and my Diet

• For further information about cholesterol, blood pressure and much else, see The British Heart Foundation website

Well Woman Checks

• Available by booked appointments with the Practice Nurse every week-day morning.  Please arrange to have a cervical smear 'mid month' - ie 2 weeks before your next period. More information about having a smear - HERE  plus information about the NHS Breast Cancer screening service

Dr Kearsey runs the Infant Health clinic on a Tuesday afternoon in conjunction with Joanne Downs, one of our 2 very experienced practice nurses, who administers all the vaccinations.

The clinic begins at 1.30 pm on Tuesdays and is for WELL babies and infants.

We hold the clinic separately to normal surgeries so that young babies are at less risk of exposure to other older patients with possible 'bugs'.

The routine examination performed at the surgery is :

• 8 week review: come to the Well Baby Clinic, no appointment necessary.

• Immunisations: at 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 week, 13 months and when notified by post. See HERE for the present list, no appointment necessary.
• A review at 2 years old is conducted by the Health Visitor.  Please contact the Health Visitor at Emberbrook Clinic on 020 8398 0914 ext 247 to arrange this.

• For more information about immunisations please see 'Immunisations-NHS' .
• We will never give or recommend separate vaccines for MMR.

There are many services that we provide that are not available or funded throught the NHS.  For these services we do make a charge.

We expect payment at the time the service is provided so please do not ask us to send you an account.

In rare instances when a person does not "pass" a medical - eg for a PSV or HGV licence.  The full fee is still payable.

A list of our present fees (which is not exhaustive) can be seen on the link below. 

FEES 2011

Please note, occasionally if the work required is significantly greater than the average, we reserve the right to increase the stated fees but you will be advised of any change before we proceed.

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