OUR CLINICS INCLUDE

Anti-coagulation, Asthma, Cholesterol, Child Health Surveillance, Chronic Heart Disease, Cryotherapy Clinic, Diabetes, Family Planning, Hypertension, Joint Injections, Menopause, Osteoporosis, Smoking Cessation, Travel Clinic, Weight Management, and Well-Women/Men clinics are available. We perform Minor Surgery once a month, (e.g. Wart Removal).

Child Health

The Childhood Vaccinations are now given in rapid successions at two, three and four months to protect small babies. It is very important that your child has these vaccinations. If you have any concerns about any immunisations, please speak to your GP or Health Visitor. 

View the NHS recommended immunisation schedule

If your child is not well and you need further advice please contact the Health Visitor or GP prior to the visit. 

The Health Visitors run a Baby Clinic with the GP every Tuesday between 01:30pm - 02:30pm. 

Advice is available at the Baby Clinic regarding immunisations and child development. Please bring your child's 'Child Health Record Book' (Red Book) to the clinic

Antenatal Clinic

Antenatal Clinics are held twice weekly by our midwife. They manage the care of our pregnant patients and appointments are normally at the Health Centre. Please bring a urine sample in a specimen container when attending an appointment.

A GUIDE TO YOUR CHILD'S HEALTH CHECKS

The Childhood Vaccinations are now given in rapid successions at two, three and four months to protect small babies. It is very important that your child has these vaccinations. If you have any concerns about any immunisations, please speak to your GP or Health Visitor.

For more information on Childhood vaccines timeline please visit: www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/childhood-vaccines-timeline/

If your child is not well and you need further advice please contact the Health Visitor or GP prior to the visit.

The Health Visitors run a Baby Clinic every Tuesday 1:30pm – 3:30pm, Wednesday 09:30am – 11:30am and Thursday 01:30pm - 03:30pm.

Advice is available at the Baby Clinic regarding immunisations and child development. Please bring your child's 'Child Health Record Book' (Red Book) to the clinic.

Sickness Certificates

You should not require a Doctor’s Certificate for the first 7 days of your sickness. Your Employer may, however, require you to complete a Self Certificate (SC2) which is available from your Employer, the Post Office or the DSS or our website.

For any illness lasting longer than 7 days you may need to see the Doctor for him/her to issue a Fitness for Work Certificate and sometimes for subsequent renewals. You can request subsequent renewals via the Online Consultation page on our website (www.theriversidesurgery.co.uk)

Should your Employer require a Doctor’s Note for a work absence of less than 7 calendar days, the Doctors may agree to do this but a fee will be charged for a private certificate.

Travel Clinic

If you are planning a holiday abroad, please book an appointment with our Practice Nurses at least 6 weeks before your departure date. Our Practice Nurses can advise you on your vaccination requirements.

Adult MSK (Musculoskeletal) Service – Bexley

Self-Referral

• You can now refer yourself directly to the Bexley MSK Service for simple physiotherapy problems without visiting your GP first, simply click on the banner to sign up!
• Please provide as much information as you can about your condition, this really helps us assess your needs and next steps.
• Following receipt of your self-referral, one of our team will be in touch to arrange a telephone triage session with a physiotherapist, and this will take around 20 minutes.
• From then, the team will discuss with you the next steps.
• Please note that self-referral is most helpful if you are suffering from recent injuries such as strains and sprains, or joint and muscular pain.

Please read more about the Bexley MSK service…

About Bexley MSK

Bexley MSK is a Multidisciplinary service providing care for a wide range of muscle, bone and joint pains and problems for adults in the Bexley locality.  We are a large team of Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Hand Therapists and Pain Psychologists with expert knowledge in how to help people manage painful conditions.

We can help you to manage a range of common conditions, such as;

• Sports injuries
• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Tendinopathy
• Plantar fasciitis
• Osteoarthritis
• Emotional distress caused by painful conditions

When you attend our service, you will be seen by a member of our team who will help develop a treatment plan to meet your needs, common treatments include:

• Education sessions on health and wellbeing
• Advice on sport and exercise
• Rehabilitation with focussed 1:1 exercise sessions
• Group exercise classes including Pilates and hydrotherapy
• Foot orthoses, braces, splints, and footwear advice
• Post-operative care following orthopaedic surgery
• Psychotherapy and psychology-led group sessions

If your condition does not get better, your clinician will be able to help you onto the next stage of your care plan by facilitating:

• Referrals for clinical investigations such as x-rays, MRIs, and blood testing
• Referrals on for consultant opinions such as orthopaedics, rheumatology, and pain management teams

The Bexley Team

Bexley MSK is a multidisciplinary Team which means we are a group of professionals from different disciplines who together make decisions about how to care for MSK conditions. Multidisciplinary teams are the Gold Standard for managing MSK conditions which means you will get the best possible outcome under our care. When you access our service, you may see one or more health professionals, and once under our care you can move easily within the service to find the right treatment plan for you.

Our specialist team includes

• Extended Scope Practitioner (ESP)

A highly skilled physiotherapist who specialises in a specific clinical area. Our service has clinicians who specialise in the management of upper limb, lower limb, spine, and complex pain conditions. They assess patients, order investigations (blood tests, scans -, MRI, Ultrasound,) start simple, non-surgical treatments and refer to surgeons, rheumatologists, and pain specialists.

• Musculoskeletal physiotherapist

A specialist therapist with expertise in treating joint, bone and muscle problems and disabilities.

• Hand therapist

An occupational therapist or physiotherapist who specialises in assessing, diagnosing, and treating hand and upper limb problems. They often help to speed up patients' recovery after surgery.

• Podiatrist

A specialist in assessing, diagnosing, and treating foot problems. A podiatrist is qualified to care for people with sports injuries and conditions such as arthritis and plantar fasciitis. You can find more information here 

• Pain Psychologist

Pain Psychologists are experts in helping people cope with the thoughts, feelings and behaviours that accompany long term pain.

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse six weeks prior to travelling to discuss your travel arrangements.  This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required. 

Information about countries and vaccinations required can be found on the links below:

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Carribean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make the initial appointment as early as possible  - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

Travel Questionnaire

Sickness Certificates

You do not require a doctor's sickness certificate for any illness lasting seven days or less. Your employer may however require you to complete a self-certification form (SC2) which is available from your employer or on the HMRC website.

For any illness lasting longer than seven days you will need to see the doctor for him/her to issue a sickness certificate (F.med3); and for any subsequent renewal of the certificate you can request these via the e-Consult button on our homepage. If your employer insists on a sickness certificate for 7 days or less a charge will be levied.

Non-NHS  Medical  Services

Should you require a special examination or report for insurance, driving, employment or for other reasons, this can be arranged through the Reception. This does not form part of the routine NHS and a charge will be made. You can find a list of some of our standard private fees at Reception. You will however, normally be contacted by our Reports Co-ordinator after leaving the information who will need to assess the work required with the Doctor and you will be contacted with the fee payable along with an idea of how long it is expected to take before completion.

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