Clinics and Services we provide:

• Chronic Disease Management
  We provide an integrated service in conjunction with practice and district nurses to manage chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma, ischaemic heart disease and hypertension.
• Contraception
  A range of contraceptive services are available, including the ‘morning-after-pill’. Health advice can also be given for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
• Maternity Advice
  All partners are on the obstetric list but we as doctors no longer offer home deliveries. The midwife for the area holds weekly antenatal clinics at the Kessingland surgery. The midwives may offer a home delivery.
• Minor Surgery
  All partners are approved for minor surgery and will carry out a range of minor surgical procedures.
• Child Developmental Assessment
  All partners are qualified to carry out these checks.
• Childhood Immunisations
• Smoking Cessation Clinics
  Help will be offered and you will be offered onward referral to a smoking cessation clinic.
• Chlamydia Screening
  We offer Chlamydia screening to all 16-24 year olds, both male and female. We would ask that you take advantage of this. You can collect a screening test kit from our nurses.
• Cervical Smears
  With the practice nurses.
• Smoking Cessation Clinic
  Help will be offered to stop smoking and referral to the cessation clinic
• Phlebotomy Service
  From 1st June 2022, Longshore Surgeries will be managing the Phlebotomy service internally across the three branches. Please call your Reception team for an appointment. 
• Babies and Children
  Immunisation, behaviour/sleep, feeding, special needs, toilet training/bedwetting etc.
• Emotional Wellbeing
  Depression, unemployment, marital breakdown, domestic violence, stress, bereavement, chronic illness, childcare, local support networks etc.
• Staying Healthy and Living a Healthy Life
  Drug and alcohol abuse, women’s/men’s health, contraception and family planning, pre-conception advice, sexual health, pregnancy, poverty, housing, disability etc.
• Health Visitors
  The health visiting team works closely with the local children’s centre and has information about all their services including baby massage and baby yoga.
• OneLife Suffolk
  Longshore Surgeries is working in partnership with OneLife Suffolk*, to encourage our patients to access their FREE services. If you live in Suffolk and would like support and help to improve your health then please click the logo below for more information.
• Travel Vaccinations
  Longshore Surgeries may provide the following travel vaccinations, if required, free of charge.
  Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio and Cholera.
  Patients requesting Cholera for travel, will be issued with a prescription for this vaccine.
  For any other travel vaccines or advise, please contact a Travel Clinic or visit ‘Fit for travel’ or the UK government ‘Foreign and Commonwealth office’ websites.