Silton Surgery
Silton Road, Silton, Gillingham, SP8 5DF

Clinical Services

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Services available

We offer a range of clinics and services at the surgery:

  • general medical services
  • maternity medical services
  • contraception
  • well-woman and well-man checks
  • childhood immunisations
  • travel consultations
  • flu vaccinations
  • blood tests for anticoagulant and medicine monitoring
  • ECG and blood pressure monitoring
  • dispensary
  • NHS hearing aid batteries (please bring your hearing aid battery book)

Health checks

Health checks with the practice nurse are available for all patients over 40.

Please fill in an alcohol questionnaire before your appointment.

We recommend that everyone over 75 has a health check every year. Please book an appointment with the practice nurse if you would like one. At this appointment, we may ask for details of your next of kin or a friend we can contact in an emergency.

We also suggest that everyone aged 16 to 74 has a check-up every 3 years. Please book this with the practice nurse.

Vaccinations

Flu

The flu vaccine is safe and effective. It’s offered every year on the NHS to help protect people at risk of getting seriously ill from flu.

The NHS website has information about who can get it, how to book and where to get the vaccine:

COVID-19

The COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective. It gives you the best protection against COVID-19.

The NHS website has information about the vaccine, who can get it, and its safety and side effects: COVID-19 vaccination (nhs.uk).

Other vaccinations

Find out about NHS vaccinations and when to have them (nhs.uk).