The NHS provides free health care for most people.
It is important to understand that GPs are self employed and not all of the services we provide are covered by the NHS payments to the practice.
Please expect a fee for non NHS services. The staff or your doctor should inform of any charges before carrying out non NHS work.
We also offer private medicals which may be needed by any agency such as your employer or for overseas visa applications. Please contact the Practice Manager for further details.
If you would like to request other private services, please use this form.
Travel Health
The Portchester Practice no longer offers a full travel service. We will, when possible, continue to offer those vaccines that are available on the NHS. If less than 6 weeks before your planned travel date it is unlikely that we will be able to offer you an appointment. You may have to pay for these vaccines with a local travel clinic.
If more than 6 weeks we will send you an online form to complete. Once returned it will be reviewed by a practice nurse and an appointment will be made for you for the appropriate NHS vaccines ONLY.
You will still need to contact a travel clinic to be given the correct travel advice and to receive those travel vaccinations that are not available on the NHS.
Select the region you are travelling to find out more.
EHIC to apply for your free European Health Insurance Card
Attached Services
Child & Family
Our health visitors specialise in child and family health, child development, and children with special needs. They run a child health clinic on a regular basis. Please ring 01489 554930 option 3 to book your 10 minute appointment.
Patient Support Team
This team have experience in terminal care, wound care and continence. They visit patients that are confined to their homes and can be contacted on 023 9232 4166.
Community Midwives
Home visits to pregnant patients are available and our midwives also carry out antenatal clinics at the practice in association with the doctors. They can also attend after a birth and arrange parent craft classes which are held at Fareham Community Hospital (telephone 01489 587444). You can also contact the Blake Birthing Centre on 02392 523651.
Self-refer your pregnancy to SHIP Maternity Referral
We offer phlebotomy clinics 4 mornings a week. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Appointments are available between 0800hrs – 1400hrs. You can book your appointment online once the practice team send you a self book link via your mobile phone or via the reception team.
Since October 1, 2018, blood tests, requested by us, for you, have been carried out by our own practice.
By providing the service in-house, we hope this change has helped us to improve our services to you by improving your access to our services and making it easier to make appointments at a more convenient time.
This change has also helped the local NHS streamline its community phlebotomy services across the area, so that all GP practices offer this service in the same way.
There has been no change for patients who have their blood taken at home as part of our domiciliary service.
Our staff will advise you of the booking process when we ask you to have a blood test.
Portsmouth Hospital Trust (PHT) will continue to take your bloods at Queen Alexandra Hospital if the request is as a result of an appointment you have had at the hospital or part of the care you are under at the hospital. The hospital staff will be able to tell you the opening hours of the various sites.
We offer a number of services provided by our registered general nurses and health care support worker. These are available by appointment during normal surgery hours. You can see them without the need to see a doctor first for any of the following: