Clinic & Services
Trinity Medical Centre offers a full range of General Medical Services and Enhanced Medical Services which includes:
| Alcohol counselling | Request a lifestyle appointment with a Healthcare Assistant. |
| Asthma/COPD reviews | Make your request clear to the receptionist, as these appointments require more time than routine appointments. |
| Baby/childhood Immunisations | By appointment with a Practice Nurse – make sure that the receptionist is aware of the nature of the appointment required. Click here for more advice on childhood immunisations. |
| Blood pressure checks | Request an appointment with a Healthcare Assistant. |
| Blood Tests | Blood tests ordered by one of our GPs or nurses can be taken here or at the Hove Polyclinic. Tests ordered by a hospital doctor should be booked at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. For Polyclinic blood test appointments phone 01273 265588 between 8.30 am and 2.30 pm Monday to Friday. |
| Cardiac disease reviews | Appointment with a Practice Nurse – make your request clear to the receptionist, as these appointments are longer than routine. |
| Cervical smears | Appointment with a Practice Nurse – make your request clear to the receptionist, as these appointments are longer than routine.The ideal time is midway between periods. We operate a recall system and contact women when their test is due. We recommend that women have a test at least every 3 years between the ages of 25 and 49 and then every 5 years between the ages of 50 and 64. |
| Contraception advice & emegency contraception | Contraceptive and sexual health advice is available to all our patients. As with all our services, we respect the need for strict confidentiality. Emergency contraception is available at this surgery. Leaflets are available in the entrance hall. Please speak to the receptionist and ask for an urgent appointment with either the nurse or a doctor, indicating the reason for your request. |
| Contraceptive pill checks | Appointment with a Practice Nurse. |
| Contraceptive coil check | Appointment with a Practice Nurse. |
| Contraceptive injections | Appointment with a Practice Nurse. |
| Contraceptive implants | Telephone surgery and discuss with receptionist – fittings are undertaken by specially trained doctors, and a preparatory appointment may be required. |
| Coil/IUCD fitting | Telephone surgery and discuss with receptionist – fittings are undertaken by specially trained doctors, and a preparatory appointment may be required. |
| Diabetes review | Appointment with a Practice Nurse – make your request clear to the receptionist, as these appointments are longer than routine. |
| Dressings | Appointment with a Practice Nurse or Healthcare Assistant – please explain the nature of the dressing required e.g. whether or not the wound has been dressed before – the receptionist will then be better placed to book the appropriate practitioner for the appropriate length of time. |
| Ear syringing | Appointment with a Healthcare Assistant – please make certain that the receptionist is aware if both ears require treatment. |
| ECG | Appointment with a Healthcare Assistant (test must be authorised/requested by a GP at the practice). |
| Flu injections | Special clinics take place in flu season (usually from October) – request an appointment with the flu nurse. |
| Injections (therapeutic) – Vitamin B12, Zoladex, Prostap | Appointment with a Practice Nurse or a Healthcare Assistant (as prescribed by a doctor) – explain the nature of the appointment to the receptionist so that you can be given an appointment with the appropriate practitioner. |
| Letter/correspondence enquiry | Ask to speak to the Medical Secretary. |
| Maternity services | Shared between your GP and the community midwife. Collect an information pack as soon as you know that you are pregnant and then make an appointment to see your doctor. This early appointment gives you an opportunity to discuss the care you would like to receive.Midwives hold clinics at the practice on a Thursday and Friday most weeks. Appointments can be booked on the practice appointment line, or the midwives can be contacted by telephone on 01273 523149. |
| Minor operations | Discuss with receptionist – procedures are undertaken by specially trained doctors, and you may need to be seen by a GP first. |
| NHS (lifestyle) Checks | Request an NHS check with a Healthcare Assistant. |
| Pneumonia injections | Appointment with a Practice Nurse or Health Care Assistant – these are available throughout the year for patients in at-risk groups; they are not restricted to the flu season. |
| Referral enquiry | Brighton Referral Management Service (“Optum”)Freephone: 0800 031 6639Local number: 020 3824 2001
BSUH Booking Hub for all referrals to RSCH/PRH 0300 303 8360 MSK partnership for Orthopaedics/Rheumatology/Physiotherapy 0300 303 8063 Podiatry (SCFT foot health) service for nail issues/ corns or calluses/ gout/simple toe deformities 01273 242184 Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service 0300 002 0060 If you have any problems please ask to speak to the Medical Secretary. |
| Repeat prescriptions | Patients do not normally require an appointment in order to obtain repeat medication. Click here for further details. Requests are not accepted by telephone for safety reasons. |
| Sick notes/certificates | NOT required for the first seven days of sickness – please self-certificate (your employer may ask you to fill in form SC2, but medical evidence should not be required).If you are unwell and off work for more than seven days, you may require a ‘fit note’ from your GP – telephone the practice and explain your requirements to the receptionist. Our doctors will charge to provide a ‘fit note’ for sickness of seven days or less. Click here for more details. |
| Smoking cessation | Request an appointment in the smoking cessation clinic. Click here for more information about stopping smoking. |
| Spirometry | If you have been invited to make an appointment, please ensure that the receptionist is aware whether the test is with, or without, reversibility, as this affects the duration of the appointment. These tests are only undertaken on the advice of a GP or Practice Nurse, or by previous invitation to patients on chronic disease registers. |
| Stitch (suture) removal | Appointment with a Healthcare Assistant. |
| Travel vaccinations | We ask that you complete and hand in your travel risk assessment form at least 8 weeks before your travel date. This is to allow us time to review your immunisation history and also allows enough time to book an appointment with one of our travel nurses. You can collect one of these forms from the reception desk or download here Travel risk assessment form. |
| Weight management | Request a weight management appointment with a Healthcare Assistant. |
