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If you’re interested in joining our Patient Participation Group, please click the link below to download and complete the application form. Once completed, email it to birchwood.practice@nhs.net, using “PPG” as the subject line so our team can easily identify your submission.

Alternatively, you’re welcome to return the completed form in person to our reception team.

Thank you.

 

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If you need to book an urgent clinical appointment or review please attend the practice in person or telephone.

Welcome to The Birchwood Medical Centre

We aim to offer a friendly, efficient, modern, family doctor service in fully-equipped, well-run practices. Dr Christopher Cole, Dr Ben Wallace, Dr Stephanie Dalton and Dr Catherine Carnegie work in partnership, alongside Dr Claire Lavender, Dr Bakr Mohammed and Dr Alison Burridge, who cover both the Creekmoor and Oakdale surgeries.

With patients' needs at the heart of everything we do, our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. As well as specific practice details such as opening hours and how to register, you’ll find a wealth of useful pages covering a wide range of health issues along with links to other relevant medical organisations.

We work collaboratively with our local GP Federation, which holds the contract for delivering Integrated Community Primary Care Services. The Federation delivers certain long term conditions management services using staff hosted under the GP practices. All staff work within relevant processes, procedures and robust agreements exist.

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Reasonable Adjustments - can we help make it easier for you to access your healthcare?

The Equality Act 2010, states that all health and social care providers, such as hospitals and GP surgeries must take steps in order to remove barriers that individuals with disabilities may face.

If you have, or you support someone who has, a physical or mental impairment, then you can make changes, often small ones, to help care for yourself or that person. This is known as a Reasonable Adjustment.

Reasonable Adjustments can include:

  • making sure there is good access for people who use a wheelchair in GP surgeries and hospitals
  • providing plain English or easy to read appointment letters
  • having a quiet space available for people waiting for their appointment
  • helping to complete NHS forms

These are just some of the many adjustments that exist, but there are many more that may be specific to you or to someone you care for.

If you need a Reasonable Adjustment then please let us know so we can do everything we can to make things easier for you. Speak to a member of the practice team or a clinician during your appointment to let us know what Reasonable Adjustment you require and if you are happy for us to put these on your records here at the practice. By doing so everyone will know what you need.

We would also like to know if it would be permitted for us to share you adjustments with further NHS teams and social care, to help inform them of what Reasonable Adjustments you might need when you see them.

You can also let us know by completing and returning this form to our reception team or by emailing birchwood.reception@dorsetgp.nhs.uk

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Travelling Abroad?

Travel Vaccination Advice

If you're heading off on the adventure of a lifetime, planning to visit a destination you've always dreamed of, or travelling for an important business meeting, have you considered which vaccinations you might need before you go?

Some countries require you to provide proof of vaccination against certain diseases before you can enter. It is therefore important to find out which vaccinations you may need based on your destination.

Some travel vaccinations are available free of charge on the NHS, while others may need to be paid for. It's important to seek the right advice before travelling and to speak to a trained travel nurse well in advance of your trip.

We recommend booking an appointment at least 6–8 weeks before your travel date. This allows enough time for any necessary vaccines to be ordered and administered before you travel.

If you're unsure whether you need any vaccinations for your trip, click the link below to check the requirements for your destination(s).

Travel vaccinations - NHS

If you do need vaccinations, please book an appointment with our travel nurse.

Before your appointment

Please complete and submit the travel risk assessment form below before your appointment with the travel nurse:

Travel Risk Assessment V2 - The Birchwood Medical Centre

Page last reviewed: 25 June 2026
Page created: 01 September 2020