Clinics and Services

This service is available for anyone registered with a GP in Somerset.

It is for the assessment and treatment of recently occurring eye problems (i.e. within the last 2-3 weeks). You do not need to be referred by a GP - you can access this service directly.

Problems that can be dealt with by the ACES scheme include:

• A sudden or recent reduction in vision in one or both eyes
• Red eye(s) or eyelids
• Pain and/or discomfort in the eyes, around the eye area or temples
• Recent onset or sudden increase of flashes and/or floaters in one or both eyes
• Mild trauma, for example a scratch to the outer surface of the eye(s) or lid(s)
• Suspected foreign body in the eye
• Recent onset of double vision
• Significant recent discharge from or watering from the eye.

Please ring in advance as specific appointments are made available as required.

For more information please visit the Acute Community Eyecare website

We currently are not running these clinics here at Milborne Port Surgery. Please contact the Balsam Centre if you wish to arrange an appointment with your Health Visitor.

The test can be carried out by a female doctor or by a practice nurse. The result will be sent to you by letter.

You will be sent an appointment when you child is due for immunisation.

Annual checks are recommended for asthma and COPD these are done with our Pharmacists or your GP

Get information about COVID-19 vaccination, who can get it, and safety and side effects

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations on the NHS website

A minimum of an annual check is recommended for diabetic patients, if the condition is stable. 

By appointment with either a doctor or nurse. We can offer contraceptive advice, coil fitting and implants. For emergency contraception let the reception know and you will be given a same day appointment.

Flu clinics are held in from September/October onwards each year; these are advertised on the website as soon as the dates are known.

Learn more about flu vaccinations on the NHS website

2 Health Walks
Join our Health Coach team for one of two weekly walks in and around Milborne Port. These walks are fun, free and provide gentle exercise whilst providing a great opportunity to meet people and make new friends. 

• One walk is roughly 2 miles and suitable for all.  
• The other (starts at same place, same time) is slower and roughly a mile or less.

We will walk to your pace and there will be rest periods along the way.

Every Monday 10am to 11am (or 9.30am start for short walk) meeting in East Street Car Park, Milborne Port

You do not have to be patient here to enjoy these walks.

The Tanners Café 
Every Thursday 10.30am to 12.00pm at Wheathill Community Room, Wheathill Close, Milborne Port DT9 5EU. The cost is £1.00 per person and all carers are free.

The Live Well With Pain Café
First Tuesday of the month 11.00am to 12.30pm at Wheathill Community Room, Wheathill Close, Milborne Port, Somerset DT9 5EU.  It’s free and you’re welcome to just pop in.

(Follow this step-by-step online guide to living well despite your persistent pain)

Allotment
For The Community Please contact Sally to join our small group of volunteers.

If you require any further information on any of the above please contact Sally or our Health Coaches on 01963 250334.

Do you live with a long-term persistent pain condition? Does it affect your emotional wellbeing and get you down? Does it stop you sleeping well? Does it restrict your daily activities and stop you doing the things you want to do?

The Rural Practice Network (a group of 5 local GP surgeries covering Castle Cary, Bruton, Wincanton, Queen Camel & Milborne Port), is developing a new, non-medical pain management programme called "Live Well with Pain: the Ten Footsteps" which is available to people registered with any of these 5 practices.

The Ten Footsteps programme addresses understanding pain and the brain, acceptance, pacing, goal setting, relaxation & mindfulness, sleep, communication, getting moving, managing moods, medication and nutrition, and managing setbacks.

People with long-term pain conditions can come along to our informal and welcoming drop-in Live Well with Pain café on the first Tuesday of each month from 11.30am to 12.30pm at Wheathill Close communal lounge in Milborne Port (DT9 5EU) and meet & chat to others in the same situation and hear about the Ten Footsteps.

We also run 12 week Ten Footsteps groups locally – these are two-hour sessions that look in-depth at each topic, with plenty of time for refreshments and getting to know others in the same situation. We want to help people to find new ways of managing their pain which we hope will lead to a more fulfilling life, despite the pain.

An online Live Well with Pain café happens on Microsoft Teams on the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm and is open to anyone registered with the 5 GP surgeries who would like to attend.

If you are interested in hearing more, please speak to Health Coach Emma Pike by calling 07749 418850 or send a message through the Rural Practice Network Facebook page.

Read more about the Ten Footsteps on the Live Well with Pain website

Joint injections can be done at both surgeries following a consultation with the doctor.

Our Musculoskeletal clinics are held at the surgery on a Friday with Lisa and Kenny. Appointments can be booked directly via reception. These clinics are perfect for anybody who may be experiencing muscle or joint problems. They are very experienced and able to provide assessment, diagnosis, advice and onward referral if needed.