We offer a full sexual health service for registered and non registered patients including;

• HIV Testing
• Chlamydia Testing
• Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)
• Oral Contraception
• Emergency Contraception

By appointment on referral by GP or nurse

Headed by Dr Ayad Kurukgy, the Minor Surgery Centre at The Groves offers appointments at weekly clinics for a wide range of minor surgery treatments.

Cryosurgery,  the application of extreme cold to destroy diseased tissue for both verrucas and warts, is also available at The Groves.

By appointment

Maternity care is normally shared between your family health centre, here at The Groves, our community midwife and a hospital. When you know you are pregnant (a home pregnancy test is now the best way to confirm this), please self refer to your hospital of choice Maternity unit who will make an appointment to discuss your care.

Kingston hospital

Epsom Hospital

St Georges Hospital

A healthy diet is an important part of a healthy lifestyle at any time, but is especially vital if you’re pregnant or planning a pregnancy. Eating healthily during pregnancy will help your baby to develop and grow, and will keep you fit and well. Read more about healthy eating during pregnancy at the NHS website.

All pregnant women are now to be offered vaccination against whooping cough when they are 28-38 weeks pregnant.  For more information, please visit the NHS website.

By appointment

The Groves provides a comprehensive range of confidential advice and information about pregnancy, contraception and sexual health, including:

• Contraceptive options such as
  • the combined oral contraceptive pill
  • the progestogen-only pill
  • progestogen injections
  • free emergency contraception
  • fitting and checking of diaphragms and coils (IUD’s & IUS – hormonal coil)
  • hormonal implant fitting and retrieval
  • condoms
• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
• Cervical screening
• Pre-conception advice and fertility awareness information
• Unplanned pregnancy
• Pre-abortion and post-abortion counselling and referral
• Vasectomy counselling and procedures
• Sterilisation counselling and referral
• Menopause advice

Home visits are solely for our elderly, infirm, and housebound patients; please be assured that if you do genuinely need a home visit we will happily arrange this. You must be within our catchment area to be legible for home visits.

Please contact the practice before 10:00am and give one of our receptionists all the necessary details to enable the doctor to assess your needs. You will normally be phoned back by the doctor or a nurse to ask you some more questions before a visit is scheduled.

It is always best to come to the surgery if you can, since we are better equipped to treat you here and the doctor can treat several patients in the time it takes to conduct a single home visit.

For home visits please call 020 8336 6565.

Parents in the United Kingdom are routinely offered a range of vaccinations for their children to protect them, and others, from the spread of dangerous infectious diseases.

The vaccinations, and the ages at which they are normally given, can be found on the NHS Website and the schedule below:

5-in-1 Vaccine

Officially referred to as the DTaP/IPV/Hib vaccination, this protects against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio and the haemophilus type B flu which is commonly known as hib. It is injected into babies’ thigh muscles in three doses at 8, 12 and 16 weeks of age. (An additional boost for the Hib vaccine is administered at 12-13 months as part of the combined Hib/MenC booster, see below.)

Pneumococcal Vaccine

This protects against pneumonia, septicaemia, meningitis (other than meningitis C) and other infections caused by the streptococcus pneumoniae bacterium, which present a heightened risk to children under the age of two. The vaccine is administered in a three-jab course when the child is two months, four months and 12-13 months old.

Meningitis C Vaccine

The MenC jab, given at three months and four months, protects against the virulent meningitis C and septicaemia strains caused by the meningococcal group C bacteria. (An additional boost for this vaccine is administered at 12-13 months as part of the combined Hib/MenC booster, see below.) Since this vaccine was introduced in 1999, there has been a 99% drop in the number of lab-confirmed cases in people under the age of 20.

Hib/MenC Booster Vaccine

This booster against hib and meninigitis C is given at 12-13 months, together with the pneumococcal and MMR vaccines.

MMR Vaccine

This vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella. It’s administered at 12-13 months, together with the Hib/MenC booster and pneumococcal vaccines, and again at about 3 years 4 months of age or soon thereafter.

Pre-school Booster

Officially known as the DtaP/IPV booster, this protects against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio, and is given together with the MMR vaccine at about 3 years 4 months of age or shortly thereafter.

In addition to these routine immunisations, there’s a range of vaccines available for babies and children who may be at special risk, including tuberculosis, flu, and hepatitis B.

By appointment

This clinic, which is for well babies only, is run by a doctor or nurse practitioner and a health visitor. All parents are encouraged to attend with their children for developmental checks, weighing and advice. Babies aged 8 weeks will have their checks with one of our clinicians; all other checks are normally conducted with the health visitor.

Your baby will experience a lot of physical changes in the first two months of life, which is why the more detailed examination is repeated at six to eight weeks.

The examinations aim to:

• check that your baby is healthy
• identify any problems or conditions that may need monitoring, further investigation or treatment

Before your baby’s physical examinations, the healthcare professional will describe what they are going to do, and ask for your consent. Don’t be afraid to ask questions before, during and after the examination.

Afterwards, the healthcare professional will record the outcome of the examinations in your baby’s personal child health record.