general news
New Patient Portal
We are thrilled to announce that from 13th January 2025, Straven Medical is upgrading our patient management system, including a new patient portal!
Beginning Monday, we will be using MyIndici for all appointment bookings, prescription requests, and test results; all previous records will also be transferred over. Please note that Manage My Health will no longer be active for our practice, however you will still be able to access your previous records.
To get started with MyIndici, simply follow this link to register: Register for MyIndici. For more information about the MyIndici patient portal, you can visit their website: MyIndici Portal.
Once registered you can download the MyIndici2.0 app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to contact Straven Medical directly. We’re here to help!
Repeat Prescriptions
Please login to your myindici portal to request a repeat prescription. If you wish to request anything different from your selected medications, either more, less or other type, please indicate in the notes.
If you would like to have your prescription sent to a pharmacy, please indicate in the notes the name of the pharmacy. Please note that some pharmacies have a charge to receive electronic prescriptions - please check this with your pharmacy.
Your prescription can take up to 72 hours to process. If this is more urgent, please select "Request script as urgent".
Please note - repeat prescriptions are only available at your doctor’s discretion for stable medical conditions which have had medication previously prescribed by Straven Medical . A consultation with your doctor will be required every six to twelve months to allow a review of your medication. Thank you for your understanding.
Flu Vaccinations 2025
Flu vaccine helps protect against the main flu viruses each year.
The flu vaccination will be available from 1st April 2025.
It is free for people at higher risk of getting very sick from the flu, including:
- People over 65 years
- People who have a long term medical condition like diabetes, asthma, or a heart condition ages 6 months +, in pregnancy, children aged 4 years and under who have been hospitalised for a respiratory illness
- People with a history of significant respiratory illness
- People with mental health conditions including schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, bipolar, or people who are currently accessing secondary and tertiary mental health or addiction services.
Please phone reception to make an appointment for your vaccination on 03 3485749.
Hours for Denise Nicholson
Denise Nicholson has reduced her sessions at the practice and is only working on a Monday, Tuesday and Friday. For those patients who normally see her, please allow a longer wait time for a routine appointment. If the matter is urgent and needs to be seen within a few days, please speak to a nurse and they can help arrange an acute appointment either with Denise or another GP.
She will no longer be offering skin checks as both Sarah Robson & Jian Tham offer these.
She will continue doing Womens Health work.
HPV Screening
From 12th September 2023 the primary test for cervical screening (previously called a “smear” test) will change to an HPV test, with the option of self-testing. The new screening method is more accurate at detecting who is at higher risk of developing cervical cancer. Please make a nurse appointment, or phone the Practice Nurse for more information
MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE VACCINATION
Bexsero vaccination has been added to the routine childhood vaccination schedule. There will be catch-up vaccinations in the under 5 year old age group.
Bexsero is also funded for people aged 13 to 25 years who are entering, or in specified close-living situations eg boarding schools or halls of residence.
For more information, see Click here
TEST RESULTS
Please note, we will only notify you if your test results are abnormal. Please feel free to contact us to check if we have received your results.