The surgery offers a variety of times and days with our nurses where you can book to have your cervical screening. If it is difficult to come and see us during normal hours, Hitchin and Whitweel PCN also offer these appointment between 6.30 and 8pm every night and on Saturdays between 9am and 5pm as part of our Enhanced Acess, which is held at Pormtill. Please ask at reception for one of these appointments if you would like to be booked in for one.

Ceverical Screening is an important cancer screening test for all women aged 25-64 click here to see more information abiut the benefits and when and how you will be invited.

If you are unsure whether you should have your smear due to pregnancy, a recent birth, hysterectomy please let our nursing team know and they will be able to give you the correct infomration and delay or cancel your invitation if required.

A range of sexual health services are offered at the surgery including:

• contraception and contraception advice
• emergency contraception and emergency contraception advice
• testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia

We offer full family planning services including IUD, Implants, cap and oral contraception. All doctors are pleased to discuss your family planning requirements in surgeries.

A number of our nurses are trained to review your contraceptive pill with you and will administer any Depo-Provera injections prescribed.

We offer a clinic for fitting IUCDs (Intra uterine contraceptive devices) and contraceptive implants. If you wish to have one fitted, please discuss this with your doctor and they will then organise for an appointment in the clinic. These clinics are on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays between 10.45 and 12. A coil can be removed and replaced in the same appointment. We can only offer a limited number of these appointments, so if you cannot make your appointment, please let us know in advance so we can make sure another patient is able to utilise it. Coil removals do not need to take place in these clinics if another fitting is not required and can be perfomred by some of our nurses as well as GPs.  

Our family planning appointments offer free, confidential advice and information about contraception and sexual health.

The only way to help protect yourself against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is to use a condom every time you have sex. Other methods of contraception prevent pregnancy but don’t protect against STIs.