Independent Medical Services (IMS) is a private practice in Douglas,
Isle of Man and we provide a number of services to local companies
and individuals:
- Occupational Health Services
- Disability Assessment Medical Examinations
- Health Checks and Screening
- Sports and Vocational Medical Examinations
- Individual consultations
- Medicolegal Examinations and Reports
- ENG1 Seafarer Medical Examinations for the UK Maritime and Coastguard
Agency
We can carry out Covid-19 antibody tests. These
require a venous blood sample which will be taken at our premises
by one of our medical staff. The sample is sent to Nationwide Pathology,
an excellent accredited laboratory in the UK, and the results will
normally be available in 48 - 72 hours. The fee is £55
There is now a new antibody test that can differentialte
between antibodies derived from vaccination and those derived from
natural infection - this test is £78.
We can carry out Covid antigen testing for active
Covid infection screening. This involves swabbing the throat and
nose and the results will be available within 24 hours of the lab
receiving the samples. The swabs are taken by qualified nurses.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT OFFER PCR TESTS
FOR PEOPLE WITH ACTIVE INFECTION (but please see below).
We use a laboratory in the UK, Nationwide Pathology,
which is a UK NHS approved Covid-19 laboratory and which uses gold
standard Public Health England approved RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription
Polymerase Chain Reaction) technology to analyse the samples.
The fee is £61. If you require the test
in order to travel to countries requiring a negative test or you
are using a carrier that requires a negative test, it will help
us to meet your needs if you can ascertain the exact requirements
of the carrier or the country that you are visiting before you contact
us to make an appointment for the test.
Because the UK postal service is currently running
slowly we recommend that you send the sample via guaranteed next
day delivery which means that you will need to take the sample to
a post office after you have had the blood taken. We will provide
the postage bags for this and you will then need to take the sample
to a post office to arrange the next day delivery.
We prefer to send out the results by email.
If you require a letter from a physician confirming
Covid infection and recovery then we can provide this. You will
require a 15 minute appointment and you should bring you passport
and a copy of the Isle of Man Government's Direction Notice that
was sent to you after a positive PCR test or reporting of a positive
Lateral Flow Test. The fee is £40.
Now that 111 aren't carrying
out PCR tests on people symptomatic of Covid or to back up a positive
lateral flow test there will be a problem for people wishing to
obtain a Covid recovery certificate because in order to obtain the
certificate you have to show documentary evidence of a positive
test. We will therefore see people with active Covid infection/positive
lateral flow tests outddoors at our premises to carry out a witnessed
lateral flow test, following which we can provide documentary evidence
of the positive test as well as a recovery certificate 10 days later.
You will need to bring your own lateral flow test and the fee for
this service is £45.
Our staff are:
Dr Simon McAndry: Simon founded Independent Medical Services in 2001.
His background is in General Practice but he has also gained Diplomas
in Occupational Medicine and Disability Assessment Medicine. Simon
is also a UK Maritime and Costguard Agency Approved Doctor for carrying
out ENG1 Seafarer Medical Examinations.
Pamela Kermode RN and Ruth Phillips RN who help with our medicals,
carry out workplace health checks and carry out our vaccinations.
Lynne McBryan and Gabrielle Drinkwater carry out all of our administrative
and secretarial tasks.
We have comfortable and spacious consulting rooms at street level
at 10 Hawarden Avenue in Douglas on the corner of Hawarden Avenue
and Selborne Road. There is ample parking in the surrounding streets
but the area is a Disk Zone and so you will need to display a parking
disk. (We can supply you with one if necessary.) We have ramps to
allow wheel chair access.
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