We provide a comprehensive range of services:

CLINICS FOR LONG TERM CONDITIONS

Diabetes
Asthma & COPD
Coronary Heart Disease
Hypertension
Chronic Kidney Disease
Stroke

If you suffer from one of the above conditions you will receive annual review reminders asking you to book an initial appointment with the Health Care Assistant where she will carryout the background checks such as blood pressure, height, weight and often a blood test. An appointment will then be made for the review with the practice nurse who will discuss the blood results and any further management of the condition needed.

We strongly advise you attend for your review as this may prevent complications.

The practice also manages conditions such as Obesity (weight reduction) and Mental Health.

Ante-natal clinic

Minor operations

Blood testing

Consultations

ECGs

24hr Blood Pressure Monitoring

Phlebotomy

Minor Surgery

Minor operations are carried out at the practice on a regular basis. Certain more complex procedures may be referred to other clinics or the hospitals. Commonly we perform operations on skin lesions and cysts.

Wart Clinic

Liquid nitrogen freezing treatments for warts and verrucae is available at the surgery. The clinic runs approximately once every 4 weeks. Children under 12 years are generally not booked for this treatment as it can be quite painful.

Drug and Alcohol

The practice has a substance abuse worker attached who runs a two weekly clinic in the practice. The practice also has an alcohol worker attached who runs a weekly clinic.

The doctors can also offer advice and treatment needed for drug and alcohol problems.

Consultations

Consultations are booked by appointment only. Patients may make an appointment with a doctor of their choice. We aim to provide same day care for urgent cases. The need for an appointment will be assessed by telephone consultation by the duty doctors and urgent appointments will be given if needed.

 Appointments

Appointments can be made by telephoning the surgery on 248 6644 or by calling into the surgery. The reception staff will routinely ask the reason for the appointment so they can direct you to the most appropriate Health Care Professional. Presently we book up to one week in advance with all our clinicians

Expectations

Patients can expect to be offered an appointment with a Health Care Professional within 48 working hours. We would expect that you contact us to cancel/rearrange if you are unable to attend a pre-booked appointment. Each week between 50 and 70 patients do not turn up for their appointments resulting in others having to wait longer to see a clinician. It is practice policy to remove patients who do not attend for 3 appointments in a rolling year.

Home Visits

All home visits are assessed by the duty doctor. As a practice we only visit housebound patients. Requests for home visits should come into the surgery before 10.00am.

Chaperone

Doctors and patients who wish a chaperone to be present during examination or consultation should ask at reception and will be happy to arrange this.