We offer an appointment service with our health care assistant, nurses and the doctors. We aim to provide a patient centred approach, and an opportunistic health promotion service.

Should you require to speak to a health professional for advice please inform the reception staff and arrangements will be made for a telephone consultation on the same working day - should you require a telephone consultation with a specific health professional this will be organised as soon as is practicable.

Anyone requiring an emergency appointment will be seen on the same day: please see the services provided by the healthcare assistant and nurses.
 

Management of chronic disease

This encompasses a wide range of conditions which require long term treatment and care. Our priority is to ensure this care is on-going and appropriate; to this end we shall endeavour to review patients’ medication on an annual basis. When and where appropriate we request patients, in writing, to make an appointment with the health care assistant, a nurse, or a doctor - it is also important that patients read and take note of any comment we might attach
to a prescription. Failure to respond to a request to contact the surgery may result in an increase in the frequency of prescriptions and the resulting prescription charge or prescription requests being refused.

Please note that we do run certain Specialist Clinics.
 

General nursing care

Our nurses provide wound care, contraceptive services, minor illness, smoking cessation advice, well person checks, new patient checks, blood pressure monitoring and travel advice; they also perform vaccinations, ear syringing and smear tests. Please note that there is a charge for some travel vaccinations.
 

Maternity services

Midwife clinics are held regularly at the surgery. The doctors also provide ante-natal and postnatal care. For information on the roles of GPs, community midwives, health visitors, hospital clinics and provision of ante-natal and post-natal care please ask for the handout available at the practice reception.
 

Cervical screening

This service is provided by specially trained nurses.
 

Contraceptive services

This is provided by doctors and nurses. Nurses are able to provide follow up monitoring for all methods initiated by the doctor.
 

Child health surveillance

Baby clinics are held weekly at the surgery by the health visitors with support from a doctor.

Further follow up is co-ordinated by the health visitors.
 

Vaccinations and immunisations

All routine childhood immunisations are performed at the surgery by a nurse following an automatic invitation from the Local Health Authority.
 

FOREIGN Travel HEALTH advice

Our nurses have been trained to provide an up to date service that includes vaccinations if necessary (please note that there is a charge for some vaccinations).

Prior to appointment you will need to fill in a 'Travel Risk Assessment Form' which you can print here or pick up from reception.  Please bring this form filled in with you to your appointment.

We also recommend that you refer to the www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk website.
 

Minor surgery

This service is provided by the doctors following an initial consultation to determine the need for surgery.
 

Home visits

See our Home Visits page.
 

Counselling

We have the services of a part-time NHS counsellor who offers up to six sessions per patient.

We also have access to private counsellors working at the surgery and elsewhere.
 

General medical support to The Stewarts

The Stewarts is a residential assessment unit for elderly patients with psychiatric problems.

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