You can book appointments with a Doctor, Nurse, HCA, Physio, Pharmacist and Social Prescriber.
This is a guide, not an exhaustive list. Reception staff will direct you to the correct person for your issue.
Practice Nurse and Health Care Assistant face to face appointments can be booked in advance by calling our care navigator team during opening hours.
Our PRACTICE NURSES are available by appointment for the following services:
- Advice on minor injury/illness
- Sexual health advice and treatment
- Contraception advice, prescriptions & injections (depo)
- Emergency contraception
- Blood pressure reviews
- Health promotion/education
- Cervical smears
- Monitoring and management of: Asthma, COPD, Hypertension & Diabetes
- Vaccinations
- Baby and childhood immunisations
- Spirometry
- Travel vaccinations/travel advice (there may be a charge for some vaccinations – please ask to see our scale of fees)
- Wound care and dressings
- Suture removal
- Ear Irrigation
- Injections for ongoing treatment
- Annual health check for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems
We have 1 Nurse prescribers who can prescribe for ailments such as UTIs, minor infections, diabetes, STI treatment, asthma & contraception.
Our HEALTHCARE ASSISTANTS are available by appointment for the following services:
- Blood tests
- New patient registration checks
- Blood pressure checks
- Health promotion information
- Weight management
- ECG’s
- Flu/Pneumonia/Shingles vaccinations
- B12 injections
- Pregnancy testing/STI screening
- Diabetes and Hypertension monitoring
- Wound dressings
- Suture removal
- NHS Health Checks (age 40-74)
- Annual health check for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems
GP+
We also offer face to face and telephone appointments with clinicians at our enhanced access service – GP+ – that can be booked on the day or in advance. GP+ is our enhanced access service. We may offer you an appointment here as they are able to offer appointments when we cannot, making more appointments available for patients. They have GP’s, Practice and Staff nurses, Phlebotomists, HCA, Community Practitioners and Pharmacists.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapists treat problems with movement and posture, including diseases and injuries to bones, joints and muscles, such as back pain, whiplash injuries, arthritis, sprains, strains and sports injuries.
We have an in-house team of physiotherapists that are available for telephone and face to face consultations. These can be booked in through reception.
Out of hours physiotherapy appointments are also available at GP+.
Pharmacist and CPCS
Pharmacists are highly trained health professionals and can give you confidential health advice for a range of common illnesses and complaints.
Don’t wait for a GP appointment for coughs, colds, aches and pains. Just give your local pharmacy a call or drop in – there’s no need to make an appointment. We can also refer you by the CPCS scheme.
Your pharmacists can also help you decide if you need to see a doctor or nurse.
Click here for more information about how pharmacies can help you.
