Health Promotion
The Primary Health Care Team encourages all patients to adopt a healthy lifestyle by stopping smoking, drinking alcohol in moderation, eating a well balanced diet and taking regular exercise. We offer:
- Individual counselling to help you stop smoking and lead a healthy lifestyle.
- Regular health checks if you have heart disease, stroke, asthma or diabetes.
- Preconceptual counselling – information and advice for people considering pregnancy.
Private medical services with costs
Some services are not provided on the NHS, for example, private medical insurance certificates and some travel immunisations (this practice is an official Yellow Fever Centre). Details of these and their costs are available from the receptionists.
Services provided by the Medical Practice
All new patients are offered an introductory appointment with the Practice Nurse who will ask about your medical history and carry out a routine health check. The doctors and the practice nurse are qualified to provide a full range of medical services:
Doctors:
- General medical consultations
- Treatments
- Advice and referral to specialists if required
- Maternity Care Child health check-ups and immunisations
- Minor Surgery/Joint injections and treatment for minor injury
- Liquid Nitrogen treatment (wart clinic)
Nurse:
- New patient appointments
- Blood pressure checks
- Contraceptive services (including Implant and IUD/IUS fitting) and cervical screening
- Travel immunisation
- Patient clinics – e.g. Diabetic, Cardiac and Asthma