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CLINICS

We offer the following clinics by appointment only: Antenatal; Asthma; Child Health Surveillance; Diabetic; Minor Surgery; Immunisation; Family Planning; HRT and Menopause; Smoking Cessation; Travel Vaccination.

Seeing The Right Healthcare Professional

In order for your appointment to be directed to the most appropriate clinician, it may be necessary for our receptionists to ask you a few simple questions when booking your appointment.

We wish to provide you, the patients, with the best possible service. In order to achieve this we need to ensure that valuable doctor appointment times are used appropriately. This will allow the doctors to be there for you when you really need them (for example complex ongoing problems or serious new ones) whilst routine checks can be dealt with by our nursing team. We also offer a nurse-led minor illness clinic. The table shown is a guide to help you request the most appropriate appointment.

Type of Problem	Details	Who to See
Blood pressure checks	Annual check For checks in between monthly reviews (usually 6 monthly)	Healthcare Assistant
Immunisations	Vaccinations	Practice Nurse
Smears		Practice Nurse and Doctors
Diabetes	Annual check Reviews in between annual check	Diabetic Clinic Nurse
Coughs, colds, sore throats	Most are self-limiting viral illnesses. See our minor illness guide or check.	Doctor (if still concerned)
Contraception	Routine pill checks	Practice Nurse and Healthcare Assistant
Family planning and well woman	Routine checks	Practice Nurse
Asthma and COPD	Routine checks	Practice Nurse
Simple warts	Adults - no treatment recommended if not causing symptoms.
	If being traumatised by clothing	Doctor
	Children - no treatment recommended as cyrotherapy hurts! Vast majority disappear spontaneously by age 14
Verrucas	If simple paring/rubbing down and use of over-the-counter creams keeps them comfortable, no treatment recommended.
Verrucas	If problematic	Doctor

As you can see, our nurses and healthcare assistant provide a wide range of services. So making better use of them will result in you getting to see the doctor for other medical problems much more efficiently.