We run many clinics for the management of chronic diseases and offer a wide variety of medical services.
Practice Nurse
Kathleen Walkingshaw, is available by appointment for services such as cervical smears, asthma review, family planning, injections, Blood pressure checks etc.
Please let the receptionist know which of the above you wish to make an appointment for, so that they can allocate you the correct appointment time.
Heather Waitland, is available by appointment for clinics such as asthma, COPD, diabetes and vascular.
Diabetic Clinic
This clinic is run by Heather Waitland in liaison with Dr Crossland. The clinics are held Monday to Thursday and are run mainly for care of patients on diet or diet and tablets for treatment of diabetes. Patients will usually be seen on a yearly basis. A letter will be sent inviting patients to attend.
Healthcare Assistant
Yvonne, our health care assistant is available Monday to Wednesday by appointment to see patients for phlebotomy, blood pressure checks, diabetic foot checks, healthy lifestyle promotion, smoking cessation, weight management and gym referrals to Xcite. Yvonne has qualifications in British Sign Language and can assist deaf patients if required.
Immunisation Clinic
Courses of immunisations have been developed to protect your child from some serious infections which in some cases can be fatal. In only exceptional circumstances should your child not receive the immunisation. Advice regarding this will be given by your doctor. The Health Visitors, who run the clinic, will send you an appointment when to attend with your child.
Phlebotomy Clinic
We currently have 2 phlebotomists within the practice and you can arrange an appointment with either of them through reception. Kate has a clinic on Tuesday and John has a clinic on Wednesday.
Respiratory Clinic
Heather Waitland provides a specialised clinic treating patients with asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive airways disease). Kathleen Walkingshaw, our Practice Nurse also provides an asthma clinic. The aim of these clinics is to help achieve best symptom control with minimal medication.
Letters are sent out inviting patients to attend this clinic. If you have any queries or concerns regarding your asthma or COPD or treatment of them, Heather or Kathleen can be contacted on the normal surgery number 01506 771800.
Vascular Clinic
Heather runs a Vascular Clinic to manage care of patients with heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke.
Letters are sent out inviting patients to attend this clinic. These clinics are held Monday to Thursday.
Women’s Health
Dr Reid, Dr Crossland and Dr Earl can fit and remove contraceptive implants. If you would like a contraceptive implant, please make an appointment to discuss this first, and to get a prescription for the implant as you need to bring the implant with you to be fitted. Insertions take a normal 10 minute appointment, removal requires a 30 minute appointment. Dr Reid and Dr Earl both fit IUD/IUS’s. If you wish to consider this as a form of contraception you should make a routine appointment to discuss this first, then make a 30 minute appointment for insertions, having collected the coil from the chemist first.
Smears are routinely done by Kathleen, the Practice Nurse, but can be done by a GP if required.
The practice Registrar may, on occasion, be in training at this appointment but patients will always be offered the option to be seen alone by the GP: the Registrar is, however, a fully qualified doctor, who will have often done some further training in gynaecology.