PRACTICE NURSES
The Practice Nursing team pride themselves on offering an excellent service to patients We offer you a highly qualified, professional team, which consists of: -
7 Practice Nurses
2 Health Care Assistant
1 Phlebotomist
We offer a variety of services for patients which include: -

Triage Service- Monday to Friday 9-12pm 2-5pm
A Practice Nurse is available to offer advice and answer queries on many issues. If you would like to use this service please inform the Receptionist when you ring the surgery and a message will be passed on. The Nurse will ring you back as soon as possible.

Chronic disease management and education for the following conditions
Coronary heart disease/Stroke
Hypertension- High blood pressure
Asthma
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
Diabetes

Reproductive Health
Family planning
Emergency Contraception
Sexual Health

Well Woman Clinics
Cervical screening
Menopausal advice

Well Man
Health Education and Lifestyle advice

Teenage Advice Clinics- Monday 4.30-5.30pm Drop-in clinic
Offers help in multiple areas including advice on healthy living, sexual health, contraception, smoking cessation, drugs and alcohol avoidance and psychological support.

Travel Clinic- Monday 4-6pm
Offers general travel advice but also travel vaccinations and advice on malarial prevention. We ask you to contact us at least two months before traveling (especially for more complicated itineraries) or one month before more simple holidays. You will need to book an appointment at least 2 months before traveling if possible. If this time is inconvenient we can book you into a general nursing clinic, allowing 20 minutes for the appointment.
Childhood Immunisations- Mondays 2-4pm and Wednesdays 10.30-11.45am. If you have any questions about vaccinations offered please try and discuss this with your Health Visitor or GP prior to the clinic.
General Injection Clinic
This is held every Tuesday between 5-6pm. This clinic is for patients who are called in for ongoing immunisation boosters.

Other Services
Emergency Care and Resuscitation
Dietary advice and weight management
ECGs, 24 hour ECG and Event monitoring
Hearing tests and ear care
Wound management and removal of sutures/clips
Venepuncture (blood tests)
Spirometry
Smoking cessation
Dopplers
Stocking Measurement
INR screening for patients on Warfarin medication

Practice Nursing is an evolving profession, which is constantly taking on new challenges. We are currently looking at hospital admission in order to prevent emergencies admissions. Our nurses are continuingly updating their skills. We are always looking for ways to improve our service and welcome any ideas you have about how we may move forward.