A BUSY PRACTICE

Clinics & Services

Special Clinic Appointments

We have a range of services for patients with chronic diseases. These include

• Asthma - This nurse led clinic is held weekly on a Tuesday from 14:00 until 17.20. Patients not able to attend at these times can phone reception and can make an asthma appointment at a time that suits.
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Thursday mornings
• Diabetic - Thursday afternoons

• Minor Surgery -  Joint injections, wart removal, small cyst removal

• Heart and Stroke annual review - Every day except Thursdays
• High Blood Pressure - By appointment with Health Care Support Worker
• Chronic Kidney Disease annual review - By appointment

Patients are often invited by letter to attend one of these clinics. In general these clinics are booked by our front desk staff arranging the appointments.

Nurse & Healthcare Assistants

Nurse appointments are available by booking via the telephone or at reception and include the following:

• Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Dressings and Stitch Removal
• Post-operative wound checks
• Blood Tests
• DMARD monitoring for patients on medication for  rheumatic conditions and colitis
• Travel Advice and Vaccination
• Cervical Smear Screening
• Injections
• Ear assessment

Other Services

• Child Health – Tuesday mornings with the health visitor and GP
• Family Planning - The practice provides a comprehensive range of family planning services including combined oral contraceptive pill, progesterone only contraceptive pill, Depot contraception, advice on condom usage, spermicides, Diaphragms and caps, pre-conceptual care and advice.
• Post coital contraception - Patients wishing to use this service will be given same day appointments. For more information on family planning click here.
• Flu Clinics – October – December
• Maternity Care - Once your pregnancy has been confirmed by a home pregnancy kit, please call 0141 232 4005 to arrange your first midwife appointment.  Midwives from the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital run clinics at the Kirkintilloch Health & Care Centre. If a patient chooses to be booked at another hospital, they will be required to travel there for midwife clinics. Ante-natal visits are run at the KHCC. This is where you will have your scan performed. Your midwife will provide you with your shared care record with the schedule of clinic appointments and contact numbers.

Chaplaincy

As with the bridge, chaplaincy seeks to provide people with a peaceful secure environment to journey from one area of their life to another.       

As a practice we are committed to holistic care of our patients. It is well recognised that people’s deepest inner needs (sometimes called spiritual needs) can have an impact on physical health.

We have a Chaplaincy Service which has been running since 2006. It aims to help address these un-met inner needs.

The basis of this service is a non-religious, person centred approach to care. We employ one part-time Chaplain - Sarah Giffen.  We have several other volunteer Chaplains.  They provide a variety of services including – listening, direction, prayer (if desired), reflection, support and bereavement counselling.

Your GP may raise this service with you, if it is felt to be appropriate for your specific need. Alternatively you can self refer. Appointments can be booked with our Reception Staff and appointments are located within our building.

Travel Vaccinations

Patients who may require vaccinations relating to foreign travel, are required to submit  travel plans to the practice, using our Travel Clinic Pro-forma,  NO LESS THAN 8 WEEKS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE DATE.

Please consider your travel vaccination requirements when booking your holiday. Please visit www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/ for further advice

The Practice is unable to accommodate requests for Travel clinic appointments less than 8 weeks prior to departure.

Travel clinic pro-forma will include details of countries and areas to be visited as well as accommodation type and expected activities. Travel needs of patients are very individual and can vary greatly depending on the age and vaccination history of the patient. e.g. A family of four going to the same hotel/resort may require different vaccinations from each other.

Our Travel Clinic is held on a monthly basis, usually during the last week of the month, on a Tuesday or Friday. It is very important to book this initial appointment as early as possible, and AT LEAST 8 WEEKS PRIOR TO TRAVEL. This is particularly important during spring and summer months where there is greater demand for appointments.

Your travel clinic appointment for vaccination needs to be at least 4 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to take effect, but can be sooner. Each member of the family will be allocated a 15 minute appointment at the travel clinic where NHS vaccines can be administered. Patients must bring prescribed vaccines to this appointment.

Non-NHS vaccines

Some travel vaccines are only available on a private prescription via a pharmacy or by visiting a private travel clinic. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS. Anti-Malarial tablets can often be purchased from a pharmacy. Some non-NHS vaccinations require to be commenced 8 weeks prior to travel.

Our practice continues to provide NHS allowable vaccinations (i.e. Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Polio) but no longer provides travel vaccinations that are currently available only on private prescription (i.e. Hepatitis B, Rabies, Japanese Encephalitis, Meningitis ACWY, and some anti-malarial tablets).

Please see www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/ for further advice

Travel Clinic Pro-forma

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe a very useful booklet has been published with advice and guidance to help you get the most out of your holiday. To visit please click:- http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/eu_glance/86/en.pdf (this is a large document and may take a minute or two to view)

The minor injuries unit is located at Stobhill Hospital.

They will only see patients over 5 years of age and is open 9am-9pm, seven days a week.

TREATMENTS

• Arrange x-rays for suspected broken bones
• Treat and apply plaster to broken bones
• Minor back, neck, shoulder and chest injuries
• Minor head injuries
• Sprains of ankles, knees, wrists and elbows
• Minor cuts/grazes as well as close and dress wounds
• Infected wounds
• Minor eye and ear complaints
• Minor burns and scalds

They WILL NOT treat

• chest pain
• breathing problems
• stomach pains
• gynaecological problems
• pregnancy problems
• drug overdose
• alcohol or drug related problems
• mental health problems
• severe allergic reactions
• conditions that would normally be treated by G.P

NHS inform

Non-NHS Services

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges. Examples include the following:

• Medicals for pre-employment, sports and driving requirements (HGV, PSV etc.)
• Insurance claim forms

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our Reception Staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability.