Clinics & Services

Please see our Clinic Times for information on when various clinics are run.

All GP practices are contracted to provide “essential services” that is basic treatment of people who are ill. We also provide the following “additional services”

Child Health Surveillance

With the Health Visiting Team.  Every Thursday 1pm - 2pm appointments are sent to you by Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board.

Well Baby Clinic

Well Baby Clinici together with the health visiting team. This is a drop in clinic held on Thursdays between 2:15pm and 3:15pm

Please note this clinic is for well babies only

Contraceptive Services

We provide contraception services including insertion & removal of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive implants. Specialist services such as IUCD implants are available at the local Family Planning Clinic.

Maternity Services

Maternity services in the antenatal and postnatal period, together with the midwives from the Pink Team RAH are provided.  Clinics are held every Wednesday between 1.20 – 3.50 pm in the Practice.

Travel Immunisations

Immunisation for adults in relation to travel.  Not all travel immunisations are available on the NHS.  Please ask our practice nurse for details.

Well Woman / Cervical Smears

We urge all women to have regular cervical smears and perform regular self- examination of the breasts.  If you are aged between 20 and 60 and have not had a cervical smear in the last 3 years, please make an appointment to have this done.

Health Checks

• Annual comprehensive reviews for patients with heart disease.
• Annual comprehensive reviews for patients with diabetes.
• Chronic disease monitoring including asthma, stroke, hypertension and COPD.

Minor Surgery

Please see seperate page for details of our Minor Sugery Clinic.

We also hold contracts with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde for the following “enhanced services”:

• An annual flu immunisation programme to protect the elderly and those at risk.
• Regular monitoring, by blood and urine tests, for patients on a range of drugs for arthritis and bowel problems.
• A methadone substitution programme for patients with drug abuse problems.

Nurse Clinics

Our Nurse Practitioner provide many of the preventative monitoring and screening services for the Practice. These include:

• Asthma Monitoring
• Diabetic Monitoring
• Hypertension Monitoring
• Cervical Smears
• Breath Tests
• Smoking Cessation
• Family Planning
• INR
• Foreign Travel Advice
• Weight Reduction,
• Childhood Immunisations
• Heart Disease Clinics
• Well Woman Advice.

Our staff nurse and healthcare assistant will see patients who have been referred by the doctors for the following: -

• Blood Tests
• Removal of Stitches
• Change of Dressings
• ECG Monitoring
• Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Smear Tests
• Ear Syringing
• New Patient Registrations.

Attached Services

District Nursing Team

The attached District Nursing Team assess and provide nursing care to Patients in their own home. They provide advice, support and care for a variety of conditions and work in close liaison with the practice team and other support agencies.

Health Visiting Team

The health visiting team offers support and health advice to families with babies and children under 5 years on topics such as breastfeeding, postnatal depression, child development and information on local groups.  They assess the needs of the elderly who are housebound and are able to refer to other agencies as appropriate.  They also offer lifestyle advice on smoking, exercise and healthy eating.

District Midwife Team

The attached district midwife team from the RAH work with the doctors at the Ante-Natal Clinic in the surgery.  They are involved in the care of the mother and baby before, during and after the delivery in the hospital and at home.

Community Link Worker

Mr Ton McAuley

The link worker can support patient’s in linking them  with activities and resources in the community including: Benefit advice, housing advice, physical activity, mental well being, carers advice, volunteering and employability.

Non NHS Services

Not all services offered by Doctors are available on the NHS, Medical Examinations for special purposes eg. HGV licences and services such as completion of insurance forms will incur a fee.

Minor Surgery Clinic

Joint injections (knees and shoulders), soft tissue injections (bursitis of elbows, knees and hips, plantar faciitis, trigger fingers, golfers and tennis elbows) can be injected in a normal double appointment with Dr McColl