Services Available at Practice

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

• Child Health Surveillance, together with the Health Visitor. 
• Contraceptive services. 
• Maternity services in the antenatal and postnatal period, together with the midwives from Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. 
• Routine immunisation of children, together with the Health Visitor. 
• Cervical smears. 
• Freezing of warts and other small skin lesions. 
• Vaccinations and Immunisations.

We also hold contracts with NHS Grampian for the following Enhanced Services:

• Annual flu immunisation programme to protect elderly and at risk people. 
• Regular monitoring, by blood and urine tests, for patients on a range of drugs for arthritis and bowel problem
• Regular monitoring by blood tests for patients on Warfarin. 
• Drugs misuse programme for patients with drug abuse problems, in conjunction with the Substance Misuse Service. 
• Minor surgery. 
• Annual comprehensive review for patients with diabetes. 

Details of other services are available from the practice.

• The Nurse Practitioner runs a minor illness clinic Monday to Friday.
• The pharmacist holds a weekly hypertension clinic.
• Diabetes clinic is held regularly.
• Appointments for chronic disease reviews are also available. If this affects you, you will receive a letter regarding this.