Our Nurse Practitioner can help and PRESCRIBE for:

  • Minor ailments such as, colds, flu, ear, throat and chest infections
  • Eye infections including: styes, conjunctivitis and dry eye
  • Asthma, COPD and Blood Pressure Assessments
  • Indigestion and other digestive complaints such as: constipation, heart burn and infant colic
  • Eczema and skin infections such as: acne, boils, burns, scabies, warts and rashes
  • Family planning, contraception and chlamydia screening
  • Haemorrhoids
  • Musculoskeletal problems: back/neck pain, sprains and soft tissue injuries
  • Urine infections and cystitis
  • Thrush, vaginal discharge and period pains
  • Preconception counselling
  • Stress management, anxiety and depression.

Our Practice Nurses can help you with: 

  • Baby and pre-school immunisations
  • Travel advice and immunisations
  • Cervical smear tests
  • Health reviews for Asthma, Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease
  • Complex wound care and dressings
  • Repeat contraception (inc. contraceptive injections), if uncomplicated
  • Repeat HRT
  • Well person checks.

 In addition to these our Health Care Assistant carry out:

  • ECG’s
  • Spirometry
  • Minor wound care
  • Blood Pressure (BP) and 24 hour AMBP (Ambulatory BP) monitoring
  • Phlebotomy (blood tests)
  • NHS Health Checks (by invitation only)
  • Lifestyle advice (diet and smoking)
  • Chlamydia screening (17 – 24 yr olds only)
  • Tele-dermoscopy (via GP Referral only)
  • removal of sutures and staples

 

 

 
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