Clinics & Services

Services available at the surgery include:

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • INR testing
  • Antenatal and postnatal
  • Infant and baby
  • Heart disease prevention
  • Sensible eating
  • Hypertension
  • Chronic pain management
  • Diabetes
  • Asthma
  • Near patient testing
  • Family planning – Including coil fitting
  • Well person clinics
  • Non-NHS examinations – Medicals for insurance etc. Please ask at reception for times and charges
  • ECG
  • Spirometry
  • Audiology
  • Joint injection clinic
  • Travel vaccinations

Maternity Care

All our doctors offer antenatal care, usually in co-operation with the maternity department at Arrowe Park Hospital. Special sessions are held for antenatal patients, at which the community midwife is usually in attendance.

Nurse Practitioner

We have appointments with our Nurse Practitioners Jayne Hennessy & Emma Holden running throughout the week. They are able to help with many conditions including Asthma, Chest infections, coughs and colds, contraception, skin/wound infections, earache, diarrhoea and vomiting and urine infections. Please ask a receptionist for more information when booking your appointment.

Phlebotomy

We have a permanent phlebotomist at the surgery, who runs our phlebotomy service with the additional support from our HCA’s, GP Assistant and nurses.

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Family Planning

Family planning advice can be given by any of our doctors. Dr Nelson, Dr Polley and Dr Wood have had specialised family planning training and are available to counsel. Dr Nelson, Dr Polley and Dr Wood are responsible for coil fittings. Appointments are arranged as required.

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening

We regard these simple screening checks as very important and operate a recall system for all our women patients between the ages of 25 and 65 who wish to be included.

Child Development Surveillance

These examinations are undertaken at six weeks at the practice. If you have a young baby, your doctor will discuss these examinations with you.

Immunisations

Child

Routine immunisations are a very important part of preventative medicine and we strongly recommend that your children have the required immunisations. Please ask your health visitor, practice nurse or GP for an up-to-date schedule.

It is very important to check features of your child’s development at certain stages in their first five years.

Please attend at the appropriate time as recommended by your health visitor.

Flu and Pneumonia

Influenza vaccination is recommended for patients with heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes and residents of nursing and rest homes.

All over 65s are eligible for the flu and pneumonia vaccine. You will be invited in Autumn to book an appointment when you become eligible.

 

Self-Referral – Wirral Musculoskeletal (MSK) Service – (Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)

 If you have a Musculoskeletal condition involving the bones, muscles, nerves, or joints, that has been present for more than 6 weeks, you can now self refer to the MSK Service without seeing a GP.

Please complete the online referral form at Self Referral to Wirral Adult Musculoskeletal Service | Wirral University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

What Does the Wirral MSK Service Provide?

Specialist musculoskeletal assessment and treatment for patients with musculoskeletal conditions involving the bones, muscles, nerves, or joints

Specialist Treatments including:

  • Physiotherapy
  • Occupational Therapy for hand conditions
  • Aquatic therapy
  • Specialist advice and exercise programmes
  • Soft tissue and joint Injections

If appropriate

  • Referral onto Orthopaedics surgery, Neurosurgery, Pain management, Rheumatology
  • Referral for investigations

 

Coils & Implants

All GP’s offer routine contraception and sexual health advice.

In addition to this Dr Polley, Dr Nelson and Dr Wood are trained in fitting and removing coils and implants. Dr Furnival is trained in fitting and removing implants.

Patients will be booked for a telephone consultation to assess that you are suitable for the chosen contraception method.

If you require help, advice or support in these areas, please submit a BLINX PACO.

Minor Surgery

Dr Winters and Dr Wood are responsible for minor surgery. Sessions for minor surgery are arranged as required.

Anti Coagulation monitoring

Anti Coagulation medication can be either via:

  • Warfarin which requires frequent monitoring with the nurse to ensure the correct weekly dose to administer
  • Tablet form (for example Apixaban/Edoxoban) which requires regular blood tests every (3, 6 9 or 12 months) at the surgery with our phlebotomist. Your blood results will be reviewed by a clinician and you will be contacted if the clinician feels that you need to amend your dosage.

Chronic Disease Monitoring

All patients who have had a diagnosis of any of the conditions listed below will be offered a review at least annually with a doctor or a nurse. Regular monitoring of patients with a chronic disease is designed to pick up any changes in health early, remind patients about what they can do to keep themselves well and check that medication is working properly. The practice will send you a letter or text every year asking you to attend a clinic.

For many of these conditions you will need to have a blood test at least a week before your clinic appointment. You will be given details when you are contacted. Please give the practice your email address and mobile phone number if you have them, so that we can communicate with you as efficiently as possible.

Clinics for the following conditions may be run by a doctor or a nurse:

Mental health conditions, dementia, epilepsy, thyroid disorders, learning disabilities, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, heart disease, stroke, chronic kidney disease and impaired glucose tolerance.