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Seeing a Nurse


Practice Nurse Appointments
Nurse Practitioner Appointments
Phlebotomist Appointments
District Nurses

 

Practice Nurse AppointmentsSphyg

Used for general nursing services and chronic illness reviews.

All appointments need to be booked by telephone.  Available from 8.30am to 5.30pm, each lasts 10 minutes.

General nursing services: dressings, suture removal, ear syringing,  wart treatments, immunisations, family planning, emergency contraception, cervical smears, spirometry, ECGs, blood tests.

Chronic illness reviews : Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension, Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Stroke/TIA.

 

Nurse Practitioner Appointments

ThermometerUsed for assessing and treating minor illness in adults and children (over 5 yrs old) without the need to see a GP as well.

All these appointments are only booked by telephone on the same day.  Available from 10.00am to 3.00pm, each lasts 15 minutes.


Our Nurse Practitioner, Rhona McGoogan, has training and experience in treating various conditions:

  • Coughs & colds

  • Earache & sore throats

  • Conjunctivitis

  • Minor skin conditions

  • Cystitis / UTIs

  • Hay fever

  • Back pain

  • Constipation, indigestion & heartburn

  • Emergency contraception

 

Phlebotomist Appointments

Red blood cellsUsed only for taking blood samples for laboratory tests.

All tests need to be discussed with a GP or Nurse in advance.

Appointments are available in the mornings, and can be booked through reception.

 

District Nurses

Medical bagFor housebound patients, there is a District Nursing service based at the Health Centre.

Patients may contact the District Nurses through the Health Centre switchboard.

 

 

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