Seeing a Nurse

Practice Nurse Appointments
Nurse Practitioner Appointments
Phlebotomist Appointments
District Nurses

Practice Nurse Appointments

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

Used 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 9.00am to 5.30pm, 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

Used 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

For 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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