Clinics & Services

New registration appointments

All new patients registering with the practice will be invited for a health screening assessment. This is a valuable check-up as it can identify potential problems and introduces you to the practice and to the services we can offer you and your family. Please bring a urine sample with you.

Family Planning

Comprehensive confidential advice is available during normal surgery times by all the doctors. We offer general advice on contraception and in particular oral contraceptives, injectable contraception and coils. The “morning after pill” or emergency contraception is prescribed when appropriate, but you need to seek advice within 72 hours.

Cervical Smears

The Practice Nurses do these unless you request otherwise. Please inform the reception staff if you prefer to have a doctor rather than a nurse. Our policy is to test every woman aged 20 to 50 every three years and women over 50 every 5 years by invitation (unless the cytologist/consultant recommends repeating the smear more often). At the appropriate time, we will invite you by letter to make an appointment for your smear test.

Antenatal Care

Antenatal and maternity care is offered by our Midwives in conjunction with the hospital consultant and/or GP. Our Health Visitors and Midwives jointly run Parent Craft (antenatal) sessions at the surgery. Hospital deliveries take place at the maternity unit of Torbay or Exeter hospitals. The six week post natal check of mother and baby is carried out by our GP’s.

Child Health and Development Screening

Clinics for child health and developmental screening are held regularly by Health Visitors. The Practice Nurses undertake vaccinations and immunisations. Invitations are sent by post. Alternative appointments can be arranged through reception.

Minor Surgery

Most minor surgery is carried out by Dr Greatorex. Arrangements will be made at Newton Abbot Hospital or, when appropriate, at the surgery.

Chronic Disease

We offer some specialist chronic disease clinics such as Diabetes, Heart Care, Blood Pressure and Asthma.

Health Promotion

These clinics are designed to assist patients who require support or advice such as smoking cessation or dietary advice. If you want to quit smoking there is more information about the NHS Stop Smoking Service, click here for details

Visiting Specialists

We have specialists who visit the surgery. These include a Podiatrist, Speech & Language Therapist and Psychological Therapist.

Test Results

Results of investigations undertaken in the practice, e.g. blood tests, x-rays, etc. are available from the receptionists by telephone. Results are not normally available until the afternoon so please telephone after 2.30 pm.

If you have had, a test/procedure carried out at the surgery it is your responsibility to phone the surgery if you have not been contacted with your results.

Travel Information

Vaccinations

Tetanus

All adults who have not had a full primary course of three injections against Tetanus are advised to do so. Thereafter you are advised to have a booster injection which now is a combined Tetanus, Diptheria and Polio booster, at 10 yearly intervals (subject to a maximum of five routine doses in your lifetime).

Influenza Immunisation

We recommend an influenza immunisation to all patients aged 65 or over and patients with chronic heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes and asthma and residents of nursing and rest homes. This is usually available during October and November and clinics are run during this time. Please ask at reception for details.

Pneumo Vaccination

Everybody aged 75 years and over should be immunised to help protect against pneumococcal infection which can cause diseases such as pneumonia, scepticaemia (blood poisoning) and meningitis. Leaflets are available at reception.

Employment, life insurance & driving medicals, Non NHS certificates etc

Your doctor will be pleased to provide these but, as they are not covered by the N.H.S., a charge will be made in accordance with the recommended rates. The cost of most insurance and pre-employment medical reports are paid for by the company concerned.

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