Clinics & Services

• On-line Appointment Booking
• 24 Hour  Automated Telephone Booking System
• Cervical Smear Tests
• Family Planning
• Minor Surgery
• Travel Immunisations/Vaccinations
• Smoking Cessation
• Counselling
• Wirral Alcohol Service
• Chronic Disease Management
• Phlebotomy

DIABETIC CLINIC

This is run by practice nurse in conjunction with the doctors, by appointment only.

ASTHMA CLINIC

This is run by practice nurse, Glenys Perry, in conjunction with the doctors, by appointment only.

WELL WOMAN APPOINTMENTS

Please ask at reception for details. These appointments are available with  the practice nurse, in conjunction with a female doctor, and incorporate all aspects of women’s health issues:- smears, pill checks, coil fitting and contraception advice, HRT and menopause advice, dietary advice.

MINOR SURGERY

Your own doctor can perform certain surgical procedures here at the surgery.  Your doctor will arrange these appointments.

CHRONIC DISEASE CLINICS

We also provide specialist care for patients with heart disease, hypertension, stroke, COPD, epilepsy, cancer, hypothyroidism and mental health problems.  Please ask at reception for details.

CERVICAL SMEAR TESTS

This very important screening test is carried out by the practice nurses and only takes a few minutes. All ladies between the ages of 25 and 64 years of age are advised to have regular tests. This simple test can help in the early detection and treatment of disease.

FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES

This service is not just about contraception but is about how people look after themselves during their reproductive years, including pre-conception and during and after the menopause.  A full range of services is provided including advice regarding modern family planning techniques.

COUNSELLING

We have a wide range of counselling services available.  Appointments are made by referral from your doctor.

IMMUNISATION

If you have any worries or queries about children’s vaccinations, please feel free to discuss them with your doctor, practice nurse or health visitor.  We strongly recommend that all babies and children are fully immunised.  All staff including nurses have been fully trained in immunisation procedures.

TRAVEL IMMUNISATION/VACCINATION

Please ask at reception for a travel vaccination form which must be completed and handed in at least eight weeks in advance of your holiday.  This information will be passed to one of our practice nurses to process, you will then be contacted to arrange a suitable appointment. A charge may be made for certain immunisations which are not covered by the NHS. Please ask at reception for details.

FLU VACCINATION

An annual flu vaccination is strongly recommended for patients with heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes or asthma, and all patients aged 65 or over.

Please contact the reception staff in August for details of the vaccination programme

CITIZEN ADVICE BUREAU

Appointments available with a representative from the Citizens Advice Bureau.   Please see reception for details.