Clinics & Services

All GP practices are contracted to provide “essential services”, that is, basic treatment of ill people. We also provide the following “additional services”

• Cervical screening services
• Contraceptive services 
• Maternity services in the ante natal and post natal period, together with the midwives from Ninewells and Perth Royal Infirmary
• Child health surveillance, together with the health visiting team
• Routine immunisation of children, together with the health visiting team
• Immunisation for adults in relation to travel. Not all travel immunisations are available on the NHS, please ask our practice nurse for details
• Freezing of warts and other small skin lesions

We also hold contracts with NHS Tayside for the following “enhanced services”

• Minor surgical procedures such as joint injections
• An annual flu immunisation programme to protect elderly and at risk
• Regular monitoring, by blood and urine tests, for patients on a range of drugs for arthritis and bowel problems
• Insertion of intra uterine contraceptive devices (IUCD)

Should you wish further details of our contract with NHS Tayside or information on the primary care services provided in the area you may wish to contact NHS Tayside directly at NHS Tayside, King’s Cross, Clepington Road, Dundee, DD3 8EA. Telephone: 01382 818479.

Test Results

Please call after 1:00pm to enquire about your test results as our reception staff will have more time to deal with your request between these times.

Note that the practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection and we will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results.

When you take your test you will be told how long it will be before the results are returned to the practice.

It is your responsibility to check your results and to make an appointment to discuss them with your doctor if your are advised to do so.

Non-NHS Services

Certain services to our patients are not available on the National Health Service and you may be asked to pay a fee. These services include: private certificates, insurance claims, holiday cancellation certificates, and some medical examinations.

We are happy to perform most services of this sort, and the receptionists will advise you when a fee is payable in line with current British Medical Association guidelines.

Please ask at reception for details of these arrangements.