COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE

Community mental health nurses consult at the practice and can also visit patients with mental health problems at home where appropriate. Patients must first be seen by a doctor who will refer them to the service if appropriate. The community mental health service also provides advice and help to relatives of elderly confused patients.

PHYSIOTHERAPY

Routine physiotherapy appointments can be offered at the practice. Patients may self-refer for physiotherapy appointments and our reception staff will be happy to assist with this. The physiotherapist will carry out a thorough assessment of your symptoms before starting any treatment.

PODIATRY SERVICES (CHIROPODY)

Podiatry appointments are offered at the practice by a state registered podiatrist. Patients with a foot or lower limb problem must first be seen by a doctor, nurse or other health professional who will refer them to the service. The podiatrist will then carry out a thorough assessment of your symptoms before formulating a treatment plan and proceeding with any treatment.

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY

Speech and Language Therapy appointments can be offered to children at Muirhead Medical Centre by a Registered Speech and Language Therapist. A self-referral system exists and patients will be seen for an initial assessment to determine whether treatment is necessary. Speech and Language Therapy may be provided through various ways e.g. advice, individual sessions, group sessions, home programmes and review appointments.

SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM THE PRACTICE
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

• Regular monitoring, by blood tests for patients on blood thinning medication

• Insertion of intra uterine contraceptive devices (IUCD)