Clinics & Services

Antenatal Clinic

Tuesday 09:30 – 12:00

Baby/Children’s Clinic

Baby and children's immunisations are due at 8, 12 and 16 weeks of age. Then again at 1 year and 3 years (preschool). Please contact the surgery to make an appointment to have these done. The clinics are held on a weekly bases on a Wednesday.

Contraception

Confidential advice is available to all including under 16’s. We also provide emergency contraception.

• 72 hours emergency pills can be taken anytime up to 72 hours from having unprotected sex.

or

• 5 days the IUCD/Coil can be fitted at Highland Sexual Health within 5 days after unprotected sex.

If you are coming for emergency contraception you may have to ask for an urgent appointment. If the above time limits have already passed you should still make an urgent appointment to see the doctor, as they may be able to help you.

All doctors will provide contraceptive advice. If you wish a coil or an implant firstly make an appointment here but you may be referred elsewhere for coil insertion.

Minor Surgery

The doctors will carry out suturing of wounds and some simple surgical procedures, when necessary.

Well Woman Clinic

Appointments are available with the practice nurse on Thursdays and alternative Mondays. 

Podiatry

If you wish to be seen by the podiatrist you will have to complete a referral form. This can be posted or emailed back to them and they will offer you an appointment at the surgery. Please fins link to referral form -Podiatry Referral

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to complete our travel vaccination questionaire before making an appointment with on of the doctors to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below: 

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To ensure you get the appropriate advice, please collect a travel vaccination form from the surgery to fill out and return to us. 

 Travel Vaccination Form

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.

Non-NHS Services

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges. Examples include the following:

• Medicals for pre-employment, sports and driving requirements (HGV, PSV etc.)
• Insurance claim forms
• Passport signing
• Letters for taking medication abroad
• Private sick notes
• Vaccination certificates

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability.

FLORENCE

We are introducing a new NHS service for monitoring blood pressure which is called Florence. This is being used throughout Highland and has been well received by both patients and medical staff. You may be asked to enrol on this when you are next in contact with us regarding your blood pressure.

If you have a mobile phone (any mobile phone, even if it is not a smart phone) you can be enrolled. The service is free of charge, even if your mobile phone tells you will be charged.

You will need a blood pressure machine (sphygmomanometer) - these are available to buy online if you do not already have one, or can be loaned from the surgery free of charge.

You will be sent text messages asking you first of all to text ‘YES’ to enrolment, and then you will receive further messages asking you to send your blood pressure readings back to Florence. These readings will then be collated and sent to us for assessment. You may receive text messages every day for a week, or less frequently for a longer period of time, depending on which programme we enrol you into.

For further information on how to measure your blood pressure, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfwBpBXUYHs#action=share

We have Florence patient information leaflets at Reception if you would like further information, or one of these can be emailed out to you.
Please also find them below.

Florence Information leaflet
Florence Patient Privacy Notice
Florence Patient Enrolment