Additional Services
These do not form part of the core GP contract, but West Street Surgery has agreed to provide these as additional NHS services:
NHS Health Checks
As part of the campaign to reduce heart disease, we are offering health checks and advice on how to reduce cardiovascular risk.
Alcohol screening
Excessive alcohol intake causes significant health problems and results in large numbers of admissions for resulting complications. Newly registered patients are asked to complete a short questionnaire on alcohol and its effects. This is scored and advice is given to those at risk of health problems related to alcohol.
Extended Hours
The general practice contract is to provide NHS services between 08h00 and 18h00 on weekdays. We have agreed to offer additional hours of service to improve access to health care. These appointments include GP, nurse and blood test appointments.
GP appointments: Tues, Wed, Thurs evenings, Tuesday and Friday mornings. Nurse appointments on Wed and Thursday evenings. Blood test appointments on tuesday mornings.
Learning Disability Annual Reviews
People with learning disabilities are known to be at higher risk for multiple health problems and premature death. This group is also known to be less likely to seek health advice. These health checks provide the practice the opportunity to pro-actively review the health of these individuals, their medications and discuss issues that they may feel too embarrassed to ask about (such as contraception).