Clinics & Services at Annandale Medical Centre
Nurse Clinics
Our Nurses provides a range of services increasing patient access to quality health care. These include immediate access surgeries for acute problems, medication reviews, longer appointments to assess and monitor chronic conditions such as asthma, COPD, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Hypertension, and Epilepsy. In addition leads the team in a range of Health Promotion activities.
Our Practice nurses are highly qualified and experienced members of the team who can advise on a wide variety of health problems, as well as carrying out vaccinations, dressings, removing stitches, attending to minor injuries, giving foreign travel advice, etc. They also hold a number of health promotion clinics.
Other Clinics and Services:
Family Planning - All the doctors manage aspects of family planning during normal surgery appointments. All patients receiving family planning from the practice should be seen annually to ensure current contraception is appropriate and safe.
Maternity Care - Ante-natal and post-natal care is shared with the Community Midwives and hospitals; the reception staff at the practice can give information on how to contact the midwives and arrange your care.
Children's Immunisation - Available by appointment with the practice nurse in a weekly immunisation clinic.
Child Health Clinics - Developmental screening with the doctor is done at approximately 8 weeks and is available by appointment only
Cervical Smears - Available by appointment with the nurses or doctors.
Travel - We offer all aspects of healthcare for the traveller, which includes immunisations and advice. To ensure maximum protection and reduce the likelihood of side effects spoiling your holiday vaccinations need to be given well in advance of your travel. Please make sure you arrange an appointment with the nurse at least 6 weeks before travel.
Minor Surgery - by arrangement with the doctor.