Clinics & Services

We offer the following clinics:-

• Asthma
• Child Health Surveillance
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• COPD
• Coronary Heart Disease               
• Diabetes
• Family Planning                 
• Hypertension           
• Lifestyle                          
• Mental Health          
• Minor Illness                     
• Minor Surgery 
• Seasonal Influenza and Pneumococcal immunisations
• Stroke/TIA                       
• Spirometry   - SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID           
• Thyroid                                                          
• Weight management 
• Well Woman          

The Practice can offer Mental Health triage service every Tuesday (Glenrothes Branch) and Friday (Cardenden Branch). This service will cater for all mental health conditions whether they are first time concerns or reviews.

The Practice will have the services of NHS mental health nurse, Emma Stutt. Patients can book directly into this specialist service without the need for seeing a GP. Emma will be able offer support and guidance and where required, refer patients into secondary care for further treatment.

If you feel that you are suffering from a mental health condition, please contact the Practice and ask to make an appointment with our Mental Health triage nurse.

It is important to know that Emma cannot prescribe medication or sign sick lines at this service.

She is also not able to treat anyone under the age of 17.

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
• Prescriptions 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.
 

It is important that any patient on hormone replacement therapy medication receives an annual review which includes a blood pressure check to ensure you are on the correct medication.

You will receive an invite for a review with one of our clinicians to discuss your therapy.

You will be asked to complete the attached questionnaire to help understand your current treatment.

HRT Review

RESPIRATORY REVIEWS

Invites are issued once a year to all patients with Asthma using regular inhalers and those with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

It is important to attend your annual review even when you are feeling well so we can assess your lung condition and how well your medication is helping you at your baseline, not just when you are unwell. You may not need to attend the surgery for this review as the Nurse might be able to discuss your health over the telephone or over a Near Me video consultation.

Your check up may include:

Inhaler technique review

Heath advice regarding diet, weight and smoking

We strongly encourage you to complete an Asthma Risk Check before your Asthma review. You can discuss your results with the Respiratory Nurse at your review.

Asthma Risk Checker

For more information about Near Me video consultation visit.

https://www.nearme.scot/how-to-make-a-near-me-call

For more information about respiratory conditions visit.

https://patient.info/news-and-features/the-respiratory-system

For Asthma:

https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/lungs-and-airways/asthma

For COPD:

https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/lungs-and-airways/copd/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease

You might also want to consider joining a local support group:

https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/breathe-easy         

THYROID ANNUAL REVIEWS

What are thyroid function tests?

The usual blood tests done for thyroid function are TSH, T4 and sometimes T3. A blood sample is taken from a vein in the arm and sent off to the laboratory for analysis. Usually the ‘free’ or active portion of T4 and T3 is measured (i.e., FT4 and FT3). Laboratories use reference ranges to compare blood test results with results in the normal healthy population. 

Invites are issued at least once a year to all patients with Thyroid problems who are currently taking thyroid replacement medication, including Levothyroxine.

 It is important to attend your annual review even when you are feeling well so we can assess your thyroid condition and how well your medication is helping you at your baseline, not just when you are unwell. Having a blood level that is too high or too low can cause other health issues which are important to pick up and prevent, but don't always cause obvious symptoms.

Your appointment will be with one of our Treatment Room Nurses or Phlebotomists and will require a blood sample. When we have the result, we will only contact you if need a change in medication dose or an earlier repeat test.

If you do not get a call back and would still like to know your result, you can still the phone the Practice after one week and ask if your results have been checked by your GP. 

For more information about thyroid conditions visit.

https://www.btf-thyroid.org/thyroid-function-tests

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/underactive-thyroid-hypothyroidism/

https://patient.info/hormones/thyroid-and-parathyroid-glands/underactive-thyroid-gland-hypothyroidism                                               

CARDIOVASCULAR CLINIC REVIEWS

Invites are issued once a year to all patients diagnosed with one or more of the following conditions:-

Diabetes

Heart Disease

Chronic Kidney Disease

Stroke

Hypertension

Peripheral Arterial Disease.

If you have more than one of the above conditions, you will only be called in once and your combination of conditions will be reviewed at the same time.

It is important to attend your annual review even when you are feeling well so we can monitor your condition, reduce your risk of complications and to live as full and healthy a life as possible.

The first appointment will be with our phlebotomists for blood, blood pressure and urine tests.  Please bring a mid-stream urine sample with you (white topped bottles can be obtained from the surgery) 

Guidance on collecting mid-stream urine samples is here:

https://patient.info/mens-health/urine-infection-in-men/midstream-specimen-of-urine-msu

The second appointment, which will be at least 1 week later, will be with a Nurse in our Virtual Clinic, using NearMe video consultation or telephone, where your initial results will be discussed and you will be asked questions about your general health and given advice on healthy living.

For more information about Near Me video consultation visit.

https://www.nearme.scot/how-to-make-a-near-me-call

For more information about long term health conditions visit.

https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions

Diabetes: https://www.diabetes.org.uk

Heart & Circulation: https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport

Kidney Disease:  https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/about-chronic-kidney-disease​             

What is Pharmacy First Scotland?

For more information, please click the following link; https://www.nhsinform.scot/care-support-and-rights/nhs-services/pharmacy/nhs-pharmacy-first-scotland