Typical work activities include:

• Asthma Reviews
• Blood Testing
• Blood Pressure Testing and Management
• Cervical Cytology (smears)
• Child Immunisations
• Contraception Services
• COPD Reviews
• CVD Reviews
• Dementia Reviews
• Diabetic Reviews
• Flu/Pneumonia/Shingles Vaccines
• General Well-Woman & Well-Man Health Checks
• Heart Disease Reviews/Stroke Reviews
• Injections
• Mental Health & Learning Disability Reviews
• New Patient Health Checks
• NHS Health Checks
• Over 65 Health Checks
• Spirometry Screening
• Travel advice and NHS Vaccinations

Typical work activities include: 

• Anxiety
• Coughs / colds
• Diarrhoea
• Ear ache
• Headaches
• Infected wounds
• Low mood
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Sprains and Strains
• Thrush
• Urinary Tract Infection

 Typical work activities include: 

• Child Health Surveillance
• Family Planning
• Joint Injections
• Minor Surgery
• Musculoskeletal Management
• Post-Natal Reviews

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Cervical Smears

When you receive notification that you are due for a smear test, you should contact reception and book a cervical smear appointment with the practice nurse.

You will be informed of the result by a letter sent to you by the Cervical Screening Service (not from the surgery). Results are currently available about 2 weeks after the sample is taken. The Surgery will also receive notification of the result at about the same time.

Family Planning

Some family planning services are available at the surgery as follows:

• Oral contraception (The Pill)
• The contraceptive injection – Depo-Provera – given by intra-muscular injection every 12 weeks (the first injection must be given during the first 5 days of a menstrual period)
• Emergency contraception (The Morning After Pill) – now usually consisting of a single dose of two tablets which must be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex
• Unplanned pregnancy advice and referral
• Coil Removal
• Coil Insertion

Mammograms

You may be between 47-53 years old when you receive your first appointment. This is simply due to the way the programme is administered, but often causes women to be concerned that they have been “missed”.

If you believe you are overdue an appointment, or have other queries about the service, you can ring The Nightingale Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital (who administer the screening programme) on 0161 291 4444.

If you are within the screening age range but have not received an appointment, you can contact the service by telephoning the above telephone number.

Following screening, women should receive the result by post in about 3 weeks.

More information can be found on the NHS website.