Clinics

CLINICS

Chronic Disease Clinics

We offer a wide range of clinics to manage specific conditions and to promote better health. These include:

Asthma/COPD	Child Health Surveillance	Diabetes
Hypertension	Heart Disease	Thyroid Disorders
Epilepsy	Immunisations	Medication Monitoring
Anti-coagulation	Heart Failure	Stroke/TIA
Dementia	Kidney Disease

If you suffer from any of the above you will be informed by letter or telephone when you are due a check-up. Appointments for clinics are now booked by patients themselves, therefore allowing each the freedom to choose a day and time to attend when it is most convenient. However, please do contact the surgery if you are experiencing any problems in between times.

Family Planning

A comprehensive service is available during normal surgery consultations. The fitting of coils is carried out by Dr Lockens and Dr Lowry but requires a special appointment. (Please contact the practice for more details on this service and see Annual Coil Review below.)

Dr Lowry is also available for the insertion and removal of sub-dermal contraceptive devices such as implantation. Please ask at reception for further information or an appointment.

Annual Coil Review

The practice has a responsibility to review any patient who has had a coil fitted either here at the practice or elsewhere. Each patient will receive a letter notifying them when they are due for review and can see their GP or attend a Well Woman Clinic for this to be done at their own convenience.

Cervical Smears

These are carried out by any of the doctors, Nurse Stewart or Nurse Waddell in the weekly Well Woman/Smear Clinic. All ladies between 20 and 60 should have regular smears, ideally every three years. This is a simple procedure. Please request a smear appointment at reception. You will receive a computer-generated letter asking you to make an appointment. You will then receive a letter directly from the Scottish Cervical Cytology Recall System notifying you of your results.

Vaccinations And Immunisations

Children's vaccinations can normally be carried out at any time by the practice nurse or health visitor. It is, however, preferable to make an appointment.

Special clinics are also run:

Pre-school booster clinic		Tuesday		15.00 - 16.30 hours
Baby immunisations		Tuesday Thursday		10.30 - 12.30 hours (by health visitor) 09.30 - 11.30 hours

It is important that your children are fully immunised against all the childhood diseases.

Holiday vaccinations are available by appointment with our practice nurses.

Flu vaccine clinics will be advertised when the vaccine becomes available (normally September/October each year). If you are aged over 65 or suffer from any of the chronic diseases shown in bold type above, then the GPs strongly recommend that you are vaccinated. If you are a carer it is also recommended that you are vaccinated against flu.

Adults: are you up to date with tetanus and polio?

If you require routine vaccination and travel immunisation, please make arrangements to see one of the practice nurses.

Minor Surgery

All of the GPs are accredited by the health board to carry out certain minor surgical procedures at their discretion.

Child Health Surveillance

All of the GPs are currently accredited to hold clinics in child health surveillance.

Dr Lockens and Dr Mitchell hold the clinic at the practice on Tuesdays from 09.00 - 11.30 hours as an alternative to the Ayrshire & Arran Primary Care Trust baby clinics.

Newly Registered Patients

All newly registered patients will be asked to complete a questionnaire and have a consultation with the practice nurse or doctor within one month of registering. This allows our clinicians to gather as much medical information as possible, including medical history and details of current medications, until the practice recieves your medical records. Patients who are found to fall into a specific disease category will be added to our register and will be cared for appropriately. Medical care is provided from the date you register.

Under the current contract for general practice, you are not registered with a specific doctor. Rather, you are registered with Tanyard Medical Practice.

Non-NHS Examinations

Medical examinations for special purpose eg elderly drivers, pre-employment, fitness to undertake sports, fitness to travel, HGV, PSV, life insurance etc are undertaken at various times. A special appointment must be made and a fee will be payable. Any enquiries can be directed to the reception staff.

Minor Ailments

There is a scheme whereby pharmacists are authorised to diagnose minor ailments eg, cold sores, hay fever etc and supply certain medication without you needing to see your doctor. At the present time this service is only available for patients who do not normally pay for their prescriptions, and who are registered with the pharmacy. Please ask at your local Lloyds chemist about this service.