Other Services

Non-NHS Services

Some medical services, such as passport/driving licence applications, insurance claim forms etc are not part of NHS Services and attract a separate fee.  The Doctor will usually advise you of this at the time of consultation.  See link below for a list of our current fees.  These are also displayed in the Reception area.

Services with Fees - Feb 2020

Physiotherapy

**** Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic NHS are currently not accepting routine referrals.  Patients are advised to access www.nhsinform.scot/msk for self help information.  Urgent referrals will still be accepted if appropriate.****

Do you think you need physiotherapy?

 Physio Self Referral Form

Children Physio request form

Self Management Patient Service

Other Health Professionals

We have a part-time attached Pharmacist and close ties with many local Pharmacies, who collect prescriptions from the surgery. 

Other health professionals who provide services at our premises include:

• Community Midwife
• Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN)
• Substance Misuse Service Counsellor 
• Psychiatrist

Aberdeen City Community Health & Social Care Services

Within Aberdeen City, Occupational Therapy is provided by qualified and registered Occupational Therapists and support staff employed by NHS Grampian and Bon Accord Care (in partnership with Aberdeen City Council). Below is a brief description of the OT services available in the City, and how to self-refer into these services.

Bon Accord Care provides help for people of all ages (paediatrics, adults and older people) who experience difficulty coping with everyday activities due to disability, illness and/or the ageing process. The main focus is maintaining the person's ability to function in their home and local environment. This may include equipment provision, adapting their home environment or skills re-training. You can access this service via:

• Self Referral is welcome from Service users by contacting the Hillylands Independent Living Centre on 01224 666360 for bookings or drop in to the centre at 2, Croft Road, Aberdeen, AB16 6RB. This centre is open to the public Monday - Friday from 9am to 5pm. There is a large selection of equipment available to trial and Occupational Therapy staff are on hand to offer advice regarding difficulties being experienced.
• Self Referral forms can be found in GP Practices or by completing an on-line self assessment with BAC2Independence on www.bac2independenceaberdeen.org.uk. This is an online self tool can also be completed by someone on their behalf.

The Bounds

The Bounds is a new counselling and research centre which will provide a free counselling service to the local community.  It is named for its base in the Humanities Annexe in College Bounds, on the edge of the Old Aberdeen campus and will be run by staff from the University's person-centered counselling programme and student counsellors.

Given the current Covid-19 restrictions the service will be online initially but will move to include face-to-face counselling sessions as soon as the situation eases.

email:  thebounds@abdn.ac.uk  

Website:  https://www.abdn.ac.uk/education/research/the-bounds/index.php 

Information Leaflets

Leaflets and other written information about various illnesses and conditions are available on display and from the Practice Nurses.  We have leaflets produced by the Practice on the following topics:-

• Cervical Smear Test Results
• Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

Test Results

Practice Nurses

Our Practice Nurses are fully qualified to carry out a wide range of services including:

• Chronic Disease Management, including diabetes, asthma, COPD, heart disease, and high blood pressure
• Cervical smears and breast self examinations
• Injections
• Ear syringing
• Treatment of warts
• Wound dressing and suture removal
• Immunisation for travellers
• Health promotion, including dietary and smoking cessation advice

Please contact the main surgery number (01224 562888) for appointments or to speak to a Practice Nurse.

Community Nurses

District Nurses and Health Visitors are Registered General Nurses with additional qualifications to enable them to assess and plan the care of patients in the community.  They advise on all aspects of health promotion, support both patients and carers, and mobilise any resources that may be required.    If you have any problems which the Community Nursing Team could help you with, they can be contacted on:

District Nurses

• Monday–Friday (8.00am–4.00pm) Tel: 01224 559802
• Out-of-hours (emergencies) - Tel:    111

Health Visitors

• Monday–Friday (8.30am–5.00pm) Tel: 01224 559816
• Out-of-hours (emergencies) - Tel:   111

Community Midwife

The Community Midwife runs the ante-natal clinics at the surgery and will also provide care at home for mothers before and after having their babies.
The Midwife can be contacted via the Main Reception at the Maternity Hospital on 01224 552606 or through the Community Midwife Office on Tel 552071.

Transport to Healthcare Information Centre (THInC)

Do you need advice about travelling to and from your medical appointment?

The Transport to Healthcare Information Centre (THInC) can help. They provide practical transport advice for people who have difficulty getting to and from medical appointments in Grampian.

The service provides a dedicated telephone service offering guidance on accessing suitable transport options to get to and from appointments when they have no means of personal transport. The centre can provide details of suitable bus or train times, contact telephone numbers and other services such as local dial-a-bus or voluntary car schemes.

Please note that THInC does not book transport but can assist with travel advice.

The centre is the first of its kind in the UK and is a joint initiative between Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Moray Council, NHS Grampian, The Scottish Ambulance Service and Nestrans.  THInC is one of the projects taken forward as part of the Health and Transport Action Plan.

Please call THInC on 01467 536111 between 9am-4.30pm, Monday to Friday.  Calls are charged at local rate.

Further information on the Health and Transport Action Plan can be found on the Nestrans website . 

Healthy Helpings is a FREE NHS Grampian weight management programme which offers a fun, interactive and informative way of finding out more about healthy eating, healthy lifestyle and the best ways to put it into practise in your everyday life.

As part of a group, of an average 10 people, you will come to Healthy Helpings for one hour, every week for eight weeks.

Classes are available throughout Grampian.

For more information or to book a place, please telephone: 01224 555522 or view the following links

Healthy_Helpings_Programme_Starting_July_2014.doc

Newsletter_June_2014[1].pdf

The link below details the updated community resources available in Aberdeen

2015 COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN ABERDEEN

Here is the latest issue of the Dementia Friendly Aberdeen newsletter:

http://acvo.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DFA-Newsletter-Feb-edition.pdf

Services available from the Practice

All GP practices are contracted to provide “essential services”, that is, basic treatment of ill people.

We also provide the following “additional services”:

• Child health surveillance, together with the Health Visiting team
• Contraceptive services, though not IUCD insertion, nor Implanon insertion, which are available at the Family Planning clinic at Golden Square
• Maternity services in the ante natal and post natal period, together with the Midwives from Aberdeen Maternity Hospital
• Routine immunisation of children, together with the Health Visiting team
• Immunisation in relation to travel.  Please note that patients with complicated travel plans may be asked to contact the NHS Grampian Travel clinic at The David Anderson Building, Foresterhill.  Not all travel immunisations are available on the NHS, please ask for further details
• Cervical smears
• Freezing of warts and other small skin lesions

We also hold contracts with NHS Grampian for the following “enhanced services”:

• An annual flu immunisation programme to protect the elderly and those with medical conditions that have increased health risks if they get flu, eg patients with diabetes, asthma, heart disease and other chronic conditions
• Regular monitoring, by blood test, for patients on Warfarin
• Regular monitoring, by blood and urine tests, for patients on a range of drugs for arthritis and bowel problems
• Annual comprehensive review for patients with diabetes.  Retinal screening is carried out at The David Anderson Building, Foresterhill.
• A Methadone substitution programme for patients with drug abuse problems.  Note that new patients with substance dependence problems will be referred to the substance misuse service.  The doctors at the Practice will not prescribe substitutes.