We offer preventative health clinics tailored to the health concerns specific to men and women.

These may include checks for raised blood pressure, kidney disease and diabetes as well as advice regarding weight, diet, smoking and other lifestyle factors. These appointments are with our Nursing Team.

Once registered, you may be asked to make an appointment with our nursing team for a new patient health check.

This appointment helps us identify any potential health risks and gain a comprehensive understanding of your health background and lifestyle. It may include recording your blood pressure and healthy living advice.

If you are diagnosed with a long term or chronic condition you will be invited to attend an annual review on the month of your birthday, with one of our Practice Nurses. You may also be invited at other times of the year for interim reviews.

We hold clinics to support patients with the following conditions*:

• Asthma
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
• Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Heart Failure
• Peripheral arterial disease
• Rheumatoid arthritis

*this list is not exhaustive and can change from year to year

Cervical screening, which used to be called a smear test, is a test to check the health of the cervix and help prevent cervical cancer.

All women aged 25 to 64 are invited for cervical screening every 5 years (more often if needed). This appointment will be with our Nursing Team.

Our doctors and nurses give confidential advice on all aspects of family planning, including coil fitting and emergency contraception.

You can find out about the different methods of contraception available on the NHS, where to get them and how to decide which method might work best for you. Your contraception guide

The practice follows the national guidelines for all vaccinations.  When a child is registered at the practice they will automatically be invited for vaccinations when they are due.

If you have recently moved to the area please let us know your child's previous immunisation history so we can add these to their medical records. Please bring your child's red immunisation book when you come in for the vaccinations.

To see which vaccines are routinely offered to children in the UK, and the age at which you should ideally have them, please click here.

Our nurses can provide travel health advice and arrange for appropriate immunisations. 

Please arrange an appointment for a travel consultation in our Treatment Suite at least 6-8 weeks before departure if possible. Vaccines need time to take effect and some may require a course over several weeks.

For more information, including which vaccines are recommended for the destination you will be travelling to, visit:  https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/countries

Moving towards better health with nature

Our practice, along with the other member practices of the Barnstaple Alliance Primary Care Network (Brannam, Fremington & Queens Medical Centres) has a programme called Pathway Prescriptions, which is all about boosting our patient's health and wellbeing naturally, through spending more time outdoors and connecting to nature.

We hold regular Minor Surgery clinics - these can only be booked on the clinicians’ instructions. We offer minor surgery to remove non- sinister cysts, moles and skin tags if they are in places which get caught on clothing and / or if they are at risk of recurrent infection.

We offer appointments in our treatment suite including ear syringing, dressings, wound care, removal of stitches, injections, and ECGs.

These appointments are with our Practice Nurses.

Stopping smoking is one of the best things you can do for your health. We don't provide smoking cessation clinics as you can self refer to get advice and support through Stop For Life.

Stop for Life's free service offers expert coaching to help you create a sustainable quit plan, plus smoking cessation aids for the best chance at success.

Patients are able to see our First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) without needing to see their GP first.

They can assess, diagnose, and advise on musculoskeletal (bone, muscle, and joint) issues and make onward referrals to traditional NHS Physiotherapy, Orthopaedics or X-Ray as necessary and they are able to prescribe pain relief medications if required.

The Wellbeing Team support patients with non-medical problems such as advice about lifestyle, loneliness and other social concerns.

They seek to address patient's needs in a holistic way and aim to encourage patients to look after their own physical and mental health.

They work with patients who have more complex issues, such as mental health, bereavement, money matters and much more.

We have appointments available with the Barnstaple Alliance PCN Mental Health team: Sara Ward, a Mental Health Nurse, and Jemma Coates, an Occupational Therapist specialising in mental health.

Sara and Jemma work with people to look at their mental health needs which could include managing symptoms, improving understanding around mental health, building a daily routine that works for you or discussing how to get the most out of your medication.