Essential Services
All GP practices are contracted to provide ‘essential services’, that is basic treatment of ill people. We also hold a contract with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to provide additional services: child health surveillance, contraceptive services, antenatal and postnatal services, routine immunisation of children, immunisation of adults in relation to travel but note, (but please note that not all travel immunisations are available on the NHS).
Enhanced Services
Our nurses help provide the services that we contract from NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde for the following enhanced services:
- The annual flu immunisation programme to protect the elderly and those patients at risk.
- Annual comprehensive reviews for patients with heart disease, diabetes, stroke, hypertension (every 6 months), epilepsy, asthma, COPD and thyroid.
- Regular monitoring by blood and urine test for patients on a wide range of drugs for arthritis.
They also work with the Scottish Cervical Call Recall System (SCCRS) to ensure that women between the ages of 20 – 60 years are called for their smear every three years or sooner if required according to the Scottish guidelines. This can also include family planning and sexual health.
Appointments can be made for any of these review clinics by contacting the reception.
Childhood
Immunisations
Some important changes to the UK routine infant immunisation programme should be noted, including:
• The inclusion of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)
• A modified schedule for MenC and Hib vaccines
• An additional visit at 12 months for the Hib/MenC vaccine
As can be seen in the following table, infants are offered different combinations of vaccines at the two, three and four month visits. Three injections are given to infants at four months of age.
| When to immunise |
Diseases protected against |
Vaccine given |
Total number of injections |
| 2 months old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and
Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib).
Pneumococcal infection |
DTaP/IPV/Hib.
Pneumococcal
conjugate vaccine
(PCV) |
2 |
| 3 months old |
Diphtheria,tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and
Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib).
Meningococcal |
DTaP/IPV/Hib
MenC |
2 |
| 4 months old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and
Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib).
Meningococcal
Pneumococcal |
DTaP/IPV/HibC
MenC
PCV |
3* |
| Around 12 months old** |
Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and meningococcal |
Hib/MenC |
1 |
| Around 13 months old |
Measles, mumps & rubella (German measles)
Pneumococcal |
MMR
PCV |
2 |
| 3 years 4 months to 5 years |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio
Measles, mumps and rubella |
DTaP/IPV or dTaP/IPV
MMR
|
2 |
| 12 - 18 years |
Tetanus, diphtheria and polio |
Td/IPV |
1 |
| Girls 12 - 13 years |
Cervical cancer caused by human papilloma virus types
16 and 18
|
HPV |
3 injections over a period
of six months |
* Please note that there are no additional adverse effects from having three injections at the same time.
** Requires addtional clinic attendance.
