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
- Contraception services
- Maternity services in the antenatal and postnatal period, together with midwives from Paisley Maternity Hospital
- Cervical smears
- Regular monitoring, by blood and urine tests, for patients on a range of drugs for arthritis and bowel problems
- Annual comprehensive reviews for patients with heart disease, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, asthma, COPD or chronic bronchitis, hypothyroidism, cancer, hypertension, and mental health problems
- Smoking cessation advice
- Weight reduction advice.