Clinics & Services

Nurse Clinics

The practice nurse is available to help with health checks and advice, blood tests, immunisations and cervical cytology.  She also runs asthma clinics, diabetic clinics, diet clinic, well person clinics and a travel clinic.

Special Clinics

• Ante-natal & Post Natal Checks - Friday afternoon from 14:00 (by appointment).
• Child Surveillance and Development - Monday  from 12:00 (by appointment).
• Immunisations - Thursday from 14:00 (by appointment).

Cervical Smears

Regular clinics by appointment (Dr Stevenson, Dr Cree, Dr Muir, Nurse S McCulloch and Nurse M Gray).

Smears needed every three years for women aged between 25 years and 50 years, every 5 years for 50 to 64 and 364 days.

Family Planning

See doctor

Breast Checks

See doctor

There is a Mammography Screening Service every 3 years for women aged 50 and over centred at Ayrshire Central Hospital, IRVINE. Appointments are sent out centrally for this.

Foreign Travel

Please arrange an appointment with the practice nurse for the TRAVEL CLINIC. There is a fee for this service.

Health Promotion

By appointment

Asthma Clinic

Through doctor or practice nurse

Diabetic Clinic

By appointment with practice nurse

Stop Smoking Clinic

By appointment with practice nurse or be self referral, contact reception for appointment.

Private Medicals

The practice carries out medicals for insurance companies, PCV and LGV. Please contact reception for appointments.  These examinations are a private service and attract a fee which must be paid at the time.

Attached Services

Community Nurses

Telephone:

• 01505 682420 (Mon-Fri  09:00 - 17:00)
• 01294 323388 (Out of Hours)

These nurses work out of Kilbirnie Health Centre providing a range of services to patients who are housebound, recently discharged from hospital, or require dressings or injections. They also provide health care and advice to those who are seriously ill at home, and to their relatives.

Health Visitors

Telephone 01505 684978

The Health Visitors cover Kilbirnie and advise on pre-school children and services to the elderly and teenagers. They encourage uptake of immunisation and assist in child development assessment and immunisation.

Community Midwives. 

• Telephone (09:00 - 17:00, Non-Urgent) 01505 684536 – (Kilbirnie Health Centre)
• Telephone (Urgent or Out of Hours) 01563 825300 – (Ayrshire Maternity Unit)

Community Midwives work with the doctors to provide care for women before and after their delivery and care for baby and mother over the first 2 weeks of life.

Midwife Clinics:

• Pre-Booking – Thursday am
• Antenatal – Wednesday am

Dietician

The Dietician gives advice to those wishing to lose weight, those on special diets and assists with dietary problems at our diabetic clinics. Appointments are made through a doctor.

Podiatrist

Telephone 01505 684978

The Podiatrist provides podiatry for pensioners and those younger who have a medical condition requiring chiropody. 

Physiotherapists

A full range of treatment is available at Kilbirnie Health Centre. An appointment is arranged through a doctor.

Community Psychiatric Nurse

The CPN can help with mental problems in a community setting. Appointments are again arranged through a doctor.

Asthma, Heart Failure, Respiratory & Diabetic Nurses

These nurses come from the hospital to the patient’s home to advise on lifestyle and assist with management of medical problems in the home setting.

Stoma Nurse

This nurse comes from hospital to advise on stoma care.

Social Services

Telephone 01505 684551

These people are available to help with social problems. The Home Help Organiser, Social Workers and Occupational Therapist can be contacted on this number.

Vaccinations/Immunisations

Childhood Immunisations

Please see our Vaccination Schedule for detailed information.

Travel Vaccinations

The practice will carry out this service. Please contact us 2 months before travelling in order that the vaccination plan can be worked out at the Travel Clinic. There is a fee for Travel Clinic.

Influenza vaccination is offered in October and is recommended for high-risk patients every year, such as patients with heart and lung disease, diabetes or those at risk through their work.

Tetanus Vaccine

A full course of 5 Vaccinations gives lifelong immunity, otherwise should be given every 10 years. If you are uncertain, please contact the surgery.

Polio Vaccine

Again, a full course should give lifelong immunity. Individuals born before 1962 may have received low potency vaccine and should receive a booster at 10 years after their last immunisation. Again, if you are unsure contact the surgery.

Travel Clinic

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below.

Please note that provision of travel advice is not an NHS service and incurs a charge - details are available from reception.  

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 4 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines have to be ordered on a private prescription and these incur an additional charge which will need to be paid to the chemist. This is because not all travel vaccinations can be obtained by the practice.

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe a very useful booklet has been published with advice and guidance to help you get the most out of your holiday. To visit please click:- http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/eu_glance/86/en.pdf (this is a large document and may take a minute or two to view)

A new Community Connector or social prescribing service is now available in Kilbirnie Medical Practice from Wednesday 24th August 2016. This service offers a way of enabling GP's and Practice Staff to refer and support patients with social, emotional or practical needs with non-medical services and activities available in the community to help improve their health and wellbeing.

The Community Connector will provide health, social care and community activity guidance and support to patients and carers to facilitate access. This includes the provision of information, intelligence and support through multiple communication channels including Carena, the award winning Care & Support website www.carena.org.uk.

A Community connector will be based in this practice every Wednesday. They can signpost patients in the right direction and help find local services on a range of non-medical topics to meet their needs and interests, including:

• Money and benefit advice, debt management and budgeting
• Local activities and social groups
• Self-help and support groups
• Care services and carers support groups
• Volunteering opportunities
• Getting into work, training and education.

To make an appointment please contact reception.