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 visitors
  
  Contraceptive services including coil insertion and implant insertion
  
  Maternity services in the ante-natal and post-natal period together with the midwives
  
  Routine immunisation of children, together with the health visitors
  
  Immunisation for adults in relation to travel. Not all travel vaccinations are available on the NHS; please ask our practice nurses for details
  Cervical smears
  
  Freezing small skin lesions

We also hold contracts with NHS Dumfries and Galloway for the following “enhanced services”

• An annual ‘flu immunisation programme to protect the elderly and at risk
  
  Regular monitoring by blood and urine tests for patients on a range of drugs for arthritis and bowel problems
  
  Monitoring of warfarin blood tests and dosage
  
  A methadone substitution programme for patients with drug abuse problems
  
  A minor operation service