Clinics We Offer
Services Available From the Practice
Links Medical Practice has signed a contract with NHS Grampian to provide the following Services:
Essential Services
All GPs must provide essential services, that is, basic treatment of ill people.
Additional Services
Links Medical Practice also provides the following “additional services”:
- Child health surveillance, together with the Health Visiting team
- Contraceptive services including contraceptive advice, oral contraceptive pills, contraceptive injections and implant fitting, and IUCD (coil) insertion.
- Maternity services in the ante-natal and post-natal period, together with the midwives from the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital
- Routine immunisation of children, together with the Health Visiting team
- Immunisation for adults in relation to travel.
- Cervical smears
- Minor Surgery Clinics: for the removal of various small skin lesions
Enhanced Services
Links Medical Practice also has a contract with NHS Grampian to provide 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.
- Regular monitoring, by blood tests for patients on warfarin.
- Annual comprehensive reviews for patients with heart disease
- Annual comprehensive review for patients with diabetes.
- Minor Injury Service
Maternity Care
We offer shared care with the staff of Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. Midwife Nicola Campbell, RGN M, runs weekly antenatal and postnatal clinics.
Minor Surgery
Various small operations under local anesthetic are undertaken at the surgery. This service has proved to be beneficial to our patients
Smoking Cessation
We are keen to give all our patients who smoke as much help as possible to stop. Please ask at reception or at any consultation for information and support. You may also obtain advise from your local pharmacist.