Minor Illness Clinics are held Monday to Friday. Appointments can usually be made on the same day, or up to five days ahead.
The receptionists are trained to help patients decide if a minor illness nurse can help them. Please help them to help you by giving them as much information as possible when you are asking for an appointment. Everything is treated with complete confidentiality.
Prescriptions are available from the nurse run minor illness sessions.
Conditions the nurse can treat in this clinic are:
- Upper Respiratory Conditions – Coughs/colds/flu, sore throat, sinusitis, earache, hayfever
- Musculoskeletal Conditions – Minor injuries, back/neck pain, sprains
- Women’s Health – Thrush, vaginal discharge, emergency Contraception – and follow up for oral contraception
- Urological Conditions – Cystitis and urine infection
- Dermatological Conditions – Eczema, skin rash, sunburn, insect bites and stings
- Gastrointestinal Conditions – Diarrhoea/vomiting, constipation, haemorrhoids, thread worms
There are some urgent conditions which are excluded from the Minor Illness Clinic as they will require a doctors opinion:
- Severe chest pain or severe difficulty breathing
- Convulsions
- Coughing / vomiting blood
- Sudden loss of sight
- Bleeding profusely from any orifice
- Patients requiring sick notes