Specialist Clinics

We run the following special clinics for our own patients only - appointments are required:

Open access clinics:

• Family Planning Run by family planning trained nurses with one of our GP's. All methods of contraception (except coil fitting at present) are available through the practice though any method requiring a procedure to be carried out needs to be discussed with the doctor or nurse first so that arrangements can be made for you.  
• Travel Clinic  Provides advice re immunisations, medication and general travel health precautions.

Clinics to which you must be referred by your own doctor:

• Ante-natal Clinic Midwife run clinic with one of our GP's on hand. New patients must have a positive pregnancy test (either hospital, pharmacy or home test) and must please advise the reception staff that they are a new patient. If your circumstances are not straightforward then please book into a normal surgery - preferably with your own GP.
• Asthma Clinic This clinic is primarily for newly diagnosed asthmatics or those having problems. Run by the practice nurse and a GP.
• Diabetic Managment All the diabetic patients in the practice are offered an annual review check to monitor the effectiveness of therapy and to check for the development of complications. Patients should attend the nurse for blood tests and their optician for a free routine eye check at least two weeks before their clinic appointment.
• Counselling Run by qualified and experienced counsellors.
• Minor Surgery Your doctor will advise you if one of the many minor surgical procedures available in this clinic are appropriate for your condition.
• Physiotherapy This is run by a physiotherapist provided by the physiotherapy department at Darlington Memorial Hospital.
• Stop-smoking Clinics These are currently being organised and run by Darlington PCT. These clinics provide specific advice about stopping smoking as well as nicotine replacement and Zyban.


The NHS County Durham and Darlington Stop Smoking Service

This is provided by an experienced team of stop smoking advisors and specialists who support local people like you to stop smoking. Our team has helped 46,000 local people, across a range of dufferent venues to  stop smoking over the last 11 years.

IF YOU WANT TO STOP, WE ARE HERE TO HELP 

Contact NHS County Durham and Darlington Stop Smoking Service

0800 011 3405

 Email: cd-pct.stopsmoking@nhs.net 

Because life's better smokefree