Minor Surgery

Dr Wilkins holds minor surgery clinics at Ledbury Community Hospital once a month. She carries out procedures such as removal of in-growing toenails and skin tags. Please note the NHS does not allow us to remove skin lesions for purely cosmetic reasons.

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Dermatology Service

Dr Carpenter has a specific interest and further qualifications in dermatology, and will assess dermatological problems and advise on appropriate treatments.

Social Prescriptions

Our social prescriber can help and advise patients with issues such as loneliness, isolation, getting more active, improving lifestyle, finding out what is happening in patient’s local area, managing their daily tasks, returning to or accessing work, finding care or looking after someone, financial problems, bereavement, making changes to patients’ lives that will improve health and wellbeing.

Nurse Led Services

Our team of Practice Nurses and Healthcare Assistants offer general services to our patients as listed below:

  • Blood Tests
    (at the request of a GP, or to monitor a chronic condition)
  • ECG’s
    (at the request of a GP or consultant)
  • Blood Pressure Checks
  • Dressing changes and wound checks
  • Removal of stitches or clips
  • New Patient Medicals
    (offered to all new patients registering at the practice)
  • Pill Checks
  • Cervical Smear
  • Swab taking
  • Vaccinations and advice
    (for children, travel or seasonal vaccinations)
  • Injections
    (Depo, Zoladex or Vitamin b12)
  • Well Woman or Well Man check

First Contact Physiotherapy

The role of First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) in Primary Care is to assess patients with soft tissue, muscle and joint pain and to plan the most appropriate management pathway.

FCPs are physiotherapists with expertise in the assessment and management of the following Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions:-

– All soft tissue injuries, sprains, strains or sports injuries
– Arthritis – any joint
– Possible problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons or bone, egg tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, ankle sprains
– Spinal pain including lower back pain, mid-back pain and neck pain
– Spinal-related pain in arms or legs, including nerve symptoms, egg pins and needles or numbness
– Post-orthopaedic surgery

You can book an appointment via reception, there is no need to see a GP first.