Our ANP can consult on a wide variety of issues and is able to prescribe medications.

For any condition involving your mouth or teeth.

The District Nursing Service provides care for patients unable to attend an appontment with the Practice Nurses, at the practice. The service will assess, plan and provide the most appropriate care within the patient’s own home.

Who to call for urgent care

For help and advice on child health for children aged under 5, not yet at school. This includes feeding, minor skin problems, concerns about speech and development as well as adice on and administration of pre-school immunisations.

How we deal with the review of long term conditions within the Practice

Self-referral details for Lothian Maternity Services

Links, contacts and advice for a variety of mental health and wellbeing topics

Details of how to get in touch with Minor Injuries Units within NHS Lothian

Minority Ethnic Health Inclusion Service

Working Health Services Lothian works in partnership with patients, employers and employment rights & money advice services. It can be accessed by those employed in small or medium size business with under 250 employees.

Resource contacts and links our older patients might find useful

For all dry, red, sore, watery. sticky or itchy eyes or eyelids. Squints in children. Flashing lights. Headaches when reading or watching TV. Cysts and styes. Conjunctivitis. Corneal ulders or abrasions. Reduced or double vision. Opticians can also refer to Eye Hospital if needed.

If you need urgent medical advice which can’t wait until your GP practice is open, or you have a sudden onset or worsening of condition

Pharmacies can advise and treat an expanding range problems. Click for the full range of services - it includes coughs, colds, runny noses, sore throats, earache, conjunctivitis, verrucas, constiptaion, smoking cessation, hay fever, mouth ulcers, cold sores and much more

You can book an appointment with one of our Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners, based at Bruntsfield Medical Practice. Extended treatment, if needed, is provided through the physiotherapy community clinics.

You can self refer to the Podiatry Service. Ask at reception, or click this link to get access to the form which advices of all the clinic locations.

Responsible for chronic disease management reviews as well as a range of other appointment types, our Practice Nursing Team is always kept busy.

Details of all the National Screening Programmes within Scotland

Click for extensive information about home test kits, contraception options, clinics and infections on the NHS Lothian Sexual Health website. Please note vasectomy referrals can be booked directly and do not require a GP referral. The practice also provides appointments about these issues and has healthcare staff trained to undertake cervical screening and to provide contraception – including implants and coils.

GP practices no longer prescribe nicotine products – they are obtained directly from local pharmacies or smoking cessation clinics. Click for further information.

For social work help, advice about benefits, care at home, help with the tasks of daily living, carer support, help due to illness or disability and concerns about safety.

Information about contraception, cervical smears, breast screening and menopause

Resources and links on a variety of topics to help young people