Doctors

Your local Doctors' surgery (or GP practice) provides a wide range of family health services, including:

• advice on health problems
• vaccinations
• examinations and treatment
• prescriptions for medicines
• referrals to other health services and social services

Most surgeries can also provide family planning/contraception services, care during pregnancy, child health checks and immunisations, health promotion/health screening services, such as smear tests and well person checks and minor operations and procedures.

It is important to attend for appointments, or notify the surgery if you have to cancel or change it.

You can use the NHS Gateway site to find a local doctors' surgery / GP Practice..