Nurses
Our nurses provide a wide range of services. They take a leading role in managing chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and asthma. In addition they provide contraceptive services, ECG recordings, blood pressure measurement, health checks, blood tests, wound care and travel immunisation.
Attached staff
We work closely with our district nursing team, health visitors and midwives from both Airedale and Burnley General Hospital.
The health visitors can be contacted on 01282 648274
The district nurses are contacted on 01282 668415
Fit notes (formerly sick notes)
2010 saw the introduction of the 'fit' note which replaced the old sick note.
If you are too ill to work then you may need to contact us for a certificate.
Please note that you only need a doctor's note for your second and subsequent weeks off.
Your first week is covered by completion of a self-certificate which is provided by your employer. If you are self-employed then you need a different form, which we stock at reception.
Results of tests
Please contact us for the results of tests. We only release results to the patient, unless aged under 16 or by special arrangement. Please phone after lunch for the results of tests.
Non-NHS work
Of course all NHS work is free of charge but there are some services which are not provided by the NHS.
These services attract a charge in line with the British Medical Association (BMA) recommendations.
Common examples include:
- HGV or PSV medicals
- Private sick notes to cover the first week of illness.
- Letters for the gym/school/university.
- Signing passport photographs.
- Fitness to drive reports.
- Fitness to travel reports.
- Legal reports/examinations.
- Insurance reports/examinations.
- Travel insurance claim forms.
- The first consultation after being involved in a road traffic accident.
- Some foreign travel services.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality is of paramount importance in general practice. We will be unable to disclose your results to other people phoning on your behalf without prior consent. Similarly we are unable to leave answerphone messages as we can not be certain who will listen to them.
Comments, compliments, suggestions and complaints
If you have any suggestions about our service then we would be pleased to hear about them.
Sometimes things don't go as well as we would wish. We would like to hear about any problems at an early stage so that we can work together to put things right. In the first instance please contact Pat Chippendale, practice manager.
We work according to the NHS complaints procedure.
