Nurse and Healthcare Assistant Clinics

Our nurses and healthcare assistants provide general nursing care e.g. blood tests, blood pressures, dressings, injections, suture removals etc. They also run clinics for conditions such as asthma, heart disease, diabetes and smoking. Additionally some of our nurses have extra training and skills enabling them to deal with a wide range of minor illnesses and acute problems. 

Long Term Conditions

Conditions such as diabetes, asthma, coronary heart disease and high blood pressure are reviewed regularly; the practice nurses provide much of this care following national and local guidance and are supported by the doctors in the practice. If you are unsure about when your next review is due please contact our reception team,

Cervical Screening

It is recommended that every woman between the ages 25 years and 50 years should have a cervical smear every three years and every woman between the ages of 51 years and 64 years should have a cervical smear every five years.  When you receive a letter from North Yorkshire and York NHS screening services inviting you to make an appointment please telephone your usual surgery and ask the receptionist for an appointment with the practice nurse. The result of your smear will be sent to you directly from the screening services within six weeks.  If you have not received your result within this time please contact the surgery on: 01723 375343. 

For more information about cervical screening click here.

Antenatal and Midwife Care

An integrated system of shared care is available in the Scarborough district with close co-operation between the Hospital, General Practitioners and Midwives. All our doctors provide maternity care, mainly during ordinary surgeries, although most of the antenatal care is now undertaken by the midwife.  Please tell the receptionist if you require an antenatal or postnatal appointment because a longer consultation will be necessary. There is a Midwife attached to our practice and she usually sees patients at Danes Dyke Surgery on Wednesday and South Cliff surgery on Thursday afternoons. As a midwife care delivery your baby will be delivered in the hospital by a community midwife. The early part of your labour will be monitored at home. This means that your stay in hospital will be for a relatively short time, usually between six and forty eight hours. This service is usually offered to women in their second or subsequent pregnancy. 

Child Health

As part of the Child Health Surveillance programme for children under the age of five years, your child will be offered regular checks with either your Doctor or Health Visitor.  These start with the six-week baby check which is carried out by the Doctor at the same time as the mother's post-natal check.  The Health Visitor then continues to check your child’s early development at regular stages.  At the age of three and a half years you will be invited to bring your child to the surgery for his/her pre-school check with the doctor followed by an appointment with the Practice Nurse for vaccination. 

Family Planning

We see patients for emergency contraception or advice, please ask at reception to see the Practice Nurse.  As with all our medical practice this is a completely confidential service. We offer a full service, including the fitting of intra-uterine devices (coils) and the fitting of subcutaneous contraception (Implanon).  In addition our practice nurses will see patients for contraceptive advice or for annual checks.

For more information about contraception click here.

Minor Surgery / Cryosurgery

All our Doctors are able to carry out minor surgical procedures, typical operations being the removal of sebaceous cysts and small non-malignant skin lesions.  We also have the facility to freeze treat troublesome warts, without the need for referral to hospital. A cryosurgery clinic is held monthly on a Wednesday afternoon, at Danes Dyke Surgery from 5.00 to 5.45 pm, for the treatment of these warts and other minor skin conditions. 

What is an NHS Health Check? 

The NHS Health Check is a health check-up for adults in England aged 40 to 74. It's designed to spot early signs of stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes or dementia. As we get older, we have a higher risk of developing one of these conditions. An NHS Health Check helps find ways to lower this risk.

Am I eligible? 

The check is for people who are aged 40 to 74 who do not have any of the following pre-existing conditions:

• heart disease
• chronic kidney disease
• diabetes
• high blood pressure (hypertension)
• atrial fibrillation
• transient ischaemic attack
• inherited high cholesterol (familial hypercholesterolemia)
• heart failure
• peripheral arterial disease
• stroke
• currently being prescribed statins to lower cholesterol
• previous checks have found that you have a 20% or higher risk of getting cardiovascular disease over the next 10 years

You should have regular check-ups if you have one of these conditions. Your care team will be able to give you more information about this.

How do I get an NHS Health Check?

If you're in the 40 to 74 age group without a pre-existing condition, you should receive a letter from your GP surgery or local council inviting you for a free NHS Health Check every 5 years. You can also call your GP surgery to book a Health Check. You may want to try this online Heart Age test.

How can I improve my test results?

Once you've had your NHS Health Check, your healthcare professional will discuss your results with you. You'll be given advice to help you lower your risk of a stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, diabetes or dementia, and maintain or improve your health. But you do not have to wait until then to make healthy changes. Take the How Are You quiz and start now.

Stop Smoking Service

Every cigarette you smoke is harmful.

Smoking is the biggest cause of preventable deaths in England, accounting for more than 80,000 deaths each year. One in two smokers will die from a smoking-related disease. If you could see the damage, you'd stop. Click the icon below for help with quitting smoking. You can also download the free NHS Quit Smoking App from your apple or google store.