Clinics and Services

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We provide a range of services and specialist clinics to support your healthcare.  All surgery appointments need to be booked through our reception team on 01984 632701.

Services provided by our nursing team include dressings, vaccinations, childhood immunisations, cervical smears, removal of sutures and chronic disease health surveillance for those with asthma, diabetes, COPD, high blood pressure and other long-term conditions.  All appointments with our Practice Nurses, HCAs and Phlebotomist need to be booked by our reception team.

Other services provided by our practice include health checks for patients over 75 years of age, family planning including fitting and removal of long-acting reversible contraception and minor surgery.  Further details on specific services are given below.  Please call reception if you have any queries.

Antenatal Care & Clinic (Maternity Services)

An attached community midwife delivers services to our patients working closely with our GPs.  Patients can self-refer to maternity services without the need to see a GP or Practice Nurse.  Please visit the Somerset Foundation Trust website for details.

Pregnancy Care Planner

Cardiac, Stroke, Hypertension

Our specially trained nurses, under the supervision of the doctors, run these clinics at each surgery. Patients who have been diagnosed with one or more of the above conditions will be contacted and offered the opportunity to attend for a review on an annual basis according to your birth month. 

Cryotherapy Clinics

These are run by Dr Ross Ganner at Williton Surgery, for the management of certain skin conditions, usually those related to chronic sun exposure.  GPs will be referred to these clinics by a doctor.

For treatment of warts and verruca's, please see the NHS Health A-Z Section

Diabetes Care

Our team of specially trained Practice Nurses, with the support of our GPs, offer regular reviews to our diabetic patients to help them manage their disease.  Patients will be called for review by our computerised system according to birth month.  

Further information for patients is available at: 

Pre-diabetes preventing-diabetes.co.uk

Diabetes - known as my way diabetes mydiabetes.com and diabetes.org.uk

Other adult immunisations such as Shingles, will be offered to patients who are eligible.

Please contact our reception team if you have any queries about vaccination and immunisation.

Travel vaccinations are not currently offered during the current pandemic.  For future enquiries, please refer to the Travel Clinic section. For childhood immunisations please click here

Joint Injection Clinic

A number of our clinicians provide joint injections for a variety of musculo-skeletal conditions.

Minor Surgery

Our doctors undertake minor surgery procedures for their patients, including aspiration and excision of cysts, excision of skin lesions, injection of joints and tendons, incision of abscesses and removal of foreign bodies. 

Procedures may be carried out in the consulting room or the nurses’ treatment room. There is a purpose built operating theatre in the Watchet Surgery for more complex procedures and patients of both surgeries may be asked to attend there.  GPs will refer our patients internally for minor surgery procedures. 

Respiratory Care

Our specially trained nurses, under the supervision of the doctors, run asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clinics at each surgery.  Patients will be called for their reviews by their birth month.

Asthma Questionnaire