Clinics & Services

Hollyns Health and Wellbeing offer a number of services alongside our routine and urgent appointments. The GPs, ANPs or ACPs are able to support you with the following services and clinics.

Sexual Health

HRT Advice

Minor Surgery – We have 2 Clinicians who are trained in minor surgery including ingrowing toenail removal, removal of various skin lesions including cysts, lipomas etc.

Hollyns Health and Wellbeing have a team of Nurses and Health Care Assistants who are able to support you with the following services and clinics.

Chronic Disease Management

Diabetes

Diabetic Foot Checks – Low risk patients only seen at the Practice

CHD (Coronary Heart Disease)

Hypertension

Other Nurse Led/HCA Appointments

Carers Health Check – You will be invited to an annual review to make sure your health needs are assessed – For more information please click here.

Contraception

Blood Pressure

HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy)

Learning Disability

Mental Health – During your annual health check the nurse will be able to look for any health problems, to help you get the treatment you need to stay well. You can ask them questions about your health and tell them how you are feeling.

New Patient Health Checks

New patients (over the age of 5) will be offered a free health check.

The health check helps us to assess and review your health care needs and record clinical data such as height, weight and blood pressure. You will be asked about:

Current and past illnesses
Operations
Illnesses that run in the family
Medication and allergies, including repeat medications that may need to be added to your record
Details of screening tests such as cervical smears
Immunisations you’ve had

Any health issues/concerns to that they will be directed to the appropriate nurse/clinician if they have any health issues they wish to be discussed/reviews due

Anticoagulation (Warfarin) – Clayton Patients

Weight Management

NHS Health Checks

Childhood/Adult Vaccinations

Travel Vaccinations

Removal of Stitches

Dressings

This is nurse led for adults, providing care to wounds which are less than 6 weeks old, e.g. surgical incisions, skin tears, abrasions and post operative wounds.

Access is by appointment only. Your GP, practice nurse, district nurse or hospital staff will usually refer you.

Wound Swabs

Phlebotomy (Blood Tests)

Cervical Screening

Vaginal Swabs

How to Self-Collect a Vaginal Swab Specimens

Please read all instructions before collecting specimens.

Vaginal Swab Specimen Collection Guide:

1. Wash hands with soap and water. Rinse and dry.

2. Hold the swab in one hand and with the other hand separate the folds of skin around the vaginal opening (labia). Do not touch the swab tip or lay it down. If you touch the tip or lay the swab down, ask for a new swab.

3. Insert the swab about 5 cm (2 inches) into the vaginal opening. Gently turn the swab for about 30 seconds while rubbing the swab against the wall of the vagina.

4. Withdraw the swab without touching the skin. holding the swab in the same hand remove the cap from the tube. Place the swab in the tube.

5. Tightly close the PCR Media tube.

6. After collection, wash hands with soap and water, rinse, and dry.

7. Return the sample to your healthcare provider as instructed.

ECG’s

Smoking Cessation

Hollyns Health and Wellbeing host a number of additional services for our Patients that are provided by Allied Health Professionals. These are either NHS service providers or Health Care based professionals that are not employed directly by us but offer their services to our Patients within our buildings.

Pharmacists

Our Trust Pharmacy Team (made up of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians) who can provide a range of services such as telephone and face-to-face medication reviews, prescription requests, medication queries, repeat dispensing set-up and synchronisation of repeat prescriptions.

HALE – Health Action Local Engagement

HALE (Health Action Local Engagement) is an award winning charity based in Bradford, who work with local people, enabling them to make lifestyle changes to improve their health through a variety of programmes and activities, focusing on Isolation, Self Care, Alcohol Awareness, Sexual Health and Nutrition.

HALE work with people of all ages and backgrounds, and pride themselves on having a skilled team of community health workers who understand how to make a difference to people’s health and wellbeing.

HALE provides access to a variety of activities, groups and programmes such as befriending and community connectors that all aim to reduce isolation and improve mental health and wellbeing.

For more information please click on the link: HALE

First Contact Physiotherapy

This is an assessment and advice service carried out by a qualified physiotherapist.

It is available to patients over 16 years of age, bookable in advance. The service is for new onset muscular joint and back problems to be assessed , it does not provide ongoing treatment. Following your assessment you may be referred into the Community Physiotherapy Service if ongoing treatment is required.

Patients do not have to be seen by a Clinician to be referred into this service our Care Navigators are able to arrange this by contacting the practice.

Diabetic Dietitian

Anticoagulant (Warfarin) – Allerton Patients

Anticoagulant (Warfarin)

Midwife/Antenatal

Antenatal

New Vision Bradford

New Vision Bradford is the alcohol and drug service for adults in the Bradford district. Helping people choose not to misuse alcohol and drugs and reduce risk-taking behaviour through dedicated prevention, intervention and support.

Please click on the link for further information click here