Our Nurse Practitioners are responsible for chronic disease management and minor illness at the practice. The range of procedures and treatments covered by all nurses in the team at both Cambridge Avenue Medical Centre and Messingham Family Health Centre include:

• Dressings
• Immunisations
• Cervical smears
• Family planning including implants
• and a full range of health promotion and disease management clinics.

All nurses are involved with the telephone triage service, which enables the practice to direct the patient more efficiently to the most appropriate health care professional in a timely manner.

Health Care Assistants

Health care assistants', duties include phlebotomy (blood sampling), wound care, blood pressure checks, removal of stitches, glucose tolerance testing and ECGs. Our health care assistants hold NVQ’s in health and social care. Appointments are available with members of the nursing team throughout each weekday.

Attached Services

Minor Ailments Scheme

There is a Minor Ailments Scheme run by pharmacies which our patients can access. Our receptionists will help with details of these services.

However our Practice Nurse, Shelley will now be able to treat minor ailments within the surgery.

Translation & Interpretation Services Available 

Please inform a receptionist if you will need access to this service so arrangements can be made

Health Visitors

Health visitors, who are employed by NHS North Lincolnshire, work as a team across North Lincolnshire area. Depending on where you live the contact numbers are as follows:

• Ashby Clinic and Children’s Centre         01724 742350
• Riddings Clinic and Messingham             01724 742364

A list of baby clinics can be found on the practice notice board or ask the receptionist for help.

District nurses

NHS North Lincolnshire CCG employs a team of district nurses who play a major role in the management of patients at home. They can be contacted on 030 33305 194. The district nurses who work with the practice are based at the Global House, Ridge Way, Scunthorpe, DN17 1BS.

Community Midwives

Midwives from the Town team see expectant mothers at the midwifery centre at 58e Cottage Beck Road, Scunthorpe and can be contacted there on 01724 847362.

Other Specialist Clinics

Talking shop – self referral service fo psychological therapies. Leaflets can be obtained from reception.

Text Service for young people in crisis with their mental health Text 'AFC to 85258' 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Non NHS/Private Services

IInsurance medicals, employment medicals, private medicals, HGV and PSV medicals, fitness to drive medicals, private notes for employment, completion of private health insurance forms and certain other similar services are not covered by the NHS. We do, therefore, have to charge a fee for those services and base these fees on British Medical Association guidelines where available.

Details are available from the receptionist and are displayed on the notice board in the waiting room. Please ask at reception for details.

Please click on the link for BMA Guidance on why GPs sometimes charge fees ……….  Non NHS Fees document July 2016

Medical Reports 

Our practice has decided to outsource our medical reporting work to an NHS Digital accredited company called Medi2Data. 

Medi2Data will be processing medical reports via eMR and providing online access via their secure encrypted portal.

If you wish to contact Medi2Data directly, then please eamil mdmc@medi2data.com or call on 03333 055774.  

Polite Notice

 Forms, Letters or Reports will not be completed during a consultation, unless the Doctor has requested to see you.

Maternity Care

This is carried out jointly by the doctors with the midwives. Antenatal care is undertaken by the midwifery team from their centre on Cottage Beck Road and they will contact the patient to arrange appointments.

To see a doctor for maternity problems please book an appointment. Baby assessment and first immunisations will be done when baby is 8 weeks old.

An appointment will be sent to you.