How to register
We have an open list and welcome requests for registration from patients living in or moving to the practice area.
You can register by bringing along your NHS medical card or completing a form available from reception. You will then be invited to make an appointment for the new registration clinic and given a practice questionnaire to fill in and bring back with you for your appointment to see the practice nurse for the new registration clinic.
Appointments
We run all our surgeries by an appointment only system. Appointments can be booked by telephoning the surgery the day before or on the day you wish to be seen.
We try to make sure you see the doctor of your choice but if they are not available we may ask you to see another doctor.
If you are unable to attend the Health Centre during surgery hours due to illness or infirmity the duty doctor can be contacted at the Health Centre. A Receptionist will take your details and ask the Doctor to get in contact with you.
Services and Clinics
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| Specimens | Specimens for the hospital laboratory are collected from the Health Centre at mid-day each weekday. If you are asked to bring a sample to the Health Centre please put it in the box provided at reception before mid-day. Where possible please ring for results in the afternoon. If a result requires any follow up you will be asked to make an appointment. |
| Cervical Screening | Please enquire at reception. Currently we recommend that all women aged between 20 and 65 should have this test every 3 years. Appointments can be made for our practice nurse. |
| Coronary Heart Disease (C.H.D) Clinic | All patients that have a diagnosis of C.H.D are seen every year for a health check, which is carried out by the practice nurse. |
| Citizens Advice Bureau | Please enquire at reception, where appointments can be made. |
| Contraception | Please make an appointment in the usual way with your Dr. Some procedures, e.g. coil fitting, need preparation. A patient requiring this procedure will need to make an appointment with the practice nurse for swabs to be taken prior to fitting. It would be helpful if you could inform the receptionist that you need a longer appointment. All doctors within the practice are available for contraceptive services. |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (C.O.P.D) Clinic | All patients diagnosed with C.O.P.D will be sent an appointment to attend this clinic. |
| Diabetic Clinic | Diabetic clinic is run weekly. Patients are screened every six months by the practice nurse. When all results are collated the patient is notified. Should a patient require follow-up, an appointment will be sent for them to attend a later clinic run by Dr Leslie. |
| Hypertension Clinic (High Blood Pressure) | All patients diagnosed with hypertension will be sent an appointment to attend this clinic annually and to have their blood pressure checked every six months. The health care assistant runs this clinic. |
| Immunisation and Child Health Surveillance | Provided at the Health Centre Llanidloes (please ask at reception). The health visitor runs this clinic. |
| Well Baby Clinic | This is held every Tuesday between the hours of 1-3pm (except bank holidays), no appointment is necessary. The health visitor runs this clinic. |
| Immunisation and Travel Abroad | Appointments to be made with one of the practice nurses, for advice and inoculations. Please arrange this at least 8 weeks prior to departure. Adult vaccination - remember your tetanus booster every 10 years. |
| Maternity Medical Service | We provide shared care in conjunction with our midwife for delivery in Llanidloes and Aberystwyth. Shared care is also provided for those wishing to deliver at Shrewsbury. |
| Medical Examinations | (E.g. for employment, insurance, PSV, etc.) Please arrange with the receptionist. A fee will be charged for certain examinations. |
| Minor Surgery | All doctors in the practice perform minor surgery. This can be easily arranged for you at the Health Centre and includes the treatment of skin complaints. Please see your doctor who will arrange for the practice nurse to make an appointment for you. |
| New Registration Clinic | This is run by the practice nurse who will give you a full health check. Please enquire at reception. |
| Retinopathy Clinic | Screening takes place one a month by a technician from Cardiff. Appointments are sent to all diabetics in the practice. This is now run by Retinopathy Screening Wales. |
| Well Man Clinic | This is run by the practice nurse who will give a full health check. This includes blood pressure and advice on diet, smoking and alcohol. Please enquire at reception. |
| Practice Nurse | They are available for advice, inoculations, dressings, cervical smear and ear syringing. If you require an appointment, please make one at reception. |
| Health Care Assistant | They are technicians, not nurses. They undertake practical procedures,phlebotomy (taking of blood) urinalysis testing, blood pressure monitoring and ECG recording. |
| District Nurse | The team provides nursing care to those confined to their homes.Tel: (01686) 414232/414234.There is an answer machine on this line. |
| Community Psychiatric Nurses | Mike Hughes and Jaquie Wills advise and help those with mental health problems. Tel:(01686) 617300 |
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Minor Injury Unit
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The Minor Injury Unit operates between 8.30am and 6.30pm each day at Llanidloes Health Centre. Patients requiring this service need to report to reception and they will be seen by Health care professional within 15minutes. (30minutes between 8.00am to 8.30am and 6.00pm to 6.30pm |
Repeat prescriptions
We do not take telephone requests for repeat prescriptions. We would therefore be grateful if you could either put your order for your next prescription in the box provided in the porch, or post your order to us at Arwystli Medical Practice, The Health Centre, Llanidloes, Powys, SY18 6EZ, or Llys Meddyg, Caersws, Powys, SY17 5EX, depending on which branch you are registered with.
If you prefer we have an e-mail address for Llanidloes patients: Arwystli.dispensary@gp-w96005.wales.nhs.uk
Caersws can fax their repeat : (01686) 688344. Please allow 48 hours notice for your prescription.
Llanidloes patients living within 1 mile of Llanidloes Health Centre must obtain their prescription from the pharmacist in the town (unless they have serious difficulties). Patients living 1 mile away or more from Llanidloes Health Centre are able to obtain their prescription at Llanidloes Health Centre dispensary. Caersws patients obtain their prescriptions from Caersws Health Centre.
Sick certificates
You only need a doctor’s note if you are unable to work and are ill for longer than seven calendar days. Your employer will provide you with an SC2 self-certificate form for shorter periods of illness.
Test results
Since our telephones are very busy in the early morning, we ask you to telephone for test results (eg blood, urine, x-ray) between 11 and 12.30 each day.
To ensure confidentiality, we only release results to the patient, unless alternative arrangements have been agreed in writing.
Non-NHS services
The NHS does not pay for some of the services we provide. These include private sick notes, insurance forms, holiday cancellation forms, medical reports, fitness to travel certificates, private prescriptions, passport signing and some vaccination services. Our fees for these services, which are in line with BMA approved national guidelines, are displayed in the surgery.
