Our expert doctors can give opinion on allergies from food, skin contact and airborne substances. These can have a role in asthma, eczema and hay fever, as well as giving gastrointestinal symptoms.
The Practice provides a broad range of General Practice services.
To enable you to select the most appropriate Clinician to help you, we have provided an overview of the main clinical areas we deal with and the various areas of specialisation of our Doctors, Nurses and Musculoskeletal therapists.
Please click on the sections below to familiarise yourself with the range of services and skills at the Practice.
We offer a free cervical screening service (previously known as a smear test) with our Practice Nurses to females aged 25-49 years every three years and every 5 years for 50-65 year olds.
From your baby’s first day we are here to look after their health and well being.
After birth, we will visit you and your baby in hospital and undertake a thorough, newborn baby check – this is a service we provide completely free of charge.
As part of the the States of Guernsey’s commitment to improving the health of diabetic patients in the Bailiwick, a free annual diabetic check was launched in Spring 2022.
Every year approximately 4 in 10 people will experience common problems, such as low mood, anxiety, stress and low self-esteem.
The Practice works closely with the Medical Specialist Group on all matters relating to mental health and all patients (both adult and children) are treated in the strictest confidence.
If you need medication, your Doctor will prescribe you the appropriate drugs, which you may obtain from a pharmacy or dispensary of your choice. There are independent pharmacies adjacent to the Queens Road and Longfrie Surgeries as well as elsewhere in the Island.
The Practice is developing a range of offerings, all of which will be ‘preventative’ in nature and will look to create long term improvements in an individual’s health. These could include the identification of conditions through genetic screening, early identification of Pre-Diabetes or helping older members of the community plan for a long and healthy retirement.
The first of these programmes will be genetic screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia which launched in October 2019 and provides the first ever free screening programme for this condition to be conducted in Primary Care (at the Doctor’s) anywhere in the UK/Europe.
Several of our Doctors are highly skilled in providing you with care and advice on sexually transmitted infections, contraception and all aspects of sexual health.
These services offer practical advice on how to keep you safe, healthy and happy.
The Practice provides a comprehensive range of healthcare services to women of all ages. Detailed below are some of the preventative measures running within Guernsey to help to reduce the impact of breast and cervical cancer.
Regular exercise is important and allows us to lead happy and healthy lives. Injury sustained during the pursuit of physical activity can be distressing and frustrating.
Queens Road Medical Practice’s ear care services are hosted at Le Longfrie Surgery in our state of the art audiology room, offering comprehensive assessment and treatment of ear and hearing problems. This includes Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) problems responsible for vertigo and balance disorders.
Patients may request a chaperone accompany them to consult with their clinician, particularly where it is expected that an intimate examination or treatment may be necessary.
The Practice is happy to provide chaperones from among its members of staff but would appreciate receiving as much notice as possible of such a request.
Members of staff providing this service are bound by strict rules of confidentiality.
No additional charge will be levied by the Practice for providing a chaperone for surgery consultations.
Queens Road Medical Practice works closely with local counsellers to support islanders mental health and wellbeing.
We regularly help people with a broad range of conditions including depression, anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, PTSD, trauma, addiction, OCD, anger, bereavement, low self-esteem, and current or historical sexual, psychological or physical abuse, as well as many other personal issues affecting mental health.
Guernsey Surgical was established in early 2023 at Queens Road to provide high-quality, patient-centred surgical services to the people of Guernsey. Our mission is to deliver advanced care for various conditions, focusing on patient comfort by offering treatments outside traditional hospital settings, often avoiding the need for general anaesthetic.
We specialise in minimally invasive treatments for gastrointestinal and pelvic floor conditions, ensuring excellent outcomes with minimal disruption to your daily life.
The menopause is when a woman stops having periods and ovaries stop producing eggs. According to the NHS this usually occurs between 45 and 55 years of age, as oestrogen levels decline.
To raise awareness and improve understanding of the menopause, Dr Petra du Plessis hosted a series of presentations, discussing the menopause process, symptoms, treatment options and how it is diagnosed.
Physiotherapy helps people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice.
The Island is well serviced by a broad range of general musculoskeletal therapists, while we provide a specialised service focusing on Pelvic Health and Post-Natal wellbeing.
One of the areas we frequently discuss with patients is how we manage the process of prescribing medication and the controls that we put in place to ensure that any ongoing prescribing is as safe as possible. We hope the explanation below clarifies what can seem a complex area:
It is considered safe practice for GPs to periodically review repeat prescriptions. How often this needs to be done can vary from just once a year to every few days, depending on the medication, the condition it is prescribed for, and the stability of that condition.
When your GP issues your repeat prescriptions in a consultation, they provide them for a time period considered to be safe for your individual circumstances. We understand the end of this time period may not always be a convenient time to book a consultation, so are usually happy to extend the prescription by up to a month to allow time for the next review to be arranged.
Beyond this, we would strongly encourage a patient to see a GP to ensure safe and appropriate follow-up. If a patient remains unwilling to see a GP, we have to weigh the risks and benefits of continuing to issue the medication without such follow-up. In some cases, this may mean the prescriptions are shortened or stopped.
This may apply even when under the care of a specialist, as when prescriptions are signed by a GP, it is the GP’s responsibility to ensure appropriate assessment has taken place.
Your GP will be happy to discuss the appropriate frequency of medication review for you at your next consultation.
Dermatology is the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the skin, hair, nails and adjacent mucous membranes.
We offer regular appointments aiming to provide patients with the convenience of both a diagnosis and then scheduling for appropriate treatment wherever possible.
We operate Travel Clinics from both Queens Road and Le Longfrie surgeries and we provide travel health advice and vaccinations.
Young People (Aged 12-24 years)
The Practice provides a broad range of General Practice services for all ages, but a particular area we focus on is ensuring that all young people get the support and guidance they need as they progress from childhood, through adolescence and into young adulthood.