Additional Clinicians & Health Professionals
Pharmacy Team:
Our pharmacy team support the clinicians in the practice. For appointments requested regarding medication, patients may be directed towards these clinicians as they have knowledge and expertise in this area and are best suited to answer any questions posed.
- completing patient medication reviews
- processing prescriptions
- adding new medications
- Advising the doctors on alternative options when there are medication supply issue
Mental Health Nurse:
Our Mental Health Nurse works across a number of practices within our Primary Care Network to provide support to patients. Appointments with the Mental Health Nurse are by referral from the GP for patients who are not under a secondary care team.
- support to manage low mood and anxiety
- Mental Health medication management
- sleep hygiene
- Mental health fit notes
Joint and Muscle Pain Specialist:
First Contact Phtsiotherapists are the first point of call for any joint and muscle appointments. They are advanced practitioners and see patients with first presentation of musculoskeletal issues. They are the most experienced health care professional for dealing with these problems.
Our joint and muscle specialist will fully assess the your concerns and can refer into secondary care if it is needed. They can give advice on exercises and liaise with prescribing colleagues if medication is necessary.
- Joint pain
- Back pain
- Muscle aches – Tennis elbow, Carpal Tunnel, Ankle sprains
- Soft tissue injuries – sprains, strains, sport injuries
- Changes to walking
- Post orthopaedic surgery
Health, Wellbeing and Social Prescribers:
The social prescribing team supports patients with a whole range of lifestyle, social and healthy living issues. They offer appointments at the practice or telephone consultation and have various contacts and links with other agencies in the community for further information and guidance.
- Financial help
- Weight management
- Loneliness
- Low mood
- Not coping
- Stressed
- Home issues
- Relationship issues
- Employment issues