Social Prescribers can work with patients to identify potential solutions to difficulties they face on a day to day basis. They explore where you are in life currently as well as where you would like to get to. They then help you identify the barriers to living the life you want. They also work with hundreds of charities and other organisations who can provide specialist input if required.

Watch this quick video to learn more about the Social Prescriber role in general practice.

To learn more about the Social Prescribing service, visit the website by clicking this link.

The Neighbourhood Team help our most complex and vulnerable patients, who would benefit from a holistic assessment by multiple health and social care workers. You can find more information about the way they work here.

The NHS Health Check is a health check-up for adults in England aged 40 to 74. It’s designed to spot early signs of stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes or dementia. As we get older, we have a higher risk of developing one of these conditions. An NHS Health Check helps find ways to lower this risk.

It is not available to patients with pre-existing conditions, as we monitor those as part of the annual review system.

For full information, please visit the NHS Health Check website.

All patients with selected long term conditions and / or medication on their repeat medication list are offered an annual review. You will be called in once a year by our reception team. However, if you have problems with your medications you can always contact one of our Clinical Pharmacists at the surgery, or your community pharmacist. Similarly, if you have any problems with your health conditions between reviews, please do let us know via askmyGP. You can also access help and support for your longterm conditions on this website.

We offer all our patients with a learning disability an annual check with our nursing team. This is by invitation. You can find out more about these annual checks on the NHS website.

Anyone who is suffering from hearing loss can book in with one of our nurses who will examine the ears for wax and other common causes of hearing loss. If they don’t find any reason for the hearing loss, they can arrange onward referral for an NHS hearing test at the local hospital. To arrange an appointment, please send us a message via askmyGP.

For further information about hearing loss, please see our Health Information section of this website.

We are pleased to provide a fully comprehensive family planning service to our patients and those of surrounding practices too. We can provide advice and prescriptions for all types of contraceptive pill, as well as fit coils, mirena coils, and implants. To arrange a consultation, please send us an askmyGP via the website. If you’re registered at another practice, you will need to ask them to arrange a referral to us.

For further information and advice about contraception, please see the Health Information page on this website.

We have a practice diabetes team who offer routine check ups as well as consultations for any difficulties our diabetic patients face. The current team includes:

• Dr David Sheehan (Diabetes Lead)
• Dr Philip Williams (GP)
• Liz Smith (Practice Nurse Manager)
• Marie El-Maaytah (Practice Nurse)

If you have problems with your diabetes between reviews, please let us know via askmyGP. You can also find lots of information about diabetes in the Health Information section of this website.

We are able to offer cryotherapy for non-cancerous skin lesions. Our current cryotherapy team consists of:

• Helen Todd (Trainee Nurse Practitioner)
• Gemma Best (Practice Nurse)

If you have a skin lesion causing you symptoms, then please send us an askmyGP preferably with a photo attached. You can find more information about skin complaints in the Health Information section of this website.

All our patients who have COPD have an annual check up by our COPD practice nurse, Helen Todd.

If you have problems with your COPD between annual reviews, please let us know through askmyGP. You can also find out more information about COPD in the Health Information section of this website.