Enhanced Access Clinics
With a growing population and increasing demands on healthcare services, there is an increasing need for more access to appointments. Enhanced Access Clinics address this need by offering extra clinics in the evenings and on Saturdays. As the workload for these is shared across the PCN, your review may be at any of the GP practices in the PCN. Further information on where these practices are can be found here.
Health and Wellbeing Coaching
The best way to take care of your health is to take an active role yourself, through maintaining a healthy lifestyle and proactively preventing problems from developing. It can be difficult to work out what lifestyle choices are best for you, and what extra activities you should incorporate into your daily routine. Health and Wellbeing Coaching focuses on teaching you how to best look after your own health.
Everyone’s health needs and level of knowledge about their health is different. Our Health and Wellbeing Coaches will help you set goals and develop a personalised strategy to improve your knowledge, skills, and confidence in managing your own health. You will usually have around 6 sessions with our coaches over a period of several months, consisting of face-to-face meetings, webinars, and group sessions relevant to you. Coaching may focus on:
- Women’s Health
- Health Screening
- Mental Health, Anxiety, and Mindfulness
- Healthy Eating
- Exercise
Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT)
In order to deliver a higher standard of care that goes beyond clinical appointments to all of our patients, the PCN is part of an Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT). This involves working with specialist services, other primary care centres, local council, voluntary organisations, and charities. Together, we hold a variety of community events, such as webinars, classes, cultural events, exercise programmes, and health education programmes.
Follow our Instagram page for updates about community events we are hosting through our work with the INT.
Medication Reviews
Many people take a variety of different medications and supplements to manage various health problems. These may be prescribed by your GP, supplied from specialist providers, or purchased over-the-counter. To make sure that your combination of medications is safe and effective for you, a doctor or Clinical Pharmacist may review what you are taking and make changes to develop an appropriate treatment regime for you. This usually happens behind the scenes, and you may be informed of changes to your medication or invited for an appointment to discuss your prescriptions.
Your medication will usually be reviewed at least once a year, taking into account your recent test results. If you wish to discuss your medications or any of their effects, a medication review may also be performed at this point. At your routine reviews, it is a good idea to have all the medication you are taking to hand as we may not be up-to-date with medication supplied by specialists or purchased by yourself.
Population Health Projects
Our aim is to make sure the healthcare provided for our patients is high-quality and equally easily accessible to everyone. We are committed to continuously improving our services and making sure the services meet the needs of our patient population. In order to achieve this, the PCN will undertake audits and quality improvement projects using data from across our practices. You may receive surveys from us to find out more about your experience of our services and what we can do to make them better for you.
If you have any questions or suggestions about how we can improve our services, please contact us.
Respiratory Clinics
Respiratory clinics focus on your lung health. We may use specialist equipment and tests during these clinics to help diagnose and monitor lung conditions. You will usually be seen by a specialist nurse during these clinics after being reviewed and referred by a doctor. Services during these clinics include:
- Spirometry: measuring your breathing to help diagnose and monitor lung conditions
- FeNO testing: a special breath test used to help diagnose Asthma
- Monitoring of lung conditions such as Asthma and COPD
- Information and guidance on how to use your inhalers effectively
Social Prescribing
Your health goes beyond a list of diagnoses and medications. It involves your personal experience and your physical, emotional, and social wellbeing, as well as the interactions between these factors. Your doctor may also determine that your diagnoses may be better managed with treatment other than medications. Social Prescribing addresses these holistic health needs.
A Social Prescriber will work with you to find out what matters to you and how you are generally: physically, emotionally, and socially. You may then be put in touch with or signposted to various services in the community, such as:
- Support groups for disabilities, long-term health conditions, and emotional wellbeing
- Educational sessions and workshops, including Health and Wellbeing Coaching
- Services to support employment or to get you involved in volunteering
- Social groups and activities to tackle isolation and loneliness
- Services to help you understand benefit entitlements and to support with housing and debt advice
Women’s Health Clinics
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