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NHS General Practice Team

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We would like to introduce different health professionals, who are working in general practice alongside the GPs and in the wider community, who are helping patients to get the right care, more easily, first time.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

I can help by:

• Managing a range of conditions: minor illness, musculoskeletal conditions, chronic disease, respiratory problems, skin conditions, wounds, and much more.
• diagnosing, treating and referring on as necessary
• performing physical examinations

Care Coordinators

We can help by:

• Helping the doctors with triage to get the right care as early as possible
• Signposting to the more appropriate services
• Monitoring your health and care needs and responding to any changes
• Supporting you to understand and manage your care

Clinical Pharmacists

We can help by:

• Reviewing your medicines
• Agreeing and making changes to your prescriptions
• Advising about medicines and possible side effects.

Healthcare Assistants

We can help by:

• Carrying out health checks and holistic assessments
• Supporting you with long-term conditions (diabetes, hypertension, etc)
• Promoting health and illness prevention
• Administering vaccines and injections

Health and Wellbeing coach

I can help by:

• Guiding lifestyle changes for long-term conditions: Type 2 diabetes, Pre-diabetes, Hypertension, High cholesterol, Obesity, and Low-level mental health. 
• Focusing on nutrition, physical movement, sleep, stress management, and social connection.
• Working together to develop personalized strategies, addressing motivation, barriers, strengths and creating an inspiring vision for your health goals.

Medical Secretaries

We can help by:

• Communicating with secondary care
• Submitting GP referrals
• Dealing with correspondence

Mental Health Practitioner

I can help by:

• Carrying out assessments
• Providing advice and support to manage your condition
• Supporting you to access appropriate mental health services and community resources.

Paramedic

I can help by:

• Assessing and treating certain health conditions.
• Attending home visits, vaccinating housebound patients.
• Ordering tests and interpreting results.

Pharmacy Technician

I can help by:

• Showing you how to use your medicines
• Supporting Clinical Pharmacists to review your existing medication
• Advising you on your lifestyle choices
• Administering flu vaccination

Physiotherapists

We can help by:

• Diagnosing and treating muscular and joint conditions
• Advising on how to manage your condition
• Referring you on to specialist services.

Practice Nurse

We can help by:

• Providing vaccinations and injections
• Supporting you with long-term conditions (asthma and COPD)
• Providing family planning and sexual health advice 
• Tending to dressings and stitch removal

Prescriptions Clerks

We can help by:

• Advising you on how to renew your prescription
• Supporting Clinical Pharmacists

Care Navigators

We can help by:

• Getting you an appointment with the right healthcare professional as quickly as possible
• Identifying services you can access with a GP referral
• Making appointments for new kinds of care or services you may not be aware of

Social Prescriber

I can help by:

• Connecting you to services in the community to meet the practical, social and emotional needs that affect your health and wellbeing
• Giving you time to focus on what matters to you • supporting you to take control of your health and wellbeing