GPs and Nurse Practitioners
How to access:
After contacting us, we will contact you to arrange a consultation or direct you to the most appropriate care. We will try, where possible, to contact you at a time that is most convenient for you, via your preferred method of contact.
Clinical Pharmacists
First Contact Physiotherapist
What do they see?
NEW musculoskeletal problems in patients that are not otherwise unwell:
- Soft tissue injuries, sprains, strains or sports injuries
- Arthritis – any joint
- Possible problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons or bone e.g. tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, ankle sprains
- Spinal pain including lower back pain, mid-back pain and neck pain
- Spinal related pain in arms or legs, including nerve symptoms, e.g. pins & needles or numbness
- Post-orthopaedic surgery
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Specialist Nurses
What do they see?
Review of your Long Term Condition:
- Diabetes
- Asthma
- COPD
- CHD
- Hypertension
- Hypothyroidism
How to access:
Practice Nurses
What do they see?
- Dressings
- Family Planning, Sexual Health and Women’s Health
- Vaccinations, including Children’s and Travel Immunisations
- Suture Removal
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Healthcare Support Workers
What do they see?
- Blood Tests
- BP Check
- Spirometry
- INR
- ECGs
- Health Checks (Click – to book online via Patient Access)
- New Patient Medicals
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Other Services
What do they see?
- Minor Surgery
- FREE Appliance Delivery Service
- FREE Medication Delivery Sevice (for Dispensing Patients)
- Other Non-NHS Medical Services
- South Lakes Dermatology Service
- South Lakes ENT Service
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