Community Midwives

The midwifery clinics are now held at The Starlings Children Centre, Collerton School, Twyford.

Community Nurses

Community nurses, who are experienced senior nurses working in teams, cater to the needs of housebound patients from the surgery and will visit your home if necessary. A referral from one of our GPs is required to engage the Community Nursing Team.

They can be contacted directly at their base on 0118 9495083.

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women.

Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing. They can be contacted at their base on 0118 934 6699.

Physicians Associate

Physician associates are healthcare professionals who work as part of a multidisciplinary team with supervision from a named senior doctor (a General Medical Council registered consultant or general practitioner), providing care to patients in primary, secondary and community care environments. PAs are part of the government’s medical associate professions (MAPs) grouping in the health and care workforce and have been working in the UK since 2003.

Care Coordinators

Care coordinators help to coordinate and navigate care across the health and care system, helping people make the right connections, with the right teams at the right time. They can support people to become more active in their own health and care and are skilled in assessing people’s changing needs. Care coordinators are effective in bringing together multidisciplinary teams to support people’s complex health and care needs.

They can be an effective intervention in supporting people to stay well particularly those with long term conditions, multiple long-term conditions, and people living with or at risk of frailty.

Social Prescriber

Social prescribing, also sometimes known as community referral, is a means of enabling health professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services. The referrals generally, but not exclusively, come from professionals working in primary care settings, for example, GPs or practice nurses.

Social prescribing is designed to support people with a wide range of social, emotional, or practical needs, and many schemes are focused on improving mental health and physical wellbeing. Those who could benefit from social prescribing schemes include people with mild or long-term mental health problems, people with complex needs, people who are socially isolated and those with multiple long-term conditions who frequently attend either primary or secondary health care.

MIND Advisor

Mind is a mental health charity in England and Wales. Founded in 1946 as the National Association for Mental Health, it celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2016. Mind offers information and advice to people with mental health problems.

Sever Mental Illness Coordinator

Individuals aged 14 and above who are dealing with severe mental illness and substance misuse issues can be assigned a care coordinator within the community mental health services. This care coordinator becomes their primary point of contact and collaborates with them to manage and support their care plan, especially if they require treatment from secondary care mental health services.

Clinical Pharmacy team

The clinical pharmacy team consist of a clinical lead, senior pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians.

They work as part of general practice teams. They are highly qualified experts in medicines and can help people in a range of ways. This includes carrying out structured medication reviews for patients with ongoing health problems and improving patient safety, outcomes, and value through a person-centred approach.