Clinics & Services
GP Surgeries
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Nursing Services
The team is made up of 2 Practice Nurses and 1 Trainee Nurse Associate and 2 Health Care Assistants.
Practice Nurse sessions include:
- Baby Immunisations
- Injections/vaccinations
- Cervical Smear Screening
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- Dressings
- Long-Term Condition management
Trainee Nurse Associate sessions include:
- Medication review blood tests
- Dressings
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM)
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- Newly diagnosed Pre-diabetes
- Shingles/Pneumonia injection
Health Care Assistant sessions Include:
- Blood pressure checks
- Blood tests
- ECGs
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First Contact Physiotherapist (FCP)
Pete is the First Contact Practitioner (FCP) who is an experienced physiotherapist who has advanced skills used to assess, diagnose, refer to the radiology department for investigations, perform steroid injections, and recommend appropriate management plans and further referrals for musculoskeletal (MSK) problems within NHS service pathways.
This means that patients contacting the surgery for problems relating to pain in their joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons or spine will have their first appointment with Pete to enable the best management decisions to be made for the problem.
An FCP offers expert assessment and diagnosis. If appropriate, an FCP may prescribe some exercises, give advice, refer for blood tests, X-ray, Ultrasound or MRI scans, administer steroid injections or refer a patient to an appropriate secondary health service.
Pete currently works at the surgery every Tuesday & Wednesday, his appointments are pre-bookable. He has been seeing patients virtually by video consultations throughout the pandemic but now we are offering face to face appointments. If you are less able or prefer video consultation, we can still offer this service to you.
Main Criteria:
- You must have muscle or joint pain
- Must be over the age of 5
- Can be a new problem or old problem
- Can only be 1 problem per consultation
You can request an appointment via our online patient triage form or alternatively contact the surgery on 0117 9642211 where possible after 11am.
Pharmacist
We have a Practice based Pharmacist called Anil who can do medication reviews, Asthma Clinics, Hypertension Clinics, structured medication reviews and also answer any prescription/medication queries.
Mental Health Practitioner
Kate is our Mental Health Practitioner. Kate can see patients with the following conditions/concerns:
- Patients who are not currently receiving treatment or therapy
- Symptoms or people with diagnoses of psychotic illnesses
- Anxiety
- OCD traits
- Autism
- Phobias
- Low mood/depression
- PTSD
- Stress
- Negative thoughts/rumination
- Frequent mood changes
- Eating issues/eating disorders
- Self-harming behaviours
- Personality disorders
- Suicidal thoughts
Unfortunately, Kate is unable to see:
- Patients who are seeking medication only, medication reviews or adjustments
- Patients who are already receiving talking therapies or treatment (including from private providers)
- Patients who are under secondary mental health care (e.g. Recovery team/crisis team etc.) Please contact the team directly to discuss any concerns.
- Under 18s
- Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of dementia
Pharmacy First
The Pharmacy First service builds on the NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service which has run since October 2019. The consultation service enables patients to be referred into community pharmacy for a minor illness or an urgent repeat medicine supply when your GP practice is closed.
The new Pharmacy First service, launched 31 January 2024, adds to the existing consultation service and enables community pharmacies to complete episodes of care.
Our Care Navigation Team can refer you to your local pharmacy for minor ailments where you will have a telephone consultation. These include the following conditions –
- Tonsillitis
- UTI (16 – 64 years)
- Impetigo
- Acute sore throat
- Shingles
- Infected insect bites
- Acute sinusitis
- Acute otitis media (ear infections)
- Bacterial eye infections
- Skin conditions (Eczema and dermatitis)
Social Prescriber
Our social prescriber can help with a range of problems that can cause stress, anxiety or loneliness. They can help people find support for things like financial problems, social isolation, engaging with activities in your area, support for carers, learning or training courses and practical support for things like mobility aids and adaptations, help with shopping etc…
If you feel you would benefit from some support from the social prescribing team just ask our Care Navigation Team who can refer you directly.
HRTea & Biscuits (Menopause Education Sessions)
Menopause is currently a hot topic, but there is a lot of misinformation circulating about it.
At the Lennard Surgery we are in the process of addressing this by running menopause education sessions on selected Saturday mornings.
The session have been well attended and we have received positive feedback.
Our aim is to give women up to date, accurate, evidence based information about the menopause and the various options available for menopause care.
Our sessions cover the definition of menopause, symptoms, treatment options, myth busting and explaining hormone replacement therapy use and its health benefits.
We hope to empower women to make informed decisions about their care during what can be a difficult time for many.
Please keep an eye on our social media pages for further information and dates for future sessions.
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