- Nurse Practitioner – This health professional can manage a wide range of urgent and routine illnesses, including prescribing relevant treatments such as antibiotics, and if needed, organise referral to hospital specialists.
- Physiotherapist – This health professional can assess people with acute and chronic joint or muscular pain. However, if you have sustained an acute injury (for example, a fall) or severe sprain, then it may be advisable to attend the Hospital Accident & Emergency or Minor Injuries Unit (Mount Vernon Hospital), as you may need urgent same-day x-ray investigations.
- Pharmacist – This health professional can assess people with medication queries. Pharmacists also undertake reviews of patients with specific medical conditions, such as people with high blood pressure or people taking medications that require careful monitoring. Pharmacists also undertake medication reviews in people who are prescribed multiple medications (called Structured Medication Review).
- Nurse or Health Care Assistant – This team of health professionals can undertake a wide range of roles that include vaccination, travel advice, NHS Health Check, specific medical condition reviews (for example diabetes, asthma or COPD), dressing changes, smear testing, blood testing, ECG, checking leg blood supply (called Doppler test), and assist with Minor Surgery clinics.
- Duty GP – This health professional manages same-day urgent health issues.
- Assigned GP -This health professional manages routine and urgent health issues.