Associated Staff
Community Nurses
Our Community Nurses visit patients in their
own home to provide skilled nursing care and to
give advice and support to relatives and carers.
They may be contacted by calling the Single
Point of Access telephone number 0300 125 6789 .
Midwives
Our Midwives work with the doctors to provide
antenatal and postnatal care for our patients.
It is very important that you contact the
practice as soon as you think you are pregnant
to make a booking appointment with the midwife.
Weekly antenatal clinics are held at the Primary
Care Centre by appointment with the midwife.
Pre-pregnancy information and advice can also be
discussed with the midwife.
The midwives can be contacted by 0117 414
5160.
Community Link Workers (Social Prescribing)
Social prescribing is a way for local
agencies to refer people to a link worker. Link
workers give people time, focusing on ‘what
matters to me’ and taking a holistic approach to
people’s health and wellbeing. They connect
people to community groups and statutory
services for practical and emotional support.
Link workers also support existing community
groups to be accessible and sustainable, and
help people to start new groups, working
collaboratively with all local partners.
Social prescribing works for a wide range of
people, including people:
- with one or more long-term conditions
- who need support with their mental
health
- who are lonely or isolated
- who have complex social needs which
affect their wellbeing.
When social prescribing works well, people
can be easily referred to link workers from a
wide range of local agencies, including general
practice, pharmacies, multi-disciplinary teams,
hospital discharge teams, allied health
professionals, fire service, police, job
centres, social care services, housing
associations and voluntary, community and social
enterprise (VCSE) organisations.
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