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FIRST CONTACT PHYSIO SERVICE ENDS on 26th July 2024
The First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs), who have been with us as a service since 2020 will no longer be available through our PCN after July 26th 2024.
What does this mean to patients?
If, after 26th July, you have a sudden on-set musculoskeletal (MSK) pain (back, knee, ankle, neck), which is not associated with any previously-diagnosed condition or injury, you will now need to be triaged by a member of your practice’s clinical team, so you can either be seen by at the practice for further assessment, or signposted or referred directly to another service.
What about on-going treatment?
If you require any on-going physiotherapy treatment, a member of your practice’s clinical team will refer you to the community physiotherapy service accordingly. Please be aware there may be a wait for non-urgent treatment. This will be decided by physiotherapy service and appropriate to the nature of the MSK condition.
First Contact Physiotherapists will still be available within hospital settings.
Our thanks go to the PCN FCP team for all their hard work over the last four years. It has been great working with them.
PRIMARY CARE HUB AT STRATTON HOSPITAL
A brand-new Primary Care Hub has been set up at Stratton Hospital to enable you to see a health professional more quickly. It will be available on Wednesdays and Fridays from 22nd May as a trial project until the end of June 2024.
The hubs are offering additional appointments for people with minor illness symptoms, and the staff who work in them will be local Advanced Practitioners and GPs.
You can access the hub only through your own GP practice who will advise if the hub is appropriate for you, using a number of eligibility criteria, some of which are:
- You are aged between 2 and 70
- You have a single minor ailment: urinary tract infection, a simple skin infection, an acute Ear Nose & Throat (ENT) condition, for example
- You do not have any pre-existing chronic conditions
- You require a face-to-face consultation for medical reasons
- You are registered at any of the practices within the Coast & Country Primary Care Network (Bradworthy, Holsworthy, Hatherleigh, Neetside and Stratton Medical Centres)
- You are able to get to Stratton Hospital
We hope patients will find this a useful addition to services already being offered by the network practices.