Erica Leahy is our practice Paramedic who works for the practice on behalf of the Preston & South Ribble Primary Care network

Erica is working with our clinical team both in practice and in our community for acute on the day and routine conditions

If you contact the practice you may be booked in to see our Practice Paramedic in the first instance rather than a GP. 

Erica is based in the practice on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and a Friday

Please contact our team using our online triage service for your healthcare needs

Osman Hajat is our primary care network pharmacist working as part of our practice pharmacy team to carry out structured medication reviews for our patients both within the community and care home settings.

Our clinical pharmacist works as part of the general practice team to improve value and outcomes from medicines and consult with and treat patients directly.  Patients may be offered a structured medication review (SMR).  A structured medication review (SMR) is a patient centred review of all medications, with the aim to optimise treatment and provide better patient outcomes.  

Osman has appointments inpractice each day

Please contact the practice if you have any medication or prescription queries that can't be dealt with by your community pharmacist service.

Jessica Kavanagh is our primary care network Registered Nurse Associate working as part of our practice nursing team providing patient care for our patients both within the community and care home settings

Jessica is in practice Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday and offers both early and late access appointment times

Please book online for all nurse review and associated appointments.

Ruby-Lily Heywood is our primary care network care co-ordinator working as part of our practice wellbeing team providing patient care for our patients both within the community and care home settings

Ruby-Lily has appointments in practice each day

Please book online for all routine practice requested blood tests

Ruby-Lily assists with ECG clinics, Chaperone clinics and INR clinics for patients who are on anti coagulation medication who require testing

Sarah Fearnley is our in-house musculoskeletal first contact practitioner (or FCP) who works for the practice on behalf of Primary Care Physio.

FCP's are trained specialists and can help patients with musculoskeletal issues such as back, neck and joint pain by:

• assessing and diagnosing issues
• giving expert advice on how best to manage their conditions
• referring them to specialist services if necessary

If you contact the practice with back or joint pain, you may be booked in to see our FCP in the first instance rather than a GP. 

We have physiotherapy services based in the practice on a Monday and Wednesday

Please contact our team using our online triage service for a first contact physiotherapy telephone clinical assessment for any knee, back, joint or neck pain

Michelle Tegama is our Mental Health Practitioner working together with the clinical teams to support our existing patient services in the practice.

Michelle works across the Network practices and is in Longton Health Centre on a Tuesday and Thursday

Michelle has a mix of face to face and telephone appointments and your triage requests may be signposted directly to her where appropriate.

Georgia Fallows is our Health & Wellbeing Community Support Worker / Care Co-ordinator in practice. 

Georgia works from Monday to Thursday in practice and is currently carrying out frailty assessments over the telephone and face to face where approto see if our patients feel as though they have any unmet needs or simply need support from community services, of which she can help to signpost you to.

Please complete a triage form if you feel like you would benefit from contact from our Health & Wellbeing Community Support worker.

A selection of services and activities available for you across the area. Please note, all information is correct at time of being published but may be subject to change by the individual service providers. 

Directory of Services in South Ribble | South Ribble

Directory of Activities in South Ribble | South Ribble

SOCIAL PRESCRIBING TEAM

South Ribble Council host a Social Prescribing Team who are there to support you and build confidence to manage your own health and wellbeing and address any other issues that may be impacting your day to day life.

You can speak with a member of their team who will be able to understand if our service could help you, or whether they may be able to put you in touch with other services who are better placed to help.

The support the council provides is free, confidential and personalised support that starts with you and guided by you.

Once you have contacted the council, someone will be in touch with you for a chat to get to know what they can help you with; from there they will sort out an appointment and support going forward.

The council want to support you in a way that works for you, so you will have the choice over whether you wish to have your appointments over the phone or in person.

Social prescriber intervention (sometimes know as community referral) works by providing support for any of the following issues:

• money worries
• housing issues
• isolation / loneliness
• employment / new skills
• diet / exercise 
• mental health and wellbeing

How to get in touch

The team is available between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday. 

You can contact them on 01772 625286 or via email to social.prescribingSR@southribble.gov.uk.

Please send them your name, a contact number and email and a brief summary of what support you need.

If the support, you need is urgent or an emergency you should contact the most appropriate service. In any event of an immediate risk to life call 999.