Meet the Team

Doctors & Advanced Nurse Practitioners

We are a long established teaching practice, so doctors experienced in hospital medicine sometimes join us for attachments to gain insights into family practice. We additionally teach medical students from Manchester & Liverpool University. You will always be told about a medical student and of course you may choose whether or not to have the medical student present.

Nursing Team

Pharmacy Team

Administration

Our Reception team consists of 7 staff members who work shift’s across 5 days and answer telephone calls, deal with enquiries, prescription orders and booking appointments.

The surgery also employs 3 Administrative assistants and 3 Medical Secretaries.

The surgery employs a Practice Pharmacists (in house), to assist with medication changes, medication queries etc.

All our staff are here to help you, and will do so to the best of their ability. We expect them to treat you with respect and courtesy at all times, and we ask you to be polite and courteous in return.

PCN Staff – Primary Care Network

We have a number of staff who work across Blackpool Central PCN in various different roles.

These roles include:

Mental Health Practitioner

Mental health and well being practitioners provide well being-focused psychologically informed interventions and coordinate care plans for adults with severe mental health problems.

Health & Well being coach

Health and well being coaches support people to increase their ability to self-manage, motivation levels and commitment to change their lifestyle. They are experts in behaviour change and focus on improving health related outcomes by working with people to set personalised goals and change their behaviours. They work with people with physical and/or mental health conditions and those at risk of developing them.

Podiatrist

They help people deal with a range of mobility issues, relieve pain and treat infections of the feet and lower legs.

First Contact Physiotherapist

The vast majority of musculoskeletal first contact practitioners are physiotherapists with enhanced skills. They 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 onto specialist services if necessary

Cancer Care Coordinator

Cancer Care Coordinators provide support for oncology patients from the beginning of their diagnosis, guaranteeing their needs are addressed at a physical and mental level.

Social Prescribing link workers

Social prescribing link workers play a key role in delivering social prescribing by giving people time, focusing on ‘what matters to me’ and taking a holistic approach to people’s health and well being in order to connect them to appropriate community groups and services. You can also self refer to this, just follow this link – Social prescriber self-referral – Blackpool Central PCN