Billingshurst Surgery is part of The Chanctonbury Primary Care Network (PCN) which is a collaboration between 4 GP practices which work together to provided extended services for our patients.
Chanctonbury PCN consists of:Billingshurst Surgery
The Glebe Surgery
Henfield Medical Centre
Steyning Medical Practice
As part of the PCN,additional roles within the multidisciplinary team have been recruited based on the needs of the local population. In expanding general practice capacity, the scheme improves access for patients and supports the delivery of new services.
Additional roles offered at the surgery:
Pharmacy Team
We have a Pharmacy team consisting of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.The Pharmacy team support our clinical teams.Their roles and responsibilities involve structured medication reviews, monitoring of high risk medication, ensuring medication is prescribed safely and resolving day-to-day medication-related issues.You may speak to any member of the Pharmacy team about medication related matters e.g. when you have started a new medication, or you have been recently discharged from hospital.
Clinical Pharmacists:Clinical pharmacists work in primary care as part of the multidisciplinary team in a patient focussed role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas. They work with and alongside the GPs and wider general practice team, taking responsibility for patients with chronic diseases and undertaking clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex medication use, especially for the elderly, people in care homes and those with multiple conditions.
Pharmacy Technicians:
Pharmacy technicians play an important role within general practice and complement the more clinical work of clinical pharmacists through their technical skillset. Working within primary care settings allows them to use their pharmaceutical knowledge in tasks such as carrying out audits, hospital discharge management, and medication reviews and, where appropriate, informing patients and other members of the PCN workforce. Work is often undertaken independently but always in collaboration with clinical pharmacists or GPs as part of the PCN team.
Our Pharmacy Technicians are: Sally MacPherson and Taylor Pollard
First Contact MSK practitioners (FCP):
First contact MSK practitioners are qualified independent physiotherapy clinical practitioners who can assess, diagnose, treat and manage musculoskeletal (MSK) problems for individuals over 16. Our FCPs are aimed at patients with new MSK issues. For conditions that require ongoing physiotherapy, practitioners will refer patients to the physiotherapy service. The service allows patients speedy access to an MSK appointment, specifically for any new MSK condition acting as the first point of contact for patients. Appointments will be arranged through the GP reception team and booked directly onto the FCP’s clinic, held on the practice clinical system.
Our FCP is: Lydia Fellows
Social Prescribing team
Chanctonbury PCN works in partnership with local community and voluntary services (MIND) to provide a multi-disciplinary social prescribing team. This team support patients to improve their overall mental health and wellbeing by offering a range of non-medical care through 1-1 person centred support such as mental health support and emotional wellbeing support. Through our mental health social prescriber you will be able to receive mental health support in your GP practice or in other local, confidential places
Young Persons Mental Health Social Prescriber
West Sussex mental health charity MIND is working in partnership with your practice, to offer mental health support to children and young people. This service offers free mental health support to children and young people, aged 8 to 17. We recognised that children and young people can face many issues and challenges, and having these sessions can help find positive steps towards improved emotional and mental health. This is not a crisis service.
Our Young Person’s Mental Health Social Prescribers are: Jo Dunning & Sue Elliott
Adult Mental Health Social Prescriber
This service is for anyone ages 18 or over looking for support with their mental health. Our adult Mental Health Social Prescriber will use a person-centered approach to build good relationships with patients, working with you to identify your personal goals. They are able to identify any support needed for underlying mental health problems, address mental health needs and also have good knowledge of local counselling services that they can refer to should you need this, to promote mental wellbeing. This is not a crisis service.
Our Adult Mental Health Social Prescriber is: Charlotte Willard
