Wandle Primary Care Network

Wandsworth GP Practices. Working Together.

Earlsfield Practice Elborough Street Surgery Southfields Group Practice Triangle Surgery Wandsworth Medical Centre

Meet the Team

Get to know some of the clinical and non-clinical members of our PCN team

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Member Practices

Wandle PCN comprises 5 practices in the Wandsworth area. Where are the PCN clinics running?

What is Wandle PCN?

Five NHS GP practices in the London borough of Wandsworth – Southfields Group Practice, Elborough Street Surgery, Wandsworth Medical Centre, The Earlsfield Practice and Triangle Surgery – have joined forces to offer their patients a broader range of accessible, high quality healthcare. Our united name for this is the Wandle Primary Care Network (PCN). Although our practices still operate independently, providing GP services and keeping their own patient lists, individual identities, premises and teams, we are now providing certain services together. These include Hypertension clinics, Menopause clinics, extra GP (including evenings and Saturdays) and Nurse clinics, as well as appointments with an array of specialist clinicians, such as Clinical Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Physician Associates,  Paramedics and a Social Prescriber. It is a new name, but it is about providing you with the right services, by the right people, at the right time – closer to home. 

You may receive an SMS text message from Wandle PCN or a telephone call from our Central Hub Administrator. This contact is made with the understanding and approval of your own GP. We have been reaching out recently, for example, asking patients for an up-to-date blood pressure reading in order to diagnose or exclude Hypertension (high blood pressure) in our communities. This proactive, personalised approach builds on the core work of primary care services.

Our clinics are held across all five of our GP practices, so you may be asked to attend a different GP surgery to your own. Operating over 5 sites allows us to offer more appointments, utilising clinic rooms that would otherwise be underused. You can still, of course, be seen at your own GP surgery, but the wait may be longer. 

It is early days, but many patients have already benefitted from Wandle PCN services, seeing the most appropriate clinician for their health needs – more quickly and closer to home. Our extended access means that you can have a GP appointment in the evening or on a Saturday, and same-day emergency appointments or phone consultations are available when you need them – not next week. Some appointments are longer, e.g. 30 mins with a GP in our new Menopause Clinic, giving you the time you need for a thorough consultation and support, some are delivered differently, e.g. telephone, online and digital consultations, and some take place in your own home, e.g. with one of our Paramedics. The availability of an extended range of health professionals and services in the community represents a sea change, transforming your access to healthcare and helping to improve your health outcomes.

You can contact us via email at wandlepcn.admin@nhs.net.

Our Clinics and Services

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SOCIAL PRESCRIBER

Connecting patients to local community services

Social prescribing enables GPs, nurses and other primary care professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services to support their health and wellbeing. Our Social Prescriber is the link for our patients to local sources of support.

WANDLE WELLBEING HUB

Improving health and wellbeing through a community hub

Our new Social Prescriber is building a social/community arm for our practices. Providing a more local and accessible pathway for people into social support networks, community-led activities and specialist voluntary and statutory services, the Wandle Wellbeing Hub is currently based at Brathway Hall in Southfields. Patients are encouraged to ‘drop-in’ for coffee/tea and a chat on Mondays (10-1) or Wednesdays (1.30-3.30). Watch out for events on these days, too.

CLINICAL PHARMACIST

Consulting and treating patients directly

Our Clinical Pharmacists can help with expert advice about your medicines if you have a long-term condition, are experiencing side-effects, or have had a hospital stay. They review your medicines and can discuss how they are working for you.

PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Assessing and managing MSK conditions

With enhanced skills, our First Contact Physiotherapists can help with musculoskeletal issues, such as back, neck and joint pain. They can refer you on to specialist services when necessary.

PARAMEDIC

Assessing, triaging and treating patients at home

Two paramedics work within our practice communities, visiting patients at home and assessing, triaging and (as appropriate) providing treatments and making referrals for them.

GP

Telephone and in-person GP consultations

We provide extra, extended access capacity for our practices, offering GP consultations over the telephone and in-person for adults and children.

CARE COORDINATOR

Embedding a personalised approach

Care Coordinators work as part of a GP surgery’s multidisciplinary team, working alongside GPs, social prescribers, pharmacy staff, nurses and surgery administrative staff to provide and coordinate an all-encompassing approach to personalised care. They promote and embed this personalised care approach across the PCN.

NURSE

Assessing, screening, treating and educating patients

Our nursing team support our practices in the provision of long-term condition reviews and other planned care such as cervical screening (smear) tests.

PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE

Supporting doctors in the management of patients

From performing physical examinations and diagnosing illnesses, to analysing test results and developing medical management plans, our Physician Associates are trained generalists who support GPs.

HYPERTENSION

Diagnosing and managing the condition

You may be contacted by our PCN team to give an up-to-date blood pressure reading or invited to our Hypertension Clinic for further tests.

MENOPAUSE

Personalised support from a GP trained in the menopause

To benefit from help and guidance during the menopausal transition, fill out a pre-appointment questionnaire, then spend 30 mins with a specialised GP. She will follow-up 2 weeks later.

DERMATOLOGY?

Further services are coming

Wandle PCN is already well ahead, with new approaches and services based on local people’s needs. Longer-term, we will continue to work together to recruit more staff and extend our clinical offer.

Our Campaigns

Over 40s NHS Health Check

Wandle PCN has previously hosted an NHS Health Check day at the Earlsfield Practice. Patients booked an appointment or simply turned up on the day to have a free NHS Health Check, which looked at their weight, blood pressure, bloods and general wellbeing. There was an opportunity to chat to our team about certain health conditions and learn more about the services on offer to help lose weight, quit smoking or reach health and wellbeing goals. For more information about NHS Health Checks, click here.

Blood Pressure Check

As a PCN, we have been proactively contacting patients with a previously recorded elevated blood pressure in their medical records, offering them a pathway for the diagnosis or exclusion of Hypertension. Knowing your blood pressure can save your life. Patients from our 5 practices can complete our Blood Pressure Form (click on the blue tab below) and your reading will be reviewed.

Blood Pressure Form

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