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.
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.
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.
55k
Registered patients
5
GP practices
150+
Healthcare professionals