Who's Who at your GP Practice?

News - 25 October 2023

Services in GP practices and the community are being changed to make it easier for patients to access a wider range of help and support services from general practices.

The general practice team has expanded to include a wide range of healthcare professionals who work alongside GPs and nurses to ensure patients receive the care they need as quickly as possible. This includes Clinical Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Paramedics, Physician Associates, Mental Health Therapists, Social Prescribing Link Workers and more.

NHS Greater Manchester have recognised that there is limited understanding amongst patients of what these roles do and how the wider team of healthcare professionals can support delivery of their care.

These new roles have been adopted to support the GP and will be supporting by assessing your symptoms, diagnosing a new health problem, managing a long-term health condition, prescribing medicines, giving health and well-being advice, onward referral to see a specialist and more.

Please contact the NHS GM campaigns team if you have any questions at: gmhscp.gm-campaigns@nhs.net.

Also, here are some useful links to help inform you what each of these new roles will be doing.