Health care professional | Problem |
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Community pharmacist (no appointment necessary) | Minor illness: coughs, colds, rashes, hay fever, warts, verrucae, conjunctivitis, thrush etc. |
Urgent Treatment Centre (Selby Hospital) | Minor injuries: burns, cuts, breaks, sprains, bites, dressings, etc. |
Health visitor | Developmental, behavioural and feeding issues in the under 5s |
Receptionist | Follow up sick notes, medication and appointment queries, routine blood forms |
Health care assistant | Blood pressure checks, ECGs, health checks, simple dressings, simple medication reviews, removal of stitches and staples, B12 injections, blood tests (if you cannot access Selby Hospital), application of 24 hour BP monitors |
Practice nurse | Smear tests, breathing reviews, diabetic reviews, leg ulcers, complicated dressings, contraception reviews, emergency contraception, hormone implants (non-contraception),immunisations and travel vaccinations, doppler tests, medication reviews |
Practice pharmacist | Medication queries |
Well being worker | Support for a variety of issues including stress, bereavement and low mood |
First contact physio | Problems with all neck, back, bones, joints or muscles |
Mental health practitioner | ​Mental health including personality disorders, anxiety and depression |
Urgent care practitioner | Minor illness diagnosis and management |
Advanced nurse practitioner | Minor illness diagnosis and management, other complex medical issues including onward referral, emergency contraception, contraception, medication reviews |
GP | More complex medical issues, contraception |