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Online Consult

Simply fill in a health enquiry form by clicking on this link https://florey.accurx.com/p/M83079 outlining your symptoms. You’ll then be directed to information articles and videos advising you on how to treat your symptoms and what you may need to do next. The forms are quick and easy to use and tailored to give you help and advice that’s specific to your condition.

The forms are sent directly and securely to the practice so we can check your answers and advise you on the most appropriate next step, you may need a face-to-face appointment with the GP or Nurse Practitioner or be signposted to another service by the Care Navigator.

Online Consult Link: https://florey.accurx.com/p/M83079

Teaching, Training and Research

Teaching and Training

Our practice is committed to assist in the training of other health professionals from medical students, nurses to trainee GPs or General Practitioners.

Fully qualified doctors with experience in hospital medicine who wish to become GPs join the practice and spend from 6 to 18 months working here, sharing all aspects of medical care with the primary health care team. The trainee GPs are closely supervised by the regular doctors and bring fresh ideas and enthusiasm to the team. Their training includes seeing patients in surgery, sometimes on their own and sometimes with another doctor present, home visits and learning how to deal with emergencies. Occasionally video-taping a consultation allows the trainee GP to improve their clinical and communication skills. Video-taping is only done with the patients consent and is completely confidential. Should you be asked to take part in a video and you do not wish to then please say so and you will not be videoed. If you agree to be videoed then change your mind afterwards please let the trainee GP know and they can immediately erase the video. Any videos are kept for a maximum period of the trainee’s time here at the surgery, once they leave the surgery the videos are erased. It is a valuable way for the trainee GP to learn and we appreciate and would like to say a public ‘thank you’ to all the patients who do allow themselves to be videoed.

We also help to train medical students from Keele University with a varying degree of experience. Some are first years gaining their first experiences of studying medicine; some are final years and getting ready to take their qualifying exams. If a medical student is working with the doctor or nurse you are seeing you will be asked to give consent to the student being present. Occasionally we may ask if the student could chat to you first briefly before being seen by your usual doctor or nurse. Once again the consultations are strictly confidential. We are grateful to all our patients that assist with the training of the next generation of doctors.

Nurses training to become practice nurses, midwives, district nurses may also be attached to the practice. Usually they accompany the person they are training to be, so a student nurse accompanies our practice nurse or nurse practitioner. You will be asked to give consent to these students being present and again it is strictly confidential. If you do agree we would once again like to thank you for you co-operation.

Clinical Research

The Practice is involved with medical research in partnership with Keele University, National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and other researchers as listed below.

If you have any questions or would rather not receive invitations to participate in research, please contact Fran Guy, Practice Manager on 01538 399008 or email moorland.med@nhs.net

This Practice is proud to be involved in research

Clinical research is taking place at this Surgery – you may be asked to take part in a study.

Or you can ask your doctor or nurse if there’s a study suitable for you.

If you would rather not receive invitations to participate in research from us, please inform the reception desk

www.bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk

UK EDI Pancreatic Study

"UK-EDI is a research programme funded by Cancer Research UK which will explore the link between new-onset diabetes and pancreatic cancer with the aim of finding ways to diagnose pancreatic cancer earlier.

Most cases of type 2 diabetes are due to lifestyle or genetic factors. However, in approximately 1 in 100 people, a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes could be an early warning sign of pancreatic cancer.

Through this research the study hopes to develop a diagnostic test for use in individuals newly diagnosed with diabetes which will identify those most at risk of pancreatic cancer, allowing them to be screened."