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Staff Training - Thursday 21st March

The surgery will be closed for Staff Training on Thursday 21st March from 1.00pm and will re-open on Friday 22nd March at 8.00am.


Digital Support with MPFT at Leek Library Thursday 15th April 10am-12pm

Come along and join our FREE Digital drop-in session at Leek Library on Monday 15th April between 10am-12pm.

Our friendly knowledgeable digital team are there to support the community with upskilling you with digital skills support and advice. We can support you with how to use your mobile phone, tablet or laptop along with hands on hints and tips to be safe when online. We also offer support with downloading and registering people for the NHS App where you can book appointments and order prescriptions at the touch of a button.


Breast Screening in Leek

Ladies registered with Moorland Medical Centre, aged between 50 and 70 years are eligible for a FREE breast screening every 3 years.

You will be invited to attend an appointment at Newton House, The Co-operative, Leek, ST13 5RG from February 2024 onwards.

Please only contact the screening team once you have received your invitation letter.

Ladies over 70years can self-refer to the service by calling 01785 230861.

North Midlands Breast Screening Service

West Midlands Breast Screening Programme (bscreen.org.uk)


Join the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent People's Panel. Help inform health and care services in your local area, by taking part in several short online surveys throughout the year.  

Visit our website on People's Panel - Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Integrated Care Board (icb.nhs.uk)

We are inviting members of the public to play an active role in helping to improve these services, for the benefit of everyone.
Wherever you live in Staffordshire or Stoke-on-Trent and whatever your background, your experiences are important to us and can help to make a difference to health and care services in your local area.
This isn’t a tick-box exercise – it’s borne out of a genuine desire to put local people at the heart of everything the Integrated Care Board does.
Your views really do matter. As a member of the panel, we will:

Invite you to tell us your views about services you are interested in through regular short online surveys.

Enter you into a prize draw with the chance of winning one of two £50 love2shop vouchers for each survey you take part in.

Send you a newsletter twice a year – to provide updates about the panel, explain how your comments have been used to shape healthcare locally and to share news about health care providers in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Liz Knobbs

BSc Hons Clinical Practice
RGN, RMN, Diploma Adult Nursing,
Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Independent and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing
Certificate Level 3

Nurse Louise Potts

Diploma Adult Nursing, Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENB A33 Level 3), Post Graduate Diploma Primary Care, Independent and
Supplementary Nurse Prescribing Certificate Level 3

Nurse Liz Hicklin

Diploma in Adult Nursing
Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certificate ENB A33, Mentorship Certificate
Principles in Physical Assessment Certificate
Triage & Management of Patients with Minor Illness Certificate
Independent & Supplementary Nurse Prescriber

The emergency nurse practitioners offer daily urgent surgeries in the morning and in the afternoon. These appointments can be booked on the day. These surgeries are for urgent minor illness for example coughs, colds, sore throats, water infections, chest infections, skin infections, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea and vomiting, emergency contraception. These surgeries are also for minor acute musculoskeletal problems, for example, acute lower back pain, tennis elbow and the unwell child. These practitioners are also capable of assessing an acute deterioration in any chronic illness. They are also capable of triaging any other illness whose full assessment may involve a doctor.

The nurse practitioners are highly trained and experienced in health assessment. They are able to assess, diagnose, refer and treat individuals with a wide range of ailments. They are able to prescribe independently. They have close access to the duty doctor for verbal advice or physical assessment if required. For review of ongoing ailments the individual should book an appointment with their own doctor.

Nurse Clare Kirkham

Care Home Nurse Practitioner

Nurse James Parton (m)

Nurses

Sister Andrea Birchall

Andrea has a special interest in asthma and monitoring blood pressure. Her asthma clinics are usually Tuesday and Friday afternoon.

Sister Fiona Barnes

Fiona has a special interest in coronary heart disease and diabetic care. Her coronary heart disease clinic is usually Monday afternoon.

Sister Debbie Shiers
Sister Helen Pointon

All the nurses are involved in blood pressure management, performing ECGs or heart tracings, taking blood samples, ear syringing, performing cervical smears, changing vaginal ring pessaries, family planning (including fitting caps, contraceptive injections, pill checks) performing injections and travel vaccinations, stopping smoking advice and general dietary advice.

Please try and attend the specific clinic for your chronic illness. If you are unable to attend the specific clinic times then please ask reception who will try and find you an alternative appointment.

Healthcare Assistants

Alicia Rutter
Sarrane Lawton

Spirometry/reversibility tests, COPD annual rev, Diabetic Foot checks, NHS Health Checks, Weight Referrals.

The health care support workers offer daily surgeries providing new patient medicals, blood pressure checks, smoking cessation advice, taking blood samples, performing heart tracings or ECGs. They can also perform well woman and well man checks, the elderly or over 75 year old check-ups and arrange the local Exercise on Prescription scheme.