Practice Updates
Lung cancer screening now available to patients
If you’re aged 55-74 you may be contacted to participate in the programme.
You will be eligible for a Lung Health Check if:
You are aged between 55 and 74
You are a current or former smoker (and this is recorded on your
medical history)
You are registered with a GP surgery
You live in an area where screening is currently operating
Find out more at
http://roycastle.org/lungcancerscreeninglancashire or
email lscicb.lungscreening.enquiries@nhs.net
Support Service
Clinical Team
Denise Bolton (f) is currently supporting healthcare teams in practice as a locum Nurse Prescribing Practitioner and is in practice sessions adhoc days in the week which may vary from month to month
Grace Easter (f) is currently supporting the Pharmacy team in practice as a locum prescribing pharmacist
Training Practice
Longton Health Centre is a training practice and is committed to supporting the ongoing learning and development of trainee doctors and medical students.
The surgery supports the following medicine placements :
UCLAN
Year 1 Medicine Placements
Year 5 Medicine Placements
Year 2 Nursing Placements
MANCHESTER
Year 5 Medicine Placements
GPST2 Doctors
GPST3 Doctors
Runshaw College Apprenticeships
UCLAN Degree Apprenticeships
Help us to Help You
MILITARY VETERAN / ARMED FORCES HEALTH CHECKS
Please tell us if you are or have been a member of the Armed Forces
We have information for help and support groups and can offer healthcare checks
CARER HEALTH CHECKS
Please tell us if you rely on or there is someone who relies on you to look after them or isn't able to care for themselves
We have support workers who can offer health and wellbeing advice and support and carer health checks and where appropriate refer to the social prescribing services who may be able to support you
SPECIFIC ACCESS, INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION NEEDS
Please let us know if you have any specific access, information or communication needs
We can support with these specific needs and a note can be added so our teams are aware
Our patients may wish to see their named GP of choice where clinically available, irrespective of who your informed, named or allocated and accountable GP is - our teams encourage continuity of care where possible
Page created: 18 August 2021