Clinical Pharmacists

We have a three Clinical Pharmacists; Babatunde Onilari, Neelam Kanzaria and Rahil Bhatt, employed by Stevenage South PCN, working here at Bedwell 3 days a week. Their skills vary from Medicines Management (including Structured Medication Reviews) through to Minor Illness and Chronic Disease Management.

Clinical pharmacists are experts in managing medicines and are important members of the multidisciplinary team (range of healthcare professionals) within primary care who manage your medication.

Medicine's safety is becoming more and more of a talking point in the healthcare landscape and quite rightly so.

With patients taking a variety of medications, and some with complicated comorbidities (multiple conditions), the impact and administration of these medicines need to be reviewed in much more detail. This is referred to as a Structured Medication Review.

Structured Medication Reviews are designed to optimise patient outcomes and better manage medicine, including intervening on medications that may be causing side effects.

Social Prescribing Link Workers

We have a Link worker; Pete Vine, employed by Stevenage South PCN, working here at Bedwell 5 half days a week.

SPLW’s develop trusting relationships by giving people time and focus on ‘what matters to me’, taking a holistic approach, based on the person’s priorities and the wider determinants of health. Link workers co-produce a personalised support plan to improve patient health and wellbeing, introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services.

SPLW’s can help to strengthen community and personal resilience and reduce health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity. It particularly works for people with long-term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

SPLW’s provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve health outcomes.

SPLW’s also draw on and increase the strengths and capacities of local communities, enabling local VCSE organisations and community groups to receive social prescribing referrals.

Please note that the role of a link worker is not a clinical role. Below is a list of some of their key areas of profession but there are many more. If you feel you would benefit from the support of Pete, please email:

enhertsccg.sspcnsp@nhs.net

Key areas of support:

Falls and Frailty

Exercise and Physical Wellbeing

Mental Wellbeing

Home / Living Support

Social Isolation / Loneliness

Debt Concerns

Signposting to services to improve Chronic Condition Management