Meet Your Hove Medical Centre GP Practice Team

Your GP practice is open and here for you and your family. Across the country, practice teams are busier than ever.

In order to provide the right care at the right time, GP practices are changing how they work. In a GP practice you will now find a wider team of specialists and professionals working together to help and care for you. The larger practice team is designed to best manage the very busy workload and the range of health needs that people have.

A larger team means GPs have more time to treat those with complex or chronic health needs.

To get an appointment at your practice, please use eConsult, the NHS App or telephone.

Meet your friendly GP practice team

Receptionist

First point of contact, trained in medical administration and initial triage to direct your query to the most appropriate service or professional to help you further.

GP

Senior medical generalist in primary care. Diagnoses and treats patients with most complex conditions.

Practice Nurse

Dressings, wound care, minor injuries, vaccinations, and routine screening. Some are specialists, eg in diabetes and respiratory care.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Highly skilled specialist nurse, qualified to make independent decisions on assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

Clinical Pharmacist

Specialist advisor for patients on multiple and long-term medications, ensuring patient safety.

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Healthcare professionals qualified to make independent decisions on assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

Social Prescriber

Connects people to a wide range of local community services to help people with their physical and mental health and wellbeing, and welfare.

Pharmacy Technician

Trained to support the practice clinical pharmacy team and other staff to ensure safe, effective prescribing and medicines optimisation.

Physician Associate

Works under supervision, clinically trained to diagnose and treat patients, order tests, make referrals and provide continuity of care for those with long term conditions.

Paramedic Practitioner

Clinically trained to provide care through history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care.

First Contact Physiotherapist

Assess, diagnose, and provide advice on managing musculoskeletal conditions. Refers to specialist services if necessary.

Health and Wellbeing Coach

Takes a holistic approach to support, educate and motivate patients to take a more active role in their own health and physical wellbeing and make positive changes.

Health Care Team

Our Phlebotomists, Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners work alongside nurses and other practice staff and can be first point of contact for a range of care such as blood tests, wound dressing, health advice and checks.

Nurse Associate

Has undertaken a specific specialist degree and will contribute to many aspects of core nursing care freeing up registered nurses to focus on more complex clinical care.