SURGERY HOURS GRANGETOWN OUT OF HOURS SERVICE
Our surgery is closed between 6pm and 9am, but you can still receive advice or information. Please telephone NHS Direct on 0845 4647.
For urgent medical care please telephone 0845 603 3131.
Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust is commissioning our out of hours service and can also be contacted on www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
Details of all primary medical services in the area can be obtained from:
Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust, Riverside House, 18 High Force Road, Riverside Park, Middlesbrough, TS2 1RH. Tel: 01642 352370
If you have a suggestion or complaint about our service then please write to:
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Tina Pinkney, Business Manager, Fulcrum Medical
Practice Practice
Practice, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4EQ. Acklam Road Bolckow Road Acklam Road Bolckow Road Middlesbrough Grangetown Middlesbrough Grangetown DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
We have carried out a Disability Discrimination Act (1995) access audit on our premises – results
Tel: 01642 354550 Tel: 01642 508508 Tel: 01642 354550 Tel: 01642 508508 Fax: 01642 873575 Fax: 01642 296490 Fax: 01642 873575 Fax: 01642 296490 WELCOME… REPEAT PRESCRIPTIONS CLINICIANS
We provide GP and Specialist Services for those with
If you need a repeat prescription (for medication
other than Methadone or Subutex) or a sick note,
phone or call into reception. You can collect it the
Our service is available mainly for patients who are
next day or we can post it to you or your chemist if
addicted to drugs that can only be obtained illegally.
We aim to reduce the harmful effects of drug use on
Dr Charles Cornford (GP) ME EdD MA MSc MB BS
the individual, family and wider society.
Do not ask for Benzodiazepine tranquillisers (e.g.
Diazepam) or sleeping tablets (e.g. Temazepam or
Our practice accepts patients within the
Zopiclone), as we do not prescribe them.
Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust boundaries. Our
premises have access for patients with disabilities. PATIENT RESPONSIBILITY PATIENT INFORMATION
Please inform us of any change of details for our records (e.g. change of address and phone
As well as aiding patients with their addiction we
numbers, change of appointments, etc.). We have
also provide GP services as detailed below. For
information detailing the responsibilities and the
appointments please contact us on the telephone
rights available to you, our patients upon request
numbers as detailed. We support and participate in
the training and support of student nurses. REGISTERING AS A PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY
Our practice recognises your right to confidentiality
To register with our practice please ring or call in
and we are registered under the Data Protection Act
and we’ll offer you our next available appointment.
(1984). Sometimes we may have to give information about you without your permission. We
MANAGEMENT, ADMIN AND IT HOME VISITS
have a separate leaflet about this if you want it.
Home visits are for patients who are too ill to travel
to the surgery, preferably before 11am. DRUG INTERVENTION PROGRAMME SERVICES WE OFFER:
Patients who are attending the surgery via the Drug
Intervention Programme may only receive addiction
Methadone prescribing - maintenance and detox
services. Your current GP will provide your general
Naltrexone prescribing Non-opiate based detox
SUPPORT AND OUTREACH ADMINISTRATION PRACTICE HEALTH ASSISTANTS
Advice and support with any drug or alcohol use
We also have access to Midwifery and Health visiting
ACCESS TO JUSTICE BHRIGURAJ MOURYA Dewan Law College, Meerut. Access to justice in its general term, means that individual's access to court or a guarantee of legal representation. It has many fundamental elements such as identification and recognition of grievance, awareness and legal advice or assistance, accessibility to court or claim for relief, adjudication of grievance, enforcement