We know it can be difficult for some people to get to our practices during the week and we have a range of appointments available with experienced, trained professionals in the evenings and at weekends including:

• GP: face to face and telephone appointments (Sat /Sun)
• Nurse: providing face to face appointments e.g. for long term condition reviews, smears (Sat /Sun)
• Healthcare Assistant: providing face to face appointments e.g. bloods, health checks (Sat /Sun)
• Long-acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) clinics (Sun)
• Pharmacist: providing telephone appointments e.g. medication reviews
• Physiotherapist (first contact) (Mon-Fri)
• Healthy Minds (support with anxiety, low mood etc) (Mon-Fri)

Our face to face appointments are in 2 of our practices – New Cross and Gibson Lane

• Do you want to improve the way that you manage your Long-Term Condition?

• Do you feel overwhelmed by a new diagnosis?

• Do you want to take more control of your health?

Health Coaching:

• Enables you to identify lifestyle changes and develop an action plan to improve your health outcomes

• Empowers you to take responsibility for your health & improve your self-management of your Long-Term Condition

• Encourages you to develop your coping strategies

You can self-refer by email wyicb-leeds.healthcoach.ls2526pcn@nhs.net. Alternatively ask your GP Practice to refer you to the “PCN Health & Wellbeing Coach”

Research shows that people who work with a Health & Wellbeing Coach:

• Feel Better
• Feel Happier
• Feel more in control
• Feel more confident
• Gain better health outcomes

Patient feedback:

“It’s nice to have someone to talk to and not feel judged and have someone who listens about my worries”

“Thank you for listening and understanding my health worries”

“I was going to cancel my Health & Wellbeing Coach appointment because I didn’t feel up to it but I’m so glad that I didn’t as I feel so much better after speaking to you”

“I now reflect more and focus on aspects of my health that I can control as opposed to what I can’t”

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Social prescribing can link you with services within the community to support you to improve your health & wellbeing. They can help with:

• Housing or money issues
• Wellbeing & emotional support – links with community groups
• Loneliness
• Meaningful social activities

What we do

We can link patients with services and activities within their community to improve their social, economic and mental wellbeing by;

• Giving patients an opportunity to discuss what is important to them.
• Link you patients with appropriate services within their community to support them to achieve their goals.
• Provide patients with their own wellbeing coordinator who will help to plan their next steps.

Please contact Linking Leeds to discuss any potential referrals. All referrals will be allocated to the wellbeing coordinator’s working within the relevant PCN.