GP provision in urgent and emergency care
We work as part of a healthcare alliance to provide a GP service into the emergency department (ED) of the Royal Victoria Infirmary and walk-in centres at Molineux Street, Ponteland Road, and Lemington.
Through this contract, patients can see GPs from 8am to 10pm, Monday to Sunday, 365 days of the year.
We manage the GP recruitment, onboarding and rotas for the service, and currently have 64 GPs on our books.
We work closely with other key NHS providers VOCARE, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NuTH) and the North East Ambulance Services, NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS), as part of the Newcastle Urgent Care Access Alliance (NUCA), of whom we are a founder member, to ensure that patients are able to access this vital service. The alliance began in June 2019.
The ICB is now leading on a piece of work looking at a redesign of the UTC/Urgent and Emergency Care model in Newcastle. Primary care is being represented in this process by the Chair of NGPS, Dr Natalie Crowe, and others from the NGPS team.
If you are a GP who would like to join our rota to work in UTCs/ED, please find out more on our GP shifts in UTC/ED page.
FeNO breath testing at Elswick Family Practice
If you are coming for FeNO breath testing with the NObreath at Elswick Family Practice, please read the following information sheet.