Our Workforce

Primary Care Navigators are non-clinical members of the practice team, who are trained to have a good understanding of local services and can help to signpost patients to appropriate services. This navigation means that the GP will have more time available to help patients who most need their skills, such as patients with more complex conditions.

The Lambeth GP Federations are proud to be a part of Lambeth Together. For more information on what Lambeth Together is, and what it aims to achieve click here.

As part of an NHS England Scheme, the Lambeth GP Federations employ 8 full time pharmacists who are in positions across Lambeth.

Clinical pharmacists work as part of the general practice team to improve value and outcomes from medicines and consult with and treat patients directly. This includes providing extra help to manage long-term conditions, advice for those on multiple medicines and better access to health checks. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and ensuring patient safety.

Having clinical pharmacists in GP practices means that GPs can focus their skills where they are most needed, for example on diagnosing and treating patients with more complex conditions. This helps GPs to manage the demands on their time.

The Lambeth GP Federations have been commissioned by the Local Authority to offer Public Health Improvement Services (PHIS). The PHIS aims to improve the following health areas:

NHS Health Checks: Identify patients at risk of vascular diseases such as Stroke, Diabetes, Kidney Disease and Heart Disease then working with these patients to reduce their risk factors, such as high blood pressure, obesity, physical inactivity, smoking, and raised cholesterol in order to prevent development of a vascular disease.

Long Acting Reversable Contraception (LARC): To increase patient awareness of LARC methods available to women to enable them to make an informed choice regarding effective contraceptive use, and reduce the number of unintended pregnancies

Substance Misuse Service: A treatment programme put in place to reduce harm associated with drug and alcohol misuse to individuals, their families, and the wider community by improving access to healthcare treatments and recovery support within General Practice

Smoking Cessation: During 2017/18, GP practices offered a personalised quit smoking programme providing support, medication, and advice to patients who wanted to stop smoking. This service has since been decommissioned by Lambeth Local Authority.

The Strategic Commissioning Framework is a plan to support Primary Care transformation across London. The Lambeth GP Federations are helping this by facilitating the formation of Primary Care Networks across Lambeth. These networks are made of groups of nearby GP practices who are interested in working with each other and the local community more closely to improve the way that care is delivered.

High blood pressure affects nearly 30% of adults across the UK. Yet despite this, 40% of people in the UK with high blood pressure are undiagnosed and untreated, increasing their risk of having a potentially deadly heart attack or stroke. People with high blood pressure are up to three times more likely to develop heart disease or have a stroke.

To combat this issue, the Lambeth GP Federations are working alongside the British Heart Foundation to check the Blood Pressure of patients through a series of ‘Outreach’ sessions at public locations such as the Civic Centre, Pharmacies, and Supermarkets.