27/08/2025
*Changes to the way some services are delivered*
As we have previously announced, some changes will come in from the 1st September across some practices in North Cumbria including here at Brampton Medical Practice.
The main changes mean that if you require follow up tests or care as part of your secondary care service (hospitals) this will be delivered by secondary care (hospitals) and not here at the practice.
North Cumbria Integrated Care (NCIC) have set up a number of community hubs to allow for this secondary care workload and patient care to remain within the community as much as possible. A pre bookable service will launch at Brampton Community Hospital from the 1st of September.
*If you need to access services you will be advised by the secondary care team of how to book an appointment. All appointments must be pre booked.
*If you are already receiving care here at the practice you will be provided with full details of how to book appointments via secondary care from the 1st of September. All appointments must be pre booked
Workloads the practice have supported for many years on behalf of secondary care that has become unsustainable for the practice to continue are things such as:
*ECG Testing (on behalf of secondary care) this should be undertaken by the hospital specialist team. If a GP requires an ECG to be carried out as part of a primary care (GP) appointment this will be done at the practice as usual
*Wound Care: Post Operative suture/clip removal and post operative wound dressings
*Phlebotomy (Blood tests) such as pre operative, pre and post chemotherapy or any blood tests required as part of secondary care follow up
The reason the practice is stepping back from this secondary care workload is to allow us to focus more on our core primary care delivery.
Please show patience to our frontline teams both here at the practice and North Cumbria Integrated Care as they support the transition of these services from Primary Care back into Secondary Care.
Many thanks
