Your Advanced Clinical Practitioners
What are ACPs?
ACPs are highly trained professionals with the knowledge and skills to take on wider roles caring for patients. They have advanced qualifications (such as a Masters degree) and the experience to work independently without direct guidance from a superior, although they are still supervised and work as part of a clinical team.
They come from a range of professional backgrounds such as: nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, pharmacy, paramedicine and occupational therapy.
What do ACPs do?
ACPs can manage your care in partnership with you and your carers. They’ll listen to your concerns and in partnership with you, make decisions on the next steps to make sure you get the care you need. They can prescribe medication, order tests, organise treatment and work out the best treatment plan with you.
You might meet them in your GP surgery, on a hospital ward or in the accident and emergency department of your local hospital.
What’s so different about advanced clinical practice and other specialists?
Advanced clinical practice is quite different from specialist practice. Specialists are experts in their chosen clinical area, for example in diabetes or asthma care. ACPs work across subjects as they have the advanced knowledge and skills to look after your care as a whole.
How does this affect me?
If you call to arrange an appointment and the symptoms of your medical condition are ‘acute’ in nature (short term symptoms that can likely be treated with medication or advice in a one off instance), you will be offered an appointment with our advanced clinical practitioner team subject to availability.
Further information on this NHS page: nhs.uk/advanced-clinical-practice
Clinical Pharmacists
Antony Marshall, male – Lead Pharmacist
BPharm(Hons) IPresc PGDip (Clinical Pharmacy Practice) MRPharmS
Zehn Maqsood, male
BPharm(Hons) IPresc, MRPharmS, (Hons) IPresc
Rachael Williams, female
MPharm (Hons), MRPharmS
Mental Health Practitioners
Christopher Kirk
Courtney Weldon
Dieticians
Corrinne Giles
Mandisa Mitchell-White
Acute Team
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