Dear Patients, Following the very sudden loss of our valued colleague Lesley Metcalfe who was a long standing member of our nursing team who sadly lost her battle with cancer after a very short illness, both surgeries will be running reduced service between 10:30 and 13:30 on Tuesday 14th July 2026 to allow colleagues to…
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Using AI to improve patient experiences
Hill Brow Partnership are dedicated to finding new innovative ways of improving patient experiences. We have recently implemented the use of AI technology to record our consultations with our patients, which means the GP can focus entirely on you the patient, and not worry about creating medical records as this is done in real time,…
New App for Anxiety and Poor sleep
Introducing “DAYLIGHT” – a digital app to help patients deal with anxiety and worry. Daylight is a free, evidence based digital app treatment for anxiety and worry. It has been developed by Big Health who are the makers of “Sleepio” an app to treat insomnia. Daylight has been rolled out and used to benefit patients…
First Contact Physio service
Barnsley offers a service called First Contact Physio – patients can be referred to this service without needing to see a GP first, the physio can assess and diagnose in most cases and refer to appropriate services where needed. In May 45 patients were seen from our surgery, 97.8% of those patients did not need…
New Service for people who care for others to attend Hospital Appointments
New service from Barnsley Hospital Patient Experience Team – providing support for people who are carers to attend their own hospital appointments
Prescription ordering
From 1st February 2024, we will no longer be operating a prescription telephone line. Patients can request repeat medications via their online access, NHS App, contact us button on our website or in person at the surgery. This change is to improve the service we are able to offer to all our patients and improve…