St Austell Healthcare

Welcome to St Austell Healthcare.

We offer our patients services from five sites in St Austell, Foxhole and Mevagissey:

The Carlyon Road Health Hub, 14 Carlyon Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 4EG
Wheal Northey, 1 Wheal Northey, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 3EF
Park, 19 Bridge Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 5HE
Mevagissey, River St, Mevagissey, Saint Austell PL26 6UE
Foxhole, Carpalla, Foxhole, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 7TY

All our surgeries have suitable access for disabled patients, and have hearing loops available in the receptions.

Please wear a face covering when attending any of our sites.

Receipt of your eConsult will be acknowledged by email, and we will advise you of the next steps. As an indication, our response times are usually as follows: the same day for urgent medical problems; or within 5 working days for routine medical problems / sick note requests. For prescribing queries please email prescribing.sahc@nhs.net.

**Important Message**

All our health services are busy right now, especially our ambulance service and the emergency department team at Truro hospital.

You can play your part in supporting us to care for people with serious and life-threatening illnesses.

Did you know you know you can get help and advice by calling 111 or go online at 111.nhs.uk? You may not need to go and wait in our busy emergency department and could be directed to a minor injury unit which will be quicker and closer to home.

Only dial 999 for an ambulance in a genuine, life-threatening emergency, for example:

Chest pain / breathing difficulties / heart attack
Stroke
Severe bleeding
Severe allergic reactions
Severe burns or scalds
Serious head injuries
Major trauma such as a road traffic accident or a fall from height

If you have called for an ambulance, please do not ring again asking for a time of arrival. Only call again if:

The patient’s condition worsens
You no longer need our help

The call handlers must prioritise speaking to the most seriously injured and unwell patients.

If you don’t think it’s a serious or life-threatening emergency:

Call your own GP. Even if you are in Cornwall on holiday, you could get a phone or video consultation with your doctor at home.
Go online at 111.nhs.uk or call 111 to get expert advice and be signposted to where you can get the best and nearest care for your needs.
Ask a pharmacist for advice – they’re experts in treating minor health issues like colds, urinary infections, stomach upsets, aches and pains.

For further information please visit NHS Kernow CCG at https://www.kernowccg.nhs.uk/get-info/choose-well/

We can all play our part this summer to keep each other safe and make sure people get the help they need, when they need it. If you need health advice this summer, please choose the right health service. kernowccg.nhs.uk/choosewell

We have seen an increase in viral infections amongst children in the last few weeks. The urgent care team are trying their hardest to meet this demand.

As a parent it is natural to feel concerned when your child has a fever.

Here is some great advice from the NHS on how to treat a fever, but also some reassurance that this is the body's natural response to fighting viral infections.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/fever-in-children/

We are excited to be able to announce the launch of St Austell Healthcare’s Dream Quest Competition.

This is a competition to help St Austell Healthcare design an App to support Social Prescribing for Children and Young People in the local area.

For more information please see the competition poster or website:
https://dreamquest.uk/

Guide to our services

Urgent Care If you need urgent medical attention within 24 hours you will be added to the ‘on the day’ list. This list is triaged by the duty doctors. Appointments are with our urgent care team, which includes doctors, advanced nurse practitioners, urgent care nurses and paramedics.

Routine Care If you would like to speak to your doctor about an ongoing or non-urgent medical problem your request will be sent to your GP. We will call you back , and a face to face or telephone appointment will be arranged if needed. You can also arrange routine reviews for conditions such as asthma, COPD or diabetes, and these will be with a specialist nurse.

Mental Health Practitioners If you experience mental health difficulties you can get help and signposting from our qualified mental health practitioners.

Physiotherapist Our qualified physiotherapist will support you with musculoskeletal problems. She will advise you and signpost or refer to other clinicians or services where appropriate.

Prescribing Team We have a dedicated prescribing team helping with all of your prescription and medication requests or queries. Our clinical pharmacists can help with medication advice. They can be contacted by email at prescribing.sahc@nhs.net.

Social Prescribing Social prescribing is a way of linking you to sources of non-clinical support in the community. Some of the initiatives we can refer you to include: walking groups, support groups, exercise classes, gardening groups and gym activities.

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