Welcome to Apollo North Collaborative Warwickshire North
We are a Primary Care Network (PCN) of five practices working together with a range of local providers, including primary care, community services, social care, and the voluntary sector, to offer more personalized, coordinated health and social care to their local populations.
Our PCN comprises of 29,500 over the five practices, making us large enough to provide resilience and support the development of integrated teams.
The aims of these networks are to...
Protect, improve, and extend local General Practice through greater organisational scale to provide convenient high quality, comprehensive and integrated services.
Enhance the skills and flexibility of the General Practice workforce to meet population and service needs with programmes of continuing professional development.
Work and collaborate with others to innovate in service provision, building on new technologies and recognising lifestyle choices of service users in the way in which they wish to access care.
Ensure that all we do is valuable, both for the taxpayer and service user and for those investing their time and money into the PCN.
Operate ethically, with accountability, probity, and fairness at the heart of the organisation.
Our Practices
- Hazelwood Group Practice
27 Parkfield Road, Coleshill, Birmingham, North Warwickshire B46 3LD
Contact: 01675 463 165
Manager: Kelly Rosenbach – kelly.rosenbach@nhs.net - Hartshill Health Centre
Sidhu Close, Hartshill, Nuneaton Warwickshire CV10 0GQ
Contact: 02476 394 766
Manager: Samantha Wood – Samantha.wood43@nhs.net - Rugby Road Surgery
18 Rugby Road, Bulkington, Bedworth Warwickshire CV11 9JE
Contact: 02476 643 243
Manager: Dhama Bhavananthan – Dhama.bhavan@nhs.net - Woodlands Surgery
301, Newtown Road, Bedworth CV12 0AJ
Contact: 02476 490 909
Manager: Zafar Khan – Zafar.khan3@nhs.net - Stockingford Medical Centre
13 Northumberland Avenue, Nuneaton Warwickshire CV10 8EJ
Contact: 02476 386 344
Manager: Meena Agrawal – m.agrawal@nhs.net
Say hello to our team
Our Clinical Director is Dr Mehwish Qureshi based at Hazelwood Group Practice supported by Practice / Finance Manager – Kelly Pallet based at Hazelwood Group Practice.
We have a representative from each of our practices on the board who meet monthly, these are usually face-to-face meetings held at the premises of one of the member practices of a rotational basis.
Services Offered by Apollo Collaborative Warwickshire North PCN
Our Primary Care Network (PCN) offers a range of services designed to enhance patient care and support the local community. Below are some of the key roles and services provided through our PCN:
ARRS roles
The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) supports primary care networks (PCNs) by funding a variety of roles to improve access to care and address workforce shortages, including roles like pharmacy technicians, physician associates, clinical pharmacists and more.
First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs)
- Assesses, diagnoses, treats and manages musculoskeletal (MSK) problems
- Prescribes medication within scope
- Develops skills relating to injection therapy
- Performs diagnostic investigations
- Signposts/refers to health and care services
- Audits of health and care practice
- Requests/progresses investigations
Clinical Pharmacists
- Conducts structured medication reviews (SMRs)
- Independent prescribing/deprescribing
- Provides medication advice to healthcare professionals and patients
- Optimises medication (e.g. antibiotic stewardship)
- Translates medicines national policies into local implementation
- Adopts a whole system approach to medicines management
Paramedic
- Assesses and triages calls from patients
- Performs home visits for urgent assessment
- Advises and signpost patients
- Supports anticipatory care plans
- Manages minor illness
General Practice Assistant
- Arranges clinical support: referrals, tests and follow-ups
- Conducts simple clinical observations
- Provides administrative support: letters, completing forms for GPs to sign
- Explains procedures to patients
Advanced Practitioner
Depending on profession:
- Assesses and triages patients
- Manages undiagnosed and complex co-morbidities
- Provides definitive treatment
- Supervises the multidisciplinary team
What is the NHS APP?
The NHS App is owned and run by the NHS. It can be accessed by anyone aged 13 and over registered with an NHS GP. Once you have verified your identity in the app, you will have easy, 24/7 access to a growing range of health services and information.
It doesn’t replace existing services. You can still contact your GP surgery in the usual ways.
