What services are provided and from where?
Primary Healthcare services are usually the first point of contact people have with the NHS. Services provided by GPs (Family Doctors) and their teams are based around GP practices (surgeries). The PCT has the following:
* 140 GPs based in 32 practices
Working along side GPs there are nursing and therapy staff employed by the PCT as well as practice staff including receptionists and managers who are usually employed by the GPs.
Primary healthcare services are also provided by pharmacists, dentists and optometrists. Each of these professions provides important advice and prevention services to local people. A number of pharmacists are now working closely with practices on schemes to improve the prescribing support to patients.
or telephone NHS Direct on 0845 4647
The local NHS Dental Helpline (01452 318858), provides advice and information about availability and access to NHS Dentists within the Gloucestershire area.
If you require an emergency dental appointment, call the Dental Access Centre headquarters on 01452 380073.
Community Healthcare
Community healthcare services in the area - providing healthcare for people at home and in community hospitals and GP practices - are provided by the PCT. For further information, please click on the link below.
Community Hospital services
The community hospitals in the Forest of Dean at Lydney and Cinderford (Dilke) provide a range of acute and intermediate care services, with in-patient beds, day surgery, outpatients, radiology,and minor injury units. The hospitals are supported by GPs and community teams, and also depend on the wide-ranging clinical skills of visiting colleagues from the bigger acute general hospitals (e.g. Gloucestershire Royal).
The hospitals are as follows:
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Lydney and District Hospital
Grove Road, Lydney, Glos GL15 5JF
Tel 01594 598220
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Dilke Memorial Hospital
Cinderford, Glos GL14 3HX
Tel 01594 598100
