Vauxhall Primary Health Care

“You can always get an appointment. There is an online service for

prescriptions and appointments. Staff are very friendly and helpful.

Lovely surgery.”

Monday 8.00 am – 6.30pm

Tuesday 8.00 am – 6.30pm

Wednesday 8.00 am – 6.30pm

Thursday 8.00 am – 6.30pm

Friday 8.00 am – 6.30pm

HEALTH CENTRE

OPENING HOURS

PRACTICE AREA

The practice area includes

all of Liverpool 2, 3, 4, and

5, and part of Liverpool 1,

6, 7 and 20. Please ask at

reception if you are unsure

if you live within our area.

Vauxhall Primary Health Care Limekiln Lane Liverpool L5 8XR Tel: 0151 295 3737

Email: vphc@livgp.nhs.uk www.vphc.nhs.uk

PRESCRIPTIONS

Repeat scripts should be requested 48hrs in advance. You

can request your repeat medication in one of the following

ways:

At reception using the B side of your script

Using the online patient access service(ask at reception for details)

By post to our address

We like to keep our phones free for calls from the elderly

and housebound so we don’t take prescription requests

over the phone unless there are special circumstances.

REGISTERING

If you wish to register with the practice you should come to

the reception desk where you will be given three forms to

complete (you can also download these forms from our

website www.vphc.nhs.uk). Give your forms to a member of

our reception team once you have filled them in.

PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO COVID-19, URGENT ACCESS IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED. PLEASE CALL THE SURGERY BEFORE 10.30am FOR A TELEPHONE TRIAGE ASSESSMENT Face-to-Face appointments in the surgery (currently suspended)The doctors and nurses can be seen at the following times by pre

booked appointment:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9.00 – 11.45am and 3.00 –6.00pm Wednesday 9.00 – 11.45am & Sat 9-11.45

Telephone appointments

Sometimes it may be more convenient for you to speak to a

doctor or nurse by phone. If so, please ask for a telephone

appointment.

Home visits for the housebound

A request for a same day home visit should be made before

10.00am.

Urgent same day appointments

If you have an urgent problem and wish to call in, without an appointment, please attend the Urgent Access clinic:

Monday to Friday 9.00 – 10.30am

“Urgent Access is an excellent much needed service.”

Call 0151 295 3737 for appointments

Minor Surgery

Acupuncture

Hypnotherapy

Drug Misuse

SPECIALIST CLINICS (by GP referral)

“The service is excellent with polite and helpful staff.

Very clean environment.”

OUR STAFF

Vauxhall Primary Health Care

consists of 4 Partner GPs, 6 Associate GPs, 2 Practice Nurses, a

Health Care Assistant, a Practice

Manager, Assistant Practice Manager and 17 Administrative

staff. Together we provide a full

range of general practice services

and run a number of specialist

clinics.

As a training practice Vauxhall

Primary Health Care have

Registrars working as part of the

team. A GP Registrar is a fully

qualified, experienced doctor who

is completing a further 3 years

training in order to become a GP.

GP Registrars have daily surgeries

(often with longer appointment

times), undertake home visits and

help with on-call doctor duties.

GP PARTNERS

Dr Helen McKendrick MB, ChB, DRCOG, MRCGP (full reg – 1986,

Liverpool)

Dr Catherine Hopkins MA Medical Sciences, MBBS, MRCPG (full reg –

1986, Cambridge)

Dr David Lewis MB, ChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, MSc ,DTM&H (full reg – 1990,

Liverpool)

Dr Phil Cumberlidge MBChB, DFFP, MRCGP

ASSOCIATE GPs

Dr Judith Boening MED, MRCGP, DRCOG, FP

Dr Stephen Chan MB.BS, FRCA, MRCGP

Dr Clare Nwosu

Dr Tim Rollinson

Dr Liam Mealy

Dr Laura Stirratt

NURSES Alison Talbot DipHE, Bsc Carrie Gelhardt

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT Julie Williams SEN

PRACTICE MANAGER Marie Wheldon

ASSISTANT PRACTICE MANAGERErica Citrine

simplifying IT

Technology at work for you CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

Blood Clinics

Citizens Advice Bureau

Chiropody

Counselling

Dentists

Smokefree Liverpool

Health Trainers

Midwife Clinic

Pharmacy

Treatment Room (LCH Community Health)

Vauxhall Book Library

OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE AT

VAUXHALL HEALTH CENTRE

“It’s very helpful and less stressful

that there is a chemist on site, so

you can pick up your medicine,

tablets etc. as soon as possible.”

WHEN WE’RE CLOSED

If you require urgent medical assistance that

cannot wait until the surgery re-opens, please

call 1-1-1. Calls to the NHS 111 service are free

from both landlines and mobiles.

If you have a life-threatening medical

emergency please dial 999.

NAMED GP

The GP contract now requires us to allocate all patients to a particular GP.

You can see any GP of your choice as you are now doing if you are happy with this service. If you

wish to know your named GP, please ask at Reception.

DATA PROTECTION & PRIVACY POLICYPlease see practice website to view our privacy policy, information regarding data protection and national data opt-out policy.