Clinics and Services

Community Midwives

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust provide the maternity services for Spennymoor. Pregnancy care is available at University Hospital or North Durham, Darlington Memorial Hospital and other settings in the local area.

Start referral with the NHS trust here :
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust maternity website

Or contact:

District nurses

District nurses work with the Practice in providing nursing care, advice and support to patients too ill to attend the surgery. The service is provided by County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust. The service is available 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to support health care professionals, members of the public and patients.

If you require care from the district nursing team, please contact reception or alternatively the service can be contacted directly on 03000 267 979 (option 2).

For more information about the service please visit Single Point of Access (SPA) :: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

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Health Visitor and School Nursing

The Health Visitor and School Nursing service works in close liaison with the Practice. The service is provided by Harrogate and District Foundation Trust, and the role of the 0-5 Service is to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of children under five and their families. The 5-19 team promotes and protects the health and wellbeing of all children and young people aged 5 to 19.

For more information on the services contact 03000263538 or email hdft.durhamhealthychildservice@nhs.net

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Health and Wellbeing Coaches

people to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to become active participants in their care so that they can reach their own health and wellbeing goals. They may also provide access to self-management education, peer support and social prescribing and will work alongside people to coach and motivate them through multiple sessions, supporting them to identify their needs, set goals, and help them to implement their personalised health and care plan.

For more information please contact reception or visit Health and Wellbeing Coaches (HWBCs)

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Healthy Living

NHS advice about healthy living, including eating a balanced diet, healthy weight, exercise quitting smoking and drinking less alcohol is available on the following link Healthy living – NHS

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Integrated Care and Social Prescribers

Integrated Care consists of Care Coordinators who can help and support you to remain independent and Social Prescribers who can help you with things such as money worries, self-help, and local support.

Social Prescriber will work with patients who have social problems and issues. These can include debt, benefits advice, housing, social isolation, domestic abuse, employment or any other social issues which may be affecting their quality of life. Social prescribing works particularly well for people with low level mental health needs, who feel lonely or isolated, with long term conditions and complex social needs. The social prescribing link workers work collaboratively across the health and care system, targeting populations with greatest need and risk of health inequalities. They collaborate with partners to identify gaps in provision and support community offers to be accessible and sustainable.

For more information contact reception or visit Care Co-ordination

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Physiotherapists – First Contact Practitioner (FCP)

We have highly trained physiotherapists available by appointment. They can be seen at the Practice or one of six other locations.

You are also able to self-refer. If you feel that you are suffering from a musculoskeletal complaint that could benefit from Physiotherapy, you can make a direct referral to the County Durham Integrated MSK Service (CD IMS). This offers patients greater choice and faster access to hospital services without the need to visit a GP.

Make a self-referral

This service is available if:

• You are aged 16 years and older, and
• Registered with a GP within the North Durham, Derwentside, Durham Dales and Easington/Sedgefield area.

Please click on the link to do a self referral – Self referral :: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust or collect a referral form from Reception, complete and hand back to Reception. The Physiotherapy Department will then contact you.

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