Some specialist referrals will require you seeing or speaking with a GP. However, there are a number of services attached to our medical centre, available locally and listed below that you are able to self refer to, or book an appointment with:
We are sorry to hear the way you're feeling.
Mental Health Practitioner
We have specialised Mental Health Practitioners (MHP) at the health centre who are best placed to see adults aged 18 or over who are struggling with mental health, stress or anxiety. You do not need to see a doctor beforehand.
Please contact our reception team on 01925 725644 (option 1) to book an appointment.
If you require medication, further tests or referrals ownards for further treatment, our MHP can do this for you.
Other services who can help
Adults and children can contact Mental Health Matters to self-refer for psychological therapy on 01925 401720 or visit www.mhm.org.uk/talking-matters-warrington. You can also look at very useful website for where to get help at http://www.happyoksad.org.uk/
You can contact the Warrington Pathways to recovery team on 01925 415176. or 07919 558644 out of hours to self refer for alcohol support. For further information please visit: https://www.changegrowlive.org/pathways-to-recovery-warrington/info
Parents can self-refer their child to the NHS Bridgewater Children’s Audiology Service. The service can see any child or young person where hearing is a concern or an identified issue. The Children’s Audiology Service is available for all Warrington residents and/or people registered with a Warrington GP practice aged 0-16 years. If a young person has been provided with hearing aids or have additional needs that require the expertise and testing facilities of Children’s Audiology they can be seen up to the age of 19 years.
Telephone 01925 946727 to self-refer or visit https://bridgewater.nhs.uk/warrington/childrensaudiology/ for more information.
We are very sorry to hear of your bereavement. For information, advice and support for your recent bereavement, please visit the Cruse website who offer specialist advice and telephone support: https://www.cruse.org.uk/
We also have Louise Hill our Social Prescriber at the health centre who may be able to help you during this difficult time. Please contact our reception team on 01925 725644 (option 1) to book an appointment.
Patients and parents can self refer to the NHS Bridgewater Community Healthcare Team for bladder and bowel care. The Bladder and Bowel Care Service is a community based team of experienced specialist Nurses and Healthcare assistants who provide specialist assessments, support and advice about bladder and bowel dysfunction.
Adult team: telephone 01925 946343 or visit: NHS Bridgewater website for more information and to self refer.
Paediatric team: telephone 01925 946343 or visit: NHS Bridgewater website for more information and to self refer.
Anyone registered with a GP as female will be invited for NHS breast screening every 3 years between the ages of 50 and 71.
You'll get a letter in the post inviting you.
If you have not been invited for breast screening by the time you are 53 and think you should have been, or if you have missed your breast screening appointment, you can contact our local breast screening service on 01925 275500.
For more information visit: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer-screening/
NHS bowel cancer screening checks if you could have bowel cancer. It's available to everyone aged 60 or over and 56 year olds. Everyone aged 60-74 and who turn 56 registered with a GP and lives in England is automatically sent a bowel cancer screening kit every 2 years. Please make sure the medical centre has your correct address so your kit is posted to the right place.
If you have not returned your testing kit or have not received your testing kit please contact 0800 707 60 60.
If you're 75 or over, you can ask for a kit every 2 years by phoning the free bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 60 60.
For more information please visit: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer-screening/
If you're worried about a family history of bowel cancer or have any symptoms, speak to a GP for advice.
You’re a carer if you look after someone who has an illness or disability, usually a family member or close friend. You might do this round-the-clock or just for a few hours a week. It might be in your own home, in their home, or they might live quite far away. You may be balancing your unpaid caring role with other things like your children, work or education.
It doesn’t matter what your situation is, if you look after someone then you’re a carer - and you should be, and feel, supported.
Adult carer support
The Warrington Adult Carers service provides free support to adult Carers (including Parent Carers and Young Adult Carers in transition), the service focuses on identifying Carers and supporting them to access services to assist them in their caring role and to help them to maintain and improve their health and wellbeing. The overall aim of the service is to improve the quality of life for Carers in Warrington, supporting them to sustain their caring role and enhancing their ability to enjoy a life outside of their caring role.
Visit: https://wired.me.uk/services/warrington-adult-carers-service for more information or click here to self refer
Young carer support - under 18yrs
A Young Carer is a young person 18 years or under who helps to look after someone who has a disability, mental health condition, illness, or addiction. Warrginton WIRED Young Carers is a local service that supports young carers and young adult carers (up to the age of 25) in their caring role.
Visit: https://wired.me.uk/services/warrington-young-carers-service for more information or click here to self refer
We have specialised Mental Health Practitioners (MHP) at the health centre who are best placed to see adults aged 18 or over who are struggling with mental health, stress or anxiety. You do not need to see a doctor beforehand.
Please contact our reception team on 01925 725644 (option 1) to book an appointment.
If you require medication, further tests or referrals ownards for further treatment, our MHP can do this for you.
Other services who can help
Adults and children can contact Mental Health Matters to self-refer for psychological therapy on 01925 401720 or visit www.mhm.org.uk/talking-matters-warrington. You can also look at very useful website for where to get help at http://www.happyoksad.org.uk/
Patients can self refer for diabetes online education through the My Diabetes My Way programme.
Please visit: https://cm.mydiabetes.com/ to register or sign in.
The programme offers the following:
- Secure access to your personal diabetes health records
- NHS Accredited e-learning courses
- Over 200 open-access multi-media diabetes resources: https://cm.mydiabetes.com/know-more/
Patients can complete online diabetes education in the following areas:
- Carbohydrate Counting: The Online Education Course
- Considering an Insulin Pump?
- Growing Up With Type 1 Diabetes
- Living with Type 1 Diabetes
- My Gestational Diabetes: The Online Education Course
- My Insulin Pump: The Online Education Course
- My Type 2 Diabetes: The Online Education Course
- Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Online Course
- Understanding Type 1 Diabetes
Patients who are diagnosed with Diabetes can contact the Podiatry department to arrange diabetic foot screening or for specialist help with foot problems such as ulcers, blisters, open sores, numbness. Please contact the podiatry department on: 01925 251403 to arrange an appointment/assessment.
Patients can self refer to the Bridgewater Treatment room for dressings by contacting 01925 946323.
Please visit the following page for the clinic locations, contact details and more information:
https://bridgewater.nhs.uk/warrington/district-nursing-treatment-room-warrington/
Pathways to Recovery
Patients can self refer to the Warrington Pathways to Recovery team for support with drugs and addiction. You can call the team on 01925 415176. If it's out of hours, please call 07919 558644 or visit https://www.changegrowlive.org/pathways-to-recovery-warrington/info for more information.
Narcotics Anonymous
Patients can also self refer anonymously to Narcotics Anonymous. You can call the team on 0300 999 1212 and the helpline is open from 10.00am until midnight. The service also hold drop in sessions if you wish to attend a meeting, the details are below. Visit the Narcotics Anonymous UK website for more information.
Open to all meetings:
Venue: Making Space, 46 Allen Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 7JB - Rear entrance. There are bungalows that run on Troutbeck avenue. The meeting is down a pathway leading to the Community centre. Parking is available.
Day/time: Sundays (6.00pm-7.30pm)
You can self-refer for ear syringing on the NHS by contacting:
- Orford Jubilee on 01925 521463 - the approximate wait time is currently 12 weeks.
You can also opt to contact a local hearing service to to have this completed privately.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recommend any specific private services.
If you have any problems with your eyes, including the symptoms below, you should first contact a local optician (also known as optometrists):
- A red or painful eye
- Something in your eye, that won’t come out
- Sudden change in vision
- Flashes or floaters
If your eye problem is not resloved or you are unable to attend an opticians, please contact Warrington urgent eye care centre.
Urgent Eye Care Centre
Please call 0300 3034922 to book an appointment.
First Contact Practitioner
Do you suffer from any of the following?
- Soft tissue injuries, sprains, strains or sports injuries
- Arthritis– any joint
- Possible problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons or bone e.g. tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, ankle sprains
- Spinal pain including lower back pain, mid-back pain and neck pain
- Spinal related pain in arms or legs including nerve symptoms e.g. pins and needles or numbness
- Changes to walking
- Post orthopaedic surgery
- Patients currently waiting on physio waiting list
Penketh Health Centre has a First Contact Practitioner (FCP) who would be the best placed clinician to see you.
You do not need to see a GP beforehand.
- First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) are qualified autonomous clinical practitioners who can assess, diagnose, treat and manage musculoskeletal (MSK) problems and undifferentiated conditions. Some FCPs and Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners (APPs) can also provide extended scope services such as cortisone injections and the prescribing of medications.
- The FCP service strives to provide evidence-based, personalised care, which may include: first line management of a MSK problem from within the practice, further investigations and onward referral into specialist services.
- The FCP service is currently available in-person and via virtual/remote platforms. With face-to-face, telephone and video consultations available for all our patients.
- Our FCPs aim to create seamless links through to secondary care physiotherapy and orthopaedic providers, as well as to community health services. Their goal is to empower patients to address health and MSK concerns independently and to improve the overall population health.
Please contact our reception team on 01925 725644 (option 1) to book an appointment.
If you require medication, further tests or referrals ownards for further treatment, our FCP can do this for you.
We are working with other practices in our PCN to provide additional appointments for our patients, the appointment you are offered may not be at Penketh Health Centre, you may be offered another location locally to attend.
Congratulations on your pregnancy!
You can self-refer to the Midwifery Services at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you do not need to see a doctor to do this.
To self-refer, call 01925 662092 or self-refer online by visiting https://whh.nhs.uk/services/maternity/pregnant-self-refer-us-filling-out-online-form-here
They will aim to be in touch between 7-10 working days. If you are coming up to 10 weeks gestation please contact the team on 01925 662092, so that they can process your self-referral as soon as possible.
Further information, advice and support is also available on the NHS Warrington & Halton website and at NHS.uk.
Mental Health Practitioner
We have specialised Mental Health Practitioners (MHP) at the health centre who are best placed to see adults aged 18 or over who are struggling with mental health, stress or anxiety. You do not need to see a doctor beforehand.
Please contact our reception team on 01925 725644 (option 1) to book an appointment.
If you require medication, further tests or referrals ownards for further treatment, our MHP can do this for you.
Other services who can help
Adults and children can contact Mental Health Matters to self-refer for psychological therapy on 01925 401720 or visit www.mhm.org.uk/talking-matters-warrington. You can also look at very useful website for where to get help at http://www.happyoksad.org.uk/
You can self-refer to the Citizens Advice Bureau for free, independent, confidential and impartial advice on: Benefits, work, debt and money, consumer and trading, family, housing immigration & law and courts. Call the team on: 0300 3309091 to arrange an appointment. Visit: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ for more information.
First Contact Practitioner
Do you suffer from any of the following?
- Soft tissue injuries, sprains, strains or sports injuries
- Arthritis– any joint
- Possible problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons or bone e.g. tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, ankle sprains
- Spinal pain including lower back pain, mid-back pain and neck pain
- Spinal related pain in arms or legs including nerve symptoms e.g. pins and needles or numbness
- Changes to walking
- Post orthopaedic surgery
- Patients currently waiting on physio waiting list
Penketh Health Centre has a First Contact Practitioner (FCP) who would be the best placed clinician to see you.
You do not need to see a GP beforehand.
- First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) are qualified autonomous clinical practitioners who can assess, diagnose, treat and manage musculoskeletal (MSK) problems and undifferentiated conditions. Some FCPs and Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners (APPs) can also provide extended scope services such as cortisone injections and the prescribing of medications.
- The FCP service strives to provide evidence-based, personalised care, which may include: first line management of a MSK problem from within the practice, further investigations and onward referral into specialist services.
- The FCP service is currently available in-person and via virtual/remote platforms. With face-to-face, telephone and video consultations available for all our patients.
- Our FCPs aim to create seamless links through to secondary care physiotherapy and orthopaedic providers, as well as to community health services. Their goal is to empower patients to address health and MSK concerns independently and to improve the overall population health.
Please contact our reception team on 01925 725644 (option 1) to book an appointment.
If you require medication, further tests or referrals ownards for further treatment, our FCP can do this for you.
We are working with other practices in our PCN to provide additional appointments for our patients, the appointment you are offered may not be at Penketh Health Centre, you may be offered another location locally to attend.
Patients can now self refer to the Podiatry department for help with foot problems. Please visit the Bridgewater NHS website to access the referral form to send to the service. If you would like some assistance completing or sending your form, please contact our Secretarial Team on 01925 650226 (option 5).
Patients can self refer to our local sexual health clinic for testing, treatment, routine contraception, emergency contraception and general advice. To self-refer please call 0300 323 1300 or visit: https://whh.nhs.uk/services/sexual-health-service-halton
Social prescribing, also sometimes known as community referral, is a means of enabling health professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services. The referrals generally, but not exclusively, come from professionals working in primary care settings, for example, GPs or practice nurses.
Social prescribing is designed to support people with a wide range of social, emotional or practical needs, and many schemes are focused on improving mental health and physical wellbeing.
Penketh Health Centre has a Social Prescriber (SP) who may be the best placed clinican to see you.
Please contact our reception team on 01925 725644 (option 1) to book an appointment.
The Orford Jubilee Centre provides a friendly and helpful Stop Smoking service, telephone 0300 0030 818 to self-refer today or visit the website https://livewirewarrington.co.uk/lifestyles/stop-smoking/ for more information.
You can also access support, information and useful tools to help you stop smoking on the NHS.uk website.
Remember....you are four times more likely to quit successfully with support rather than going it alone.
Parents can self-refer their child to the NHS Bridgewater Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy Service.
The service can provide advice and support for parents and children from 0-16 years (0-19 years if attending special schools) who show difficulties in the following areas:
- Understanding of language
- Spoken language
- Speech sounds
- Stammering
- Voice problems
- Attention and listening difficulties
- Social communication difficulties
- Children with feeding and swallowing difficulties
- Hearing impairment
Telephone the service on 01925 946686 to make a referral.
Visit: https://bridgewater.nhs.uk/warrington/paediatricspeechandlanguagetherapy/about-our-service/ for more information.
Patients and parents can self refer to the NHS Bridgewater Community Healthcare Team for Stoma Care. The Stoma Care Service is a community based team of experienced specialist Nurses and Healthcare assistants who provide specialist assessments, support and advice about Stomas Care.
You can self refer into their service by calling the team on 01925 946348.
We are sorry to hear the way you're feeling.
Mental Health Practitioner
We have specialised Mental Health Practitioners (MHP) at the health centre who are best placed to see adults aged 18 or over who are struggling with mental health, stress or anxiety. You do not need to see a doctor beforehand.
Please contact our reception team on 01925 725644 (option 1) to book an appointment.
If you require medication, further tests or referrals ownards for further treatment, our MHP can do this for you.
Other services who can help
Adults and children can contact Mental Health Matters to self-refer for psychological therapy on 01925 401720 or visit www.mhm.org.uk/talking-matters-warrington. You can also look at very useful website for where to get help at http://www.happyoksad.org.uk/
Unfortunately GP Practices are not licensed or indemnified to treat dental problems. We recommend contacting your dentist if you are registered at a local dental practice (or) you can contact the emergency dental telephone line on 0161 4769651 which operates from 9:00am - 9:30pm 7days a week.
There are many benefits of losing weight, not only will you reduce the risk of serious health problems, you will feel more energised and generally better in yourself.
Here at Penketh health centre we have Eva and Rebecca who hold dedicated appointments at the practice to help support patients with healthy lifestyles and weight management.
Eva is our dieticain and Rebecca is our life style coach. Appointments are pre-bookable.
Please contact our reception team on 01925 725644 (option 1) to book an appointment.
The local council provide a Wellbeing Service at the Gateway in Warrington Town Centre.
The team can help you get the information and support you need to start feeling back on track. They can provide some personal advice, or they help get support from an expert.
The wellbeing team can support people living with dementia and their carers, people with long Covid. We can also be found at the Talking Points which take place across the town. The team are also based at the Acute Medical Unit at Warrington Hospital to help people get home safely and with the right support in place.
More information can be found on their website
You’re a carer if you look after someone who has an illness or disability, usually a family member or close friend. You might do this round-the-clock or just for a few hours a week. It might be in your own home, in their home, or they might live quite far away. You may be balancing your unpaid caring role with other things like your children, work or education.
It doesn’t matter what your situation is, if you look after someone then you’re a carer - and you should be, and feel, supported.
Adult carer support
The Warrington Adult Carers service provides free support to adult Carers (including Parent Carers and Young Adult Carers in transition), the service focuses on identifying Carers and supporting them to access services to assist them in their caring role and to help them to maintain and improve their health and wellbeing. The overall aim of the service is to improve the quality of life for Carers in Warrington, supporting them to sustain their caring role and enhancing their ability to enjoy a life outside of their caring role.
Visit: https://wired.me.uk/services/warrington-adult-carers-service for more information or click here to self refer
Young carer support - under 18yrs
A Young Carer is a young person 18 years or under who helps to look after someone who has a disability, mental health condition, illness, or addiction. Warrginton WIRED Young Carers is a local service that supports young carers and young adult carers (up to the age of 25) in their caring role.
Visit: https://wired.me.uk/services/warrington-young-carers-service for more information or click here to self refer
Please contact Bath Street Health & Wellbeing Centre Treatment Room on 01925 843853 to book appointments for removals of clips, removals of sutures and wound care.