Portmill Surgery is lucky to have 2 Clinical Pharmacists that work in the surgery. Andrew and Josh work as part of a team of 6 Clinical Pharmacists across the PCN. You may be booked in with one of them for a telephone call, face to face appointment or they may look at your medications and adjust prescriptions for you based on recommendations from other clinicians, like hospital consultants. They carry out structured medication reviews and some annual reviews, such as those for Atrial Fibrilation.

Andrew is working towards his Independant Prescriber qualification and his special interest is in hypertension.

PurePhsyio, on behalf of Hitchin and Whitwell PCN, provide a First Contact Physiotherapist service 4 days a week, Monday to Thursday, which is hosted at Portmill Surgery. We currently have 3 physios; Ed, Mirza and Onehi. You are able to book an appointment with a member of our Physio team direct through reception without the need to see a GP first.

Our First Contact Physio service see patients over the age of 16+ with a musculoskeletal problem, such as back or joint pain. Our team of Physios can assess and diagnose musculoskeletal issues, give expert management advice, suggest imaging and refer on to specialists if necessary. Some Physios can undertake joint injections. The Physio team can see any joint or muscle pain, neurological issues and can also refer on for further imaging if needed.

Please note – they do not undertake hands-on manipulation/treatment/acupuncture.

Oure Physio offer a number of self help tool for people with musculoskeltal problems click here to view them on their website.

Portmill is home to a team of Care Co-ordinators. Lead by Maisie, who also holds a role as senior Care Co-ordinator for the PCN, Roxanne and Alissa help to provide that little bit extra care for some of our most vulenerable groups of people and help with any reasonable adjustments they may need. The Care Co-ordinator team are also key in running services like the Carers' Café.

The PCN also provides many other services either remotely or not from Portmill Surgery. Please see their website for more details of those services.