Our Work
Primary care faces growing challenges, with increasing demands due to an aging population requiring complex care. Practices must deliver diverse services to keep people healthy at home and out of hospitals.
We support our members in adopting new approaches that leverage the skills of all healthcare professionals, ensuring patients receive timely, appropriate care while maximizing resources like time and funding.
Enhanced Access Service
Enhanced Access – YHN provides routine General Practice appointments for Harrogate and rural district patients evening and weekend appointments. Provision is made for nursing appointments for cervical screening, phlebotomy (blood taking) dressings, and telephone appointments with a GP.
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We can offer appointments with GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Health Care Assistants and these run at 5 Grove Park Court, Beech House Surgery and Leon Smallwood Unit at Ripon Hospital.
Travel Vaccinations
Our team of qualified nurses will ensure that you and your family are safely covered for all of your travel needs. You will receive a personal travel risk assessment before your appointment at our friendly clinics in Harrogate and Ripon.
We offer daytime, evening and weekend appointments to suit you. In addition to our full range of vaccinations we also offer a variety of products to keep you safe while you are away. Including anti-malarials, insect repellent, medication for insect bites and stings and mosquito nets.
Primary Care Research
YHN supports local practices involved with research in primary care. A number of practices are keen to engage with developing research ideas for the benefit of patients.
Research Projects have included trialling diabetic treatments, assessing the population prevalence of Covid-19 in the pandemic, arthritis diagnosis studies and depression studies. Working with the Royal College Of General Practitioners RCGP and the National Institute for Health Research NIHR, YHN supports practices to remain research ready and aligned to good clinical practice.