Persistent Physical Symptoms

Persistent symptoms impact many individuals, and clinicians may not always have access to the most effective non-medical solutions. Our service takes a holistic approach, considering all aspects of your life, not just the medical side.

We aim to improve your quality of life and reduce the need for frequent doctor visits. This prototype project helps you manage your symptoms when there is no clear medical solution. This service is for patients with long-lasting symptoms who need extra help to manage them.

This service is for people who are:

✅ Experiencing long-lasting pain or symptoms - including chronic pain, Irritable Bowel S (IBS)yndrome, non-epileptic seizures, and breathlessness.

✅ Registered at one of the following GP practices in Newcastle upon Tyne:

  • Cruddas Park Surgery

  • Holmside Medical Group

  • Throckley Primary Care

  • West Road Medical Centre

✅ Living with mild to moderate symptoms that have been going on for between three months and three years.

✅ Ready to work with health staff and try non-medical support for new ways to feel better.

Want to join? GPs, nurses, and other healthcare professionals can refer you.

Ways to Wellness - a patient’s story

This video shows how Ways to Wellness helped a patient with long-term conditions. She talks about living with chronic pain and how working with a specialist social prescribing link worker made a big difference for her.

What we offer:

Our specialist staff will work with you to create a plan that suits you. This could include:

✅ Joining local groups

✅ Building positive relationships

✅ Getting specialist help

✅ Eating healthy and cooking

✅ Being more active

✅ Support with benefits and welfare rights

If you are eligible for the project and you would like to join, you can be referred to the service by your GP or another member of staff at your GP practice.  

You can also contact Ways to Wellness:  

Phone: 0191 816 3540 or email: info@waystowellness.org.uk 

Where can I find out more?

Read our patient information leaflet

Partners and funders:

Having initially been funded and delivered in partnership with the North East and North Cumbria Deep End Network, with additional funding from Ways to Wellness, this project is now part of the North East Combined Authority Economic Inactivity Trailblazer, funded by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

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