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If you have a musculoskeletal problem, you maybe offered an appointment with the MSK FCP, or Musculoskeletal First Contact Practitioner.
Our FCP’s come from physiotherapy backgrounds with extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal problems. They are not here to provide a rehabilitation service but can arrange this if required.
Our FCP’s can give an in depth assessment of your problem. If necessary, they can arrange investigations such as bloods, ultrasound, x-ray and MRI to help aid diagnosis.
If appropriate, steroid injections can be given by designated staff within the practice and they can also arrange onward referral to orthopaedics or to the rehabilitation physiotherapy team if needed.
If you have a musculoskeletal problem, you may be offered an appointment with the FCP.
We work closely with other healthcare professionals such as District Nurses, Health Visitors and Midwives, who are not directly employed by the practice, but who work as part of the practice team delivering services to our patients.
Page last reviewed: 21 August 2025 Page created: 15 July 2022