Meet the Team

There is a practice nurses attached to the practice who can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Community Midwives

There is one midwife attached to the practice who helps the doctor run the antenatal clinic and also visits patients post-nataly.

Community Nurses

A district nurse is attached to the practice and visits patients confined to their home. District nurses are able to apply dressings, remove stitches and give injections. They are also able to advice on incontinence and help arrange the supply of pads and other aids (i.e. Mobility etc.)

Arrangements for the district nurse to visit can be made by the doctor or through reception.

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

The health visitor also assists the doctor with the child health clinic.