Health Care Staff

Meet the team…

Modern medical care is not provided by doctors alone.

The team of Health Care Professionals who will look after you include:

We are all here to help you as much as possible. The receptionists will deal with requests for appointments or advice from health care professionals, answer queries, inform you of your test results when the doctor has seen and approved them, etc. Note that our receptionists will ask for an outline of your problem or condition in order to assess the appropriate response in accordance with guidance formulated by the GPs. Such information is dealt with in complete confidence.

Please be polite to them, they are trying to help.

Practice Nursing Team

Within the team we have 4 Practice Nurses. All are fully qualified and are registered with the Royal College of Nursing. They provide a comprehensive service and run their own surgeries which include:

• Minor ailments
• Asthma and COPD, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease and Hypertension monitoring
• Cervical smears
• Minor injuries
• Family planning and contraceptive advice
• Travel & Routine Vaccinations
• Ear syringing
• Dressings

District Nursing Team

We share our District Nursing Team with Woodlands Medical Centre. We have one nurse who is primarily responsible for our patients but the team provide cover for each other as necessary.

The nurses are responsible for domiciliary visits, i.e. patients who are completely house bound. They provide the following comprehensive service:

• care of chronically sick and disabled patients
• care of terminally ill patients
• give injections e.g. flu vaccinations
• care of diabetic patients
• leg ulcer dressings
• catheter care / stoma care
• bowel care
• removal of sutures
• ear syringing
• incontinence care
• and many more services

Health Visitors

The Health Visitors can be contacted via the main surgery number or on their own dedicated number 01235 816325. Messages can be left if no Health Visitor is immediately available to take your call.

Health Visitors are an integrated part of the NHS community health services. They are nurses with a higher education qualification & unique skills & training in promoting family & public health.

Health Visitors work to help themselves, the aim of their work is to:

• Promote the health of the whole community
• Help people to reach their optimum health through the prevention of disease
• Help to promote health in the widest sense, including physical, mental and social well being

Every family with children under 5 years has a named health visitor, but ANYONE can access the Health Visiting Service for advice or support.

The assessment of health needs is the basis of the Health Visitor’s daily work. This occurs through contacts with families and individuals, working with groups & wide scale public health initiatives.

Health Visitor Pre-Bookable Clinic are held on Monday afternoons at the practice. Ring 01235 810099 to make an appointment.

Midwives

We have two midwives attached to the practice. They carry out most of the routine ante natal checks at the surgery, and visit mum and baby at home within the first 7 days after the birth of the baby.

They are available for advice and services and can be contacted via the Midwives’ Office on 01235 814627

Counselling Services

We have one counsellor attached to the practice. Counselling funded by the NHS is only available via a referral from your GP. Unfortunately the amount of counselling funded by the NHS is very limited.

Other Services

We offer an extensive list of services.....almost a one-stop shop.....

You can see a list of our services by clicking here