| Our nursing team: |
Our highly qualified nurses deal with a range of conditions and health concerns. They examine patients, make a diagnosis and plan care, including prescribing certain products.
They are experts in many areas of disease management such as diabetes and asthma. |
| Mrs Linda Fox |
BSc(Hons) RGN DipCHD Nurse Prescriber
She is our nurse practitioner and works alongside the doctors in the practice to provide a medical service including holding minor illness surgeries. |
| Mrs Rebecca Kroukamp |
| Specialist Nurse in Minor Illness |
| Mrs Val Hands |
| RGN Dip Specialist Nurse in Diabetes |
| Mrs Sue Walker |
| RGN Dip Asthma - Specialist Nurse in COPD, Asthma, Women's Health |
| Marjan Esmaeillan |
| RGN - Specialist Nurse in Diabetes and Women's Health |
| Health care assistants: |
| Mrs Karen Dunn (HCA Level 3) |
| Mrs Jackie Young (HCA Level 3) |
| They are important members of the practice team who work under the supervision of a qualified nurse. They can take blood tests, check blood pressure, test urine and undertake simple dressings, ECGs and assist with many other clinical tasks within the practice. |
| Practice management: |
| Practice manager Mrs Callaghan and her assistant Mrs Hickey will be able to help you with any administrative problems you may have with the way our practice is run. |
| Reception staff: |
| Jane, Patricia, Margaret, Kim, Carol and Lorraine are here to help you. They have many duties including answering the phone, dealing with enquiries, making appointments and taking/printing repeat prescriptions. Their job is very demanding so please be patient. |
| Administrative staff: |
| Alison is our medical secretary. |
| Jane, Christine and Julie are admin staff who work in the practice. Although not 'front of house', their work is nonetheless important in the smooth running of an extremely busy practice. |