Practice Staff

Doctors

We have 11 permanent GPs with a wide range of clinical interests. They look after Patients with chronic illness, with the aim to keep people in their own homes and ensure they are as well as they can possibly be.

Our GPs work as part of a large Multidisciplinary Team and together, they support the care of our Patients.

GP Registrars

Advanced Clinical Practitioners

Nursing Team

Practice Nurses (PN’s) aid Patients with queries and health advice including chronic disease management, wound management, and child health immunisations. They can also initiate investigations such as ECGs and blood tests.

Collectively Assistant Practitioners, Nurse Associates, Health Care Assistants, and Phlebotomists work alongside Practice Nurses to carry out blood tests, blood pressure checks, and ear care, provide lifestyle and stop smoking advice, assist with wound management, and are able to administer some vaccinations.

Clinical Pharmacists

Pharmacists have detailed knowledge about drugs and their effects. They help resolve day-to-day medicine issues and consult with Patients directly.

They also provide help to manage long-term conditions, advising those taking multiple medicines, and deliver clinical advice about treatments.

Physiotherapists

Steph & Sally work at the Practice a couple of days a week. They are able to provide Physiotherapy support to patients who meet certain criteria, as well as being able to carry out certain types of joint injections & musculoskeletal support.

Senior Mental Health Workers

Our Mental Health Workers are able to assist in the assessment and treatment of most mental health conditions in any age group.

They provide follow-up care for Patients they assess if deemed necessary and, if appropriate, provide a short course of therapy.

They can also refer onto Mental Health Services such as the Community Mental Health Team, TALKWORKS, the Crisis Team, and the Adult Autism service.

Please talk to your GP if you feel you could benefit from their support.

Social Prescribers

Social Prescribers work with Patients to explore their individual support needs, develop a personal plan, and set goals to work to reduce barriers and motivate patients to make positive life changes. This could include addressing issues such as unemployment, loneliness, or money issues.

If you feel like you would benefit from some support from the Team, please inform a Patient Care Advisor and they will refer you onto them.

Carer Support Workers

Sarah works at the Practice on a Tuesday & Wednesday and will be able to offer support & health assessments to our unpaid carers. Referrals to the Carer Support Worker are able to be done via our Patient Care Advisors.

Practice Management

Admin Team

Our admin team carry out a wide range of essential roles supporting the clinicians such as arranging referrals for patients to hospital, following up on queries, typing letters, summarising patient record, dealing with all Insurance and Solicitor requests for medical examinations, reports and private forms. The team also support the practice management by producing patient communications such as leaflets and information, maintaining the website and managing the IT systems.

Patient Care Advisors

Our Patient Care Advisors welcome patients to the surgery, arrange appointments, answer patient queries and carry out administration tasks. They use Health Navigation, which involves asking patients a few questions to understand the nature of their query using clinically designed protocols. This enables them to offer the most appropriate professional for the patient, which may not necessarily be a GP. It is not a clinical consultation and it does not make a diagnosis or plan treatment, it merely connects the patient with the most appropriate person or service.

Please give the Patient Care Advisors as much information as you can in order to help them help you. They will need to ask for further details or check information in your medical records when you telephone the surgery. They are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the Doctors and Nurses and everything that you tell them is treated in confidence.

Other Staff