Practice Manager

• Steve Oswald

IT/HR manager

• Jo Osborne

Reception manager

• Wendy Grist

RECEPTIONISTS

Our Receptionists have a lot of information at their fingertips, and will be able to answer many of your queries.

PRACTICE NURSES

• Sister Miriam Withey RGN
• Sister Denise Clayton RGN
• Sister Lara Mulry RGN
• Sister Jane Hodgson RGN
• Sister Karen Werrell RGN
  
  Our Practice Nurses are available, by appointment, to help with asthma
  and diabetic checks, blood pressure checks, cervical smears, children’s
  immunizations, dressings, ear syringing, removal of stitches, stop
  smoking and spirometry (lung function testing). They will also advise on
  foreign travel and vaccinations.

COMMUNITY NURSES

District Nurses help with nursing care for those patients confined to
their homes. They may be contacted direct between 12.00 pm and 1.00 pm
(Monday – Friday) on 648555 or a message may be left for them by
ringing the surgery on 823307.

HEALTH VISITORS

• The Health Visitors give advice on health care for all ages, especially children aged under 5 years, immunizations and children with special needs. They may be contacted between 9.00 am and 10.00 am on 820272 or a message may be left on their answer phone. Support can be offered in the home setting or clinic.

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT

• Averil Emery
• Susan Crofton
  
  Our Health Care Assistant will be able to conduct ECGs, blood tests, blood pressure checks and smoking cessation clinics.

CHILD HEALTH SURVEILLANCE

The Practice is registered to carry out child surveillance which can identify any developmental needs. A clinic is held each Tuesday between 1.30 pm and 3.30 pm for regular weighing of babies and general health advice for children under the age of 5 years.

BLOOD TESTS

• Sue Blackburn
  
  Our Phlebotomist is able to take blood. Unfortunately we are unable to take blood from children under the age of 16. The Phlebotomy Department at the GWH can no longer continue to offer GP or INR patients the use of their facilities as an alternative to attending their own surgeries. Provision has been made to see certain category of patients (difficult to bleed & paediatrics). Please ring the department for an appointment – you will need to take with you a “difficult to bleed” referral letter from the nurse/GP. The department is open from 08.30 am to 4.15 pm Monday to Friday. The telephone number to ring, to obtain an
  appointment, is (01793) 605041.

PHYSIOTHERAPIST

• We have access to physiotherapy at the Great Western Hospital and also limited sessions performed at the surgery. Referral to physiotherapy must be made by the GP.

PSYCHOLOGISTS

• Tia Racheal and Tracey McGrory
  
  A Counselling Service is available on referral by a Doctor.

MIDWIFE

• Amanda Lennon RGN RM
  
  The Midwife will contact you soon after your Doctor has confirmed your pregnancy. She will take details to book you in for the hospital or place of delivery. She will then see you in her clinic on either a Tuesday or Wednesday and at antenatal classes. When you come home from hospital she will visit you and your baby.

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