Nursing & Healthcare Team

Nursing Team 

Our practice nurses see patients in surgery by appointment. Many health matters can be dealt with by them. Services they offer include:

• Practical nursing care such as dressings, injections and ear syringing
• Ongoing care and monitoring for patients with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes and raised blood pressure
• Screening tests such as cervical smear tests
• Contraceptive services, including emergency contraception, pill checks
• Sexual health checks

Our wonderful nursing team consists of:

Fiona Sansom 

Sara Merrett 

Sue Henderson

Alison Smith

Beverly Bishop

Adrianne Dalton

 

Nurse Associate 

Tessie Simon 

 

Healthcare Assistant Team

A healthcare assistant (HCA), works under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional, usually a nurse. Sometimes staff working in HCA roles are known as nursing assistants, nursing auxiliaries or auxiliary nurses.

Our healthcare assistants see patients in surgery by appointment. Services offered include:

• Alcohol screening
• Weight management
• Smoking cessation advice
• Patient health checks and blood pressure readings
• Taking blood samples
• Additionally our HCAs assist the doctors and nurses in some examinations and procedures including applying dressings and giving flu, pneumonia and vitamin injections.

Our lovely HCA team is made up of:

Louise Thompson 

Sara Reynolds