Meet the Team

Nurse Practitioners

Locum Advanced Nurse Practitioner
We often have locum ANP clinics in practice. ANPs can deal with most patients requesting acute, same-day appointments that do not require GP contact. This more effective use of primary care services allows GPs to see patients with more complex health needs.

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Nurses

Janet Betts (f)
Practice Nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as Family Planning, Healthy Living, Blood Pressure checks, Blood tests, Vaccinations and immunisations, travel vaccines and advice. The Practice Nurse can also run clinics for long-term health conditions such as Asthma, COPD, Diabetes and Health reviews. They also carry out Cervical Smears.

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Healthcare Assistants

Mr Alessio Russo (m)

Melissa Blatherwick (f)

Healthcare Assistants support the Practice Nurse and are an invaluable member of staff. They carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure monitoring, new patient checks, NHS Health checks, certain vaccinations (but not all) and breath tests. They can also act as a chaperone when a patient or Doctor requests one.

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Practice Management

Mrs Sara Atkinson (f)
Practice Manager

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

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Mr Richard Harland (m)
Team Leader

The team leader works very closely with the Practice Manager. They are available to speak to patients and can deal with most matters in the absence of the Practice Manager. They are responsible for ensuring the reception and admin departments run smoothly.

Administration

Our data administrators are an important part of this surgery. They work closely alongside the GP’s and other medical teams to ensure any referrals are done correctly and efficiently, booking appointments for patients at the GP’s request and attaching all incoming paperwork relevant to a patient into the patient’s medical records. They also make sure that all new patient notes are received and allocated.

Majority of our staff are trained in both Administration and Reception, this is to ensure that all departments are fully staffed to work effectively and efficiently caring for all our patients needs.

Reception

Reception Care Navigators
Reception Care Navigators provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Majority of our staff are trained in both Administration and Reception, this is to ensure that all departments are fully staffed to work effectively and efficiently caring for all our patients needs.

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Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

Attached Staff

Social Prescribing Link Worker – Information Video
First Contact Physio – Information Video
Mental Health Practitioner – Information Video
Clinical Pharmacist – Information Video
Health and Wellbeing Coach – Information Video
Cancer Care Coordinator

All the above staff work in Practice and on the telephone. They are additional roles  shared throughout our Primary Care Network. These roles are designed to support the patients with their specific needs and are specialists in their roles. They support the GP’s and help manage our patients more effectively and efficiently.

Please feel free to click on any of the above links for further information on any of the above roles or ask at reception to arrange an appointment or referral.