Meet the Team

Our practice nurses, who are all practice nurse specialists, can advise you on a wide range of health problems. For example; general health checks; coronary heart disease; asthma; diabetes; COPD; blood pressure; travel and contraceptive advice. All over 75s are offered an annual health check, with a practice nurse. They also carry out blood tests; removal of stitches; dressing of wounds; vaccinations; immunisations; cervical smear tests; ECGs; and ear syringing. The nurses run a variety of clinics, together with doctors.

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.

Receptionists 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. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records, carrying out searches and practice audits.

Jo Smedley will coordinate your antenatal care, arranging hospital scans, antenatal classes, and other services to support you, during your pregnancy, and with your new baby.