Doctors

Dr Robin Dale

MBChB, MRCGP

Dr Eileen Blackwood

MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH

Dr Frances Chambers

MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG

Dr Anne Marie Foy

MBChB, nMRCGP

GP Retainer

(The GP Retainer Scheme is designed to mentor qualified doctors who choose not to commit to GP Parternship or a salaried post at the present time.)

Nurses

Nurse Anne Henderson

RGN, BSC Health Studies

Nurse Maureen Costello

RGN, BSc Community Nursing, Specialist Practitioner

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Healthcare Assistants

Mrs Carol Anne Boyle (f)

Practice Management

Phyllis Thompson

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.

Reception

Patricia Jones

Senior Receptionist

Diane MacLean
Senior Receptionist

Angela Farrell

Carol Anne Boyle

Margaret Fraser

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. 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.

Pharmacists

Mrs Hilary Campbell

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.

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