Nurse Practitioners

Primary care nurse practitioners are generalists who work in family health clinics or hospitals. They provide general and preventative care, conduct check ups, treat illnesses, order lab tests and prescribe medication for children and adults.

Mary Brooks

Tracey Medler

Victoria Hawkins

Practice Nurses

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 cervical smears.

Michele Annis

Healthcare Assistants – HCAs

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Mark Raymer

Erin Jackson

Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical Pharmacists are experts in medicines and can help people stay as well as possible. They support those with long-term conditions like asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure or anyone taking multiple medicines.

June Hughes

First Contact Physiotherapist (FCP)

FCPs in general practices are experts in musculoskeletal conditions. They are able to assess, diagnose and treat (or arrange to be treated) a range of complex muscle and joint conditions. They can arrange swift access to further treatment, investigations and specialists when needed.

Hetty Lamb

MIND Enhanced Recovery Worker

MIND, the Mental Health Charity, have Enhanced Recovery Works that can assist patients with low level anxiety or depression, bereavement, social isolation, loneliness, gender identity, getting out and about, retiring, goal setting, coping skills, confidence and self-esteem, care support and major life changes.

Social Prescriber Link Workers

Social prescribing involves helping people to improve their health and wellbeing by connecting them to activities in the community. Link workers connect those feeling lonely, overwhelmed or in need of help to a range of local support, from community and activity groups to work, debt or housing advice.

Care Co-Ordinator / Navigator

Care Co-ordinators / navigators working in practice reception teams are specially trained to know about the care and services available to you at your surgery and in your area. While the name of this role may differ in your practice, they’ll listen and talk to you in confidence about your health problem, to understand your needs so they can book you an appointment with the right healthcare professional or service.

Lindsay 

Rebecca

Please see our leaflet attached for more information on getting the right care: Your General Practice Team