Practice Nurse
Sister Jacquelyn Foulds (F)
RGN RGMOur practice nurse are fully trained in a wide range of skills including immunisations, health promotion, contraception and management of long-term conditions e.g. advise on diet and lifestyle choices, coronary heart disease, hypertension, asthma, diabetes, smoking cessation and obesity.
They also run various Nurse-led clinics for diabetes, asthma, coronary heart disease and COPD as well as providing general nursing services.
Healthcare Assistant
Mrs Helen Brown (F)
Healthcare Assistants are non-registered Nursing staff who assist in patient care and Practice related duties, as directed by and under the supervision of a Registered Healthcare Professional (including Lead Practice Nurse, Practice Manager and GPs). Mrs Brown works collaboratively with the General Practice Team to meet the needs of patients, and provide essential task-orientated services like taking blood samples (phlebotomy), processing specimens, B12 injections, dressings and spirometry (to measure lung function).