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.

Under the supervision of Florence Aghatise (Practice Nurse) Petronia undertakes the following tasks and duties -

• Blood test (Only for the elderly, NHS health checks & type 2 diabetes patients)
• Diabetes checks (Includes: blood test & the 8 care processes)
• Flu Vaccine (excluding children & Pregnant women)
• Pneumonia Vaccine
• Vitamin B12 injection
• Routine blood pressure checks
• NHS Health checks – (includes HbA1c & Lipids blood test)
• Wound dressing (wound to be seen by Nurse first)
• ABPM (24 hour Blood Pressure)
• Stitches / clips removal

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.

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.

Grant has had many years experience in IT. Originally working in the Foodservice sector he moved to the NHS in 2011. Apart from the general day to day monitoring and maintenance of the IT systems he is responsible for this website and supporting the clinical and admin staff in the creation of searches/clinical templates/Information Governance.

Outside of work he also has an interest in IT, science fiction and cycling.

Clinical pharmacists work as part of the general practice team to resolve day-to-day medicine issues and consult with and treat patients directly. This includes providing extra help to manage long-term conditions, advice for those on multiple medications and better access to health checks. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and ensuring patient safety.

Having clinical pharmacists in GP practices means GPs can focus their skills where they are most needed, for example on diagnosing and treating patients with complex conditions. This helps GPs manage the demands on their time.