Visiting Health Care Staff |
District Nurses:
Jan North (District Nurse Assessor)
Christopher Smith (District Nurse)
Jo Comer (District Nurse)
Karen Groom (District Nurse)
Gemma Williams (Health Care Assistant)
Jan heads up the team of district nurses. The team looks after
those patients needing nursing care in their home. This will
vary and as an example will include dressings, injections,
phlebotomy, catheterisation, etc.
Jan's role includes the assessment of patients prior to discharge
into the community.
Health Visitors:
Sara Bourne is the practice health visitor at our practice.
Midwives:
The midwives look after all our antenatal patients, from booking
through to two weeks post delivery. They run 1 clinic a week in
the surgery for antenatal care and liaise closely with the GPs
and health visitors on the monitoring and management of
patients.
*Note: The midwives and the health visitors run a combined Parent craft
evening for all prospective mums and dads. The
programme runs over a course of 6 weeks and covers all aspects
such as the birth, feeding, care of baby, milestones,
immunisations, etc.
Community Psychiatric Nurse
Rob Clark is the Community Psychiatric Nurse attached to the
practice. He liaises between the practice and the rest of the
Community Psychiatry Team members. He works in the practice on
Fridays. Patients are referred directly to him by the GP.
Counsellor:
The practice has a new counsellor, Hilary Chamberlain. Hilary
works 12 hours a week at the practice. Patients are referred
directly to her by the GP.
Dietician
The practice has a dietician who comes to the practice twice a
month. The GP and practice nurse refers patients for dietary
advice.
Carer Support Worker
The practice is fortunate to have a carer support worker based at
the practice. Michael D’Agostino shares an office with the
district nurses and is the patient and carer main contact for
patients registered in the surgery area.
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