Visiting Health Care Staff |
District Nurses:
Jan North (District Nurse Assessor)
Christopher Smith (District Nurse)
Victoria Dunn (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 lead 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 2 clinics a week 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.
Counsellors:
The practice has various counsellors who come to our surgery on a
weekly basis to carry out counselling sessions.
Dietician
The practice has a dietician who comes to the practice twice a
month. The GP and practice nurse refers patients for dietary
advice.
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