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The Nursing Team

• The Practice (Treatment Room) Nurses
• The District (Community) Nurses
• The Health Visitors
• The Community Mental Health teams

The Practice (Treatment Room) Nurses

• Mrs Tina White
• Mrs Jackie Stratton

Our Practice nurses usually work within the practice. They share the care of patients with chronic disorders such as diabetes and asthma with the doctors, provide health information and immunisation prior to foreign travel and carry out a range of health promotion activities such as general health checks and examinations and childhood vaccinations. They also carry out a number of practical procedures such as dressings, blood tests and administration of drugs by injection or implant.

The District (Community) Nurses

Mrs Alison McIntryre
• Mrs Karen Turner
• Mrs Cathy Thornycroft

The District Nurse team mainly work in the homes of people not well enough to get to the surgery. They deliver a range of home nursing services to house-bound patients and are skilled in assessing the care needs of such patients.

The Health Visitors

• Mrs Meryl Turner
• Mrs Catherine Hibberd-Jones

The Health visitors work mainly with younger children and their families. They also provide health information, run a teenage clinic and share the assessment of the elderly patients as well as people newly registering with the Practice.

The Community Mental Health teams

Both the adult team and that for elderly patients link closely with the practice. In addition to specially trained nurses, the teams include occupational therapists and social workers. They liase closely with the clinical psychologists and psychiatrists.

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