Doctors

A GP (General Practitioner) is a doctor who serves as the primary point of contact for patients in their local community, providing diagnosis, treatment for a wide range of medical conditions, health advice, and referring patients to specialists when necessary.

Trainee Doctors

GP Registrars are experienced qualified Doctors. They have several years of postgraduate hospital experience and are in their last stage of training as a GP. They are attached to The Practice for a year, adopting their considerable skills, after which they are qualified to operate fully independently as a GP.

Nurses

Nurses provide direct patient care by assessing their condition, monitoring vital signs, delivering treatments as prescribed, educating patients on managing their health, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care.

Advanced Nurse Practitioners

Advanced nurse practitioners are able to asses the history of patients and interpret the results of different investigations in order to make a diagnosis, plan and deliver care.

Specialist Nurses

Specialist nurses have advanced expertise in a specific clinical area, like cancer care, mental health, or diabetes. They provide highly specialized care to patients with complex conditions, often acting as a key point of contact for patients and their families.

Community Nurses

A team of District Nurses are attached to the surgery. They provide nursing treatment and advice to the housebound. They also provide treatment that is necessary on a daily basis, at weekends and bank holidays.

Social Prescribers

Social prescribers, also known as a "Social Prescribing Link Worker," connect individuals to community-based support services and activities that can improve their physical and mental health by addressing wider social determinants like loneliness, housing issues, or financial difficulties.

Health and wellbeing coaches

Health and wellbeing coaches support individuals in improving their physical and mental health by using coaching techniques to help them set personalized goals, manage lifestyle changes, and actively participate in their own healthcare, often focusing on behaviour change strategies and motivation levels to address conditions like chronic diseases.

Clinical pharmacists

Clinical pharmacists work within a general practice team to optimize medication use for patients, providing expert advice on drug interactions, managing long-term conditions, conducting medication reviews, and collaborating with GPs to ensure safe and effective prescribing.

Physiotherapists

Physiotherapists, often called a "First Contact Physiotherapist (FCP)", act as the first point of contact for patients presenting with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in a GP practice, assessing, diagnosing, and managing these issues directly, often without needing a referral from a doctor.

Community Midwives

Community midwives work with the doctors to help provide care for mothers before, during and after delivery, and care for the baby for the first fortnight of life.

Health Visitors

Health Visitors see all families with children under the age of 5 years. They provide information advice and support, particularly at time of physical and emotional stress. They can meet clients within their own homes, in the child health clinic. or in specially arranged groups.

Practice Management, Secretaries & Customer service team

The teams work primarily involves overseeing the administrative and operational functions of the surgery, focusing on patient experience and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations by handling patient queries and maintaining efficient systems.