The nursing team
Our highly qualified nurses deal with a range of conditions and health concerns. They are experts in many areas of disease management such as diabetes, asthma and coronary heart disease, as well as sexual health and travel. Each nurse has her own areas of expertise, so please be guided by the reception staff when booking an appointment with them.
Nurse Practitioner
Tina Wills
Tina is our nurse practitioner and works alongside the Doctors in the Practice to provide a medical service including holding her own surgeries. She can examine, diagnose new illnesses and make decisions regarding patient management on the basis of her assessment. She works along side the doctors and sees patients who need to be seen on the same day. You may be offered an appointment with her as an alternative to a doctor. She has experience and training beyond that of a practice nurse and can usually deal with your problem herself. If she wants advice a doctor is available. She is also qualified for diabetes care and sees patients who are newly diagnosed and those who need an annual review.
Gill Oliver Respiratory disease
Annette Paton Respiratory disease, travel,
Julie Robey Coronary heart disease, diabetes
Lynn Harding Diabetes, family planning, travel
Julie Smith Family planning
Our practice nurses provide care for patients with chronic conditions like hypertension (blood pressure). We also encourage patients with learning difficulties and mental health problems to attend for an annual physical health check, as their other problems tend to mean their physical health can be overlooked. Other letters go out to patients with epilepsy, depression, hypothyroidism, chronic kidney disease, strokes and dementia to invite you in for a check up so that we can make sure you are as fit as possible.
The practice nurses also work alongside the doctors at the Bailrigg site to see people who are ill on the day in a nurse/doctor clinic. The nurse sees most of the patients and deals with those she can do first. Sometimes she has to refer you through to the GP for further advice or prescribing. These appointments are only short, same-day ones and if you have an ongoing problem it is better if you make a normal appointment on another day when the doctor or nurse will have more time to deal with you.
Health Care Assistants
Denise Brown
Joanne Barrow
Health Care Assistants are important members of the practice team who work under the supervision of a qualified nurse. They can help with the following:
* Blood sampling
* Glucose tolerance testing
* Blood pressure monitoring
* Urine sampling
* New patient checks
* 24 hour blood pressure monitoring
* ECG monitoring
* Spirometry