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Practice
Manager
Reception
Staff
- Mrs
Geraldine Smallcombe
- Mrs
Lorraine Dando
- Mrs
Margaret Smith
- Sue
Hayward
- Paula Bridges
The reception
staff make appointments for
surgeries and clinics, deal with
requests for visits, repeat
prescriptions, dispensing and
general enquiries.
Dispenser
Secretaries
- Mrs Karina Reeve
- Mrs Liz Rogers
Practice Nurses
- Eleanor
Davey
- Dawn Hughes
Our
Practice Nurse holds surgeries by
appointment and you should see her
for the following:
| All
dressings |
Removal
of stitches |
| Minor
injuries |
Cuts |
| Advice
regarding tetanus |
Flu
vaccinations |
| Ear
syringing |
Ring
pessary changes |
| Family
planning |
Cervical
smears |
| Dietary
advice |
Weight
control |
| Blood
pressure checks |
HRT
checks |
| Diabetic
checks |
Asthma
checks |
Travel
advice and vaccinations
(please plan at least 6 weeks before you go)
Charges may apply |
Support to
stop smoking clinics |
The
nurse is also available for
telephone advice between 2.30pm to
5.00pm Monday to Friday.
Health Care
Assistant
The HCA holds
surgeries in the mornings on
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday
mornings and Thursdays. You
should make appointments with her
for Blood tests, Blood pressure
checks and ECGs.
Health
Visitor
The health visitor
can be contacted on 472827 . If she
is not there a message can be left
for her on the ansaphone and she
will contact you - usually the same
day. Her special interests are the
care of the under 5s and their
mothers.
District
Nurses
Patients who are
confined to their homes and need
nursing care can arrange with the
surgery for a district nurse to
visit. The hospital will normally
arrange for a district nurse to
visit patients discharged from
hospital who still need nursing
care.
Community
MidwiFE
The midwives hold
an antenatal clinic at the surgery
once a week and are also available
for antenatal and postnatal care and
advice. They can be contacted at
Paulton Maternity unit. Antenatal
education and relaxation classes are
also held at Paulton Maternity Unit. |
