Practice nurses
Jo Toomey, Jane Binding, Elaine Bagwell and Laura Davies.
Our practice nurses work in the medical centre every day.Their duties include:-
- dressing wounds and injuries
- immunisations and injections
- ear syringing
- Checking blood pressure, weight, urine etc.
- Taking blood tests
- New patient checks
- dietary advice
- smear tests
- general health questions.
Our practice nurses also run several of the clinics as detailed earlier. Their special interests
are:-
- Jo Toomey- Travel Clinic, Family Planning, Vasectomy Counselling, Children's Immunisations.
- Jane Binding - Diabetes, Travel Clinic, Family Planning, Asthma, Children's Immunisations
- Laura Davies - General Nursing and Phlebotomy
Community nurses
Our community nursing team are employed by the Health Authority to visit patients confined to home. They liaise closely with the Doctors to provide and co-ordinate nursing and medical care following discharge from hospital and for those with prolonged illness.
Community Midwife
Ingrid Bloomfield.
Ingrid holds weekly ante-natal clinics in Warwick House
and co-ordinates parentcraft classes. She also visits patients at home when necessary for both ante-natal and post-natal care.
Health visitors
Kay Foxton and Claire Fender.
Our health visitors specialise in the care of mothers, babies and preschool children.
They are at Warwick House every day during the week and can be telephoned on 447370.
Counsellor
Patricia Geraghty and Carolyn Excel.
Appointments are made by
referral from the doctors for counselling and stress management problems.
Physiotherapist
Fiona Robinson.
Appointments are made by referral from the doctors.
Dietician
Appointments are made by referral from the Doctors for those patients who need
dietary advice as an adjunct to their medical care.
Carer Support Worker
Liz Pooley.
Provides advice and support, including benefits available to those people who look
after someone with significant disabilities at home. She is based at Warwick House on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
and may be contacted direct on 354 167
Internet-formatted by Andy Perry
Last updated 29/2/2008