Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Our First Contact Physio is employed by the Health Board and works every Tuesday with us. They see patients with musculoskeletal problems and can also arrange imaging and onward referral where appropriate. Patients are encouraged to self refer directly to the physio and do not need to see another clinician first.

Our pharmacists are employed by the health board and attached to our practice. They help us with vital medicines safety work, but also offer appointments for patients who would like further information with, or help managing their medication. Fiona has a special interest in HRT and sees patients for their annual reviews.

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.