Grange Rd Surgery - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Noticeboard

From 1st March 2018 the Doctors have requested that for ALL APPOINTMENTS we ask for a brief outline of your problem.

This is to ensure that you are directed to the most appropriate person which may not be the Doctor.

All appointments for the day will be released at 8.30am.

Doctors

Dr Douglas Redpath

Dr Patricia O'Neill

Dr Chris Yerbury

Dr Ruth Knight

Dr Rachel Grech

Dr Becky Collis

Dr Mick Chimenti

Dr Matthew Booker

Dr Clara Dormehl (on maternity leave)

Dr James Seddon

Dr Charly Holden

Nurses

Our team of nurses, health care assistants and phlebotomists provide a range of services for minor injuries, wound care, immunisations, blood tests, health check, blood pressure testing, cervical smears, ear syringing and travel clinics.

The nursing team also hold regular specialist clinics offering monitoring, support and advice for a number of conditions.

There is also a specialist nurse who deals with anxiety, depression and low mood.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and health checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Reception

The practice manager, Charlotte Rose, 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.

Pharmacists

The surgery has a Practice Pharmacist and Prescription Clerk.

The pharmacist and clerk will be dealing with repeat prescription requests and medication queries.

The pharmacist will in the long term run clinics for patients with long-term conditions, such as asthma and COPD.

The pharmacist role is to support GPs in ensuring patients are taking the most appropriate medication and to ensure patients attend for regular reviews of their long term conditions.

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.