Nurse Team

 

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Nurse Practitioners

  • Pauline Maguire - Advanced Nurse Practioner

An Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ACP) is a senior nurse who provides evidence based, high-quality care for patients needing both urgent/acute and chronic long term conditions care. Pauline has advanced diabetes management skills and will support Dr James in the provision of diabetes care for Practice patients.
Pauline is also able to offer appointments and treatment for minor illnesses and provides an emergency triage service to support Practice doctors. Pauline is also a Nurse Prescriber so is able to prescribe for patients autonomously without the need for patients to see one of the doctors.

 

Practice Nurses

  • Claudia Stancu
  • Kay Edington

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.

 

Healthcare Assistants

  • Teddie Webb (f)

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