Sister Tracey Edwards – Nurse Practitioner
Emergency nurse practitioner with a nurse prescribing qualification.
Our practice has a specially trained nurse practitioner, Sister Edwards, who is available to see you as an alternative to seeing the doctor. Sister Edwards can deal with many minor problems such as coughs, colds, vomiting, diarrhoea, acute earache, cystitis, sore throats and so on. Sister Edwards also runs our Diabetes Service, and can assess patients with Asthma. She also provides routine nursing appointments such as dressings, immunisations and injections. Sister Edwards runs our Child Immunisation programme.
Sister Alison Francis – Nurse
Sister Francis will see you for routine nurse appointments such as dressings, immunisations, ear syringing etc. In addition Sister Francis is involved in Family Planning, Well Woman Clinics, Asthma, chronic lung disease and foreign travel advice. Sister Francis also provides a weekly Nurse Led Minor Illness Clinic as an alternative to seeing a doctor.
Eleanor Edwards – Nurse
Healthcare Assistants
Our Health Care Assistants are fully trained and able to take bloods, blood pressures, wound dressings, health checks etc.
Rosemary Drewitt
Healthcare assistant and reception supervisor
Elitsa Petrova
Healthcare assistant
Phlebotomist
Marcela Horlescu – GP Assistant and Phlebotomist
Provides a support role, carrying out administrative tasks such as reviewing results, while clinical duties include blood tests, chronic disease reviews.