Doctors
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DR LAURA STEVENSON
GP Partner
Dr Stevenson works on a Monday, Wednesday & Thursday
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DR PAMELA GALLAN
GP Partner
Dr Gallan works on a Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday
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DR KATHARINE ROYLE
GP Partner
Dr Royle works on a Monday, Wednesday & Thursday.
Dr Royle is currently on maternity leave
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DR REBECCA KNIGHT
GP Partner
Dr Knight is currently on maternity leave
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DR LOUISE NASH
Salaried GP
Dr Nash works on a Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday.
Dr Nash is currently on maternity leave.
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DR NEIL VINT
Salaried GP
Dr Vint works in the practice Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
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DR JANE BARRACLOUGH
Salaried GP
Dr Barraclough works Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
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DR ANDREW WRIGHT
Salaried GP
Dr Wright works Tuesday, Thursday & Friday.
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DR TARA WOMERSLEY
Locum GP
Dr Womersley works in the practice on a Thursday
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DR ISLA CAMERON
Locum GP
Dr Cameron is a locum GP working on a Wednesday & Thursday
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DR TOM GREEN
Locum GP
Dr Green is a locum GP working in the practice on a Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
GPST
Specialist Nurses
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JEN OPARA
Jen is a Mental Health Nurse and can support patients aged 14 and above with mental health conditions, general stress, distress & life events. Jen offers telephone and face to face consultations.
Nurses
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 Assistant
Practice Management
The practice management team are 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 management team supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
Assistant Practice Management
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ELAINE MORAN
Assistant Practice Manager
Administration
Medical Administrators 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. Medical Administrators make the 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.
Pharmacist
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MADDY PERRY
Maddy is a pharmacist based in the practice. She works Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.
Community Midwives
Tel: 0131 537 4251 - The attached midwife works within a larger team of midwives and is based at Pennywell All Care Centre.
Community Nurses
The District Nursing team are based in the Practice. Care by Evening and Night Nursing Service is arranged by the district nurses. The district nurses visit patients in their own homes and assess their healthcare needs, providing and co-ordinating a holistic and quality-driven service to patients within the practice. They work closely with carers, GPs, hospitals, hospice services, Social Work, Physiotherapy and Podiatry Services.
The district nursing team would be happy to discuss any further details about the community nursing service in the North West locality of Edinburgh.
Health Visitors
Tel: 0131 286 5015 - 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.
Counselling
The practice has an attached Counsellor to provide help and support for people with a range of emotional problems. Referrals are made through your GP or Mental Health Nurse.