Denise Hunter MBA, MI Mgt Practice Manager Our Practice Manager is based at Wallace House, Broadstone and is responsible for practice administration and the efficient and smooth running of both surgeries. If you have any suggestion regarding the service provided, speak to Mrs Hunter or place your written suggestion in our suggestion box in the entrance lobby.

Who else makes up the Practice Team and what do they do?

The practice nurses, district nurses and health visitors aim to provide an integrated seamless nursing service serving the health needs of the practice. They are co-ordinated by the nurse management team. There will be considerable overlap of the roles / tasks performed by the members of each nursing discipline.

The practice nurses are primarily responsible for:
Pre-conceptual counselling, baby immunisations, travel immunisation, advice, cervical smears, wound dressing, removal of sutures, routine injections, blood tests, hearing tests, advice on childhood rashes and infection, general treatment of minor injuries, ECG test, flu vaccination (Oct/Nov), ear syringing, blood pressure checks, weight monitoring, smoking cessation advice and alcohol consumption.

Mrs Sara Timlin RGN Diabetes Diploma (Nurse Manager - Merley)
Mrs Katie Vaile RGN
Mrs Catherine Parslow, RGN
 

Poole Primary Care Trust also employs district nurses and health visitors etc who work from within our surgeries.

The district nurses provide home nursing care for housebound patients such as the elderly, chronically ill or patients recovering from a recent operation.

TEAM MEMBERS

Sister Melanie Mitchell RGN Diploma District Nursing BSc(Hons) (Nurse Manager - District Nursing)
Staff Nurse Julia Long RGN
Staff Nurse Rowena Poston
Nurse Caroline Pye - Staff Nurse
Nurse Janet Wilkinson - Staff Nurse
Nurse Cherie Rose - Health Care Assistant

There are health visitors based at both Broadstone and Merley surgeries. The health visitors can offer advice on health care for all age groups, but in particular expectant mothers, small children, the elderly and the handicapped. The health visitors may be contacted on WEEKDAYS by telephoning
Merley 840929,  Hillbourne 690001

Mrs Karen McVey RGM RM RHV Minst Ch
Mrs Alison Nurse SRN RM Diploma HV + PHC
Ms Lisa McGregor, Paediatric Nurse
Mrs Rose Satterley NNEB
Mrs Suzanne Grinstead - Health Visitor Assistant

The community midwife offers pre-conceptual counselling and antenatal classes alternating with the doctors. The midwife also runs parentcraft and relaxation classes and provides postnatal care at home.

13 Receptionists  3 Secretaries  5 Administration
Our receptionists are here to help you. They have to cope with an extremely busy and demanding schedule. Please bear this in mind when using the service. They are not medically trained and should not be asked to give medical advice. Please remember they are working under the instructions of the doctors.

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