Community Nurses
Our Community Nursing Team travels to the patients own home and local residential homes, assessing the nursing needs and providing care to housebound patients who are unable to travel to the surgery.

Referred patients can contact the community nurses by telephone on 01822 617602 (answerphone provided) or the main Practice number on 01822 613517 (where a message can be left).

Health Visitor

The Health Visitor is a qualified nurse with further specialist training, who is experienced in child health surveillance, health promotion and health education. She works with the families of the 0-5 age group across the surgery population. The Health Visitor is part of a team who are moving towards a more integrated way of working.

To make an appointment please contact 01822 613517 / 616135.

 

Midwife
Gloria Cailes, our midwife, holds a weekly clinic at the surgery on Friday afternoons between 2pm and 5pm. She works alongside the doctors and health visitor.

There are six midwives in the Tavistock area and they have a Midwifery Base at Spring Hill, just below the hospital, where a midwife can be contacted daily on 01822 616953.

Counsellor
The surgery offers a counselling service, which can be accessed by referral from your doctor. Our counsellor is registered by UKRC and is accredited by the British Association for counselling and psychotherapy. She works to the BACP ethical framework for good practice.

Confidentiality is a very important part of the process of counselling and this is discussed fully with each patient at the initial session.

Psychiatric Nurses
We have access to a team of highly experienced psychiatric nurses who work closely with our doctors in the care of patients with mental health problems.

December 2009
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