Practice Nurses

The Practice Nurses, Rosemary Clarke, Jan Meakin and Emma Edwards run general daily general clinics as well as a wide range of regular specialist Disease Management Clinics in the treatment room.

All the usual routine procedures such as dressings and ear syringing are done in the general clinics and our up-to-date equipment which includes a 24 hour blood pressure monitor, spirometer and ECG machine can be used to assist the doctors with diagnosis and treatment.

Health Care Assistant
Marie Northam has recently been appointed as our Health Care Assistant. This is a new role adopted by the surgery and means that Marie can carry out most of the duties that our Practice Nurses perform with the exception of giving any injections, ear syringing and spirometry. Her clinics are held on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and alternate Thursdays.

Chronic Disease Management Clinics
It has been shown that a number of diseases, such as Diabetes, Heart Disease, Asthma and other lung diseases, can be better managed through regular monitoring by experienced nurses in dedicated clinics. If you have one of these conditions you will be invited to attend the relevant Disease Management Clinic.

Family Planning and Women’s Health
Our Practice Nurses can give advice on most women’s health issues. Most cervical smears are taken by the nurses. Procedures which require a doctor such as the fitting of a HRT implant will be carried out in the treatment room with the nurse assisting.

Health Education and Life Style Advice
Patients may be referred by the doctor or refer themselves for help with weight management and general dietary advice, smoking cessation and advice about chronic disease prevention.

Anticoagulant Clinic
Patients who are prescribed an anticoagulant such as Warfarin, and need regular blood tests, can have their blood monitored in the surgery on our Coagucheck machine which merely requires a finger prick sample of blood.

Child and Adult Immunisation
Babies and children are invited to attend the nurse’s clinic for routine immunisations when they are due for them.

Adults requiring immunisations should request an appointment with the practice nurse.

Should you wish to discuss your or your child’s vaccinations before they are given, the nurse would be happy to do so.

Travel Health Clinic
Stannary Surgery is a Yellow Fever Centre and we offer a full range of other travel immunisations. People requiring travel health advice and immunisations, whether you are registered or not at the surgery, are welcome to book an appointment.

In addition to your immunisation requirements we offer travel advice. We have direct access to frequently updated global health advice through the Foreign Office website. Anti-malarial medication is also available.

The Travel Health Clinic is a non NHS facility so please be aware that charges will apply for some services.

The Travel Health Clinic is a dynamic service therefore please refer to the Travel Health Clinic notice board for up-to-date information.

Please book well in advance of your departure date, particularly for those more adventurous trips.

Our travel service is constantly being developed under Dr Graham Johnson who is a member of the recently formed Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Phlebotomist
Marie Northam and our Practice Nurses run clinics on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Their role is to take blood for analysis. Your doctor will refer you for an appointment.

July 2008
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