Practice Staff

THE PRACTICE TEAM

PRACTICE MANAGER

The practice manager is in charge of administration of the practice. If you have any difficulties or suggestions, please let the manager know.

RECEPTIONISTS

All our receptionists are trained to deal with your needs. They make appointments, take messages including visit requests, undertake repeat prescriptions, and inform you of your test results when the doctor has seen and approved them. Sometimes they will ask for details of your condition in order to assess the degree of urgency. Such information is dealt with in complete confidence.

NURSE PRACTITIONER

We have a nurse practitioner working with us, who is able to prescribe and has been fully trained to manage a whole range of medical conditions. A doctor always supervises her. She also runs clinics for stopping smoking, monitoring blood pressure and heart conditions.

PRACTICE NURSES

Our three practice nurses hold their own clinics and can advise on a wide variety of health problems, including:

Immunisations	Dietary advice
Blood test as ordered by the doctor	Asthma Clinic
Minor injuries and removal of stitches	Ear syringing (check with doctor first)
Advice on stopping smoking

Appointments with them can be made through the receptionists.

DISTRICT NURSES

Patients who are confined to their homes and need nursing assistance may arrange with their doctor for a community nurse to call. The district nurses can be contacted at the surgery on Huddersfield 221600 . The hospital will usually arrange for a sister to call on patients discharged early who still require nursing treatment at home.

HEALTH VISITORS

The health visiting team consists of health visitors, healthcare assistants and a nursery nurse. They can give advice on health care, particularly for expectant mothers and small children. The health visitors can be contacted on 347801.

COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSES

Community psychiatric nurses are specially trained nurses who can offer help with mental health problems, either at home or in the surgery.

COUNSELLOR

We have an experienced, fully qualified counsellor. If you feel that you may benefit from counselling please speak to your GP or our nurse practitioner.

TRAINING

THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER TRAINING SCHEME

At some point each year, we are pleased to welcome fully qualified doctors who are doing advanced training in general practice. They often have extensive experience of hospital medicine before they join us. They share all aspects of medical care in liaison with the partners. Please accept their services as an extension of our own.

FOUNDATION DOCTORS

The practice has been approved to take Foundation Doctors who are qualified doctors undertaking the first year of training after leaving university. They usually come for a period of four months and work under supervision.

MEDICAL STUDENTS

From time to time students training to become doctors visit the practice. This often proves to be a useful experience for both patients and students. Patients are always informed if a student is sitting with the doctor - if you do not wish to see a student, please let us know.

Meltham Road Surgery