Beith Health Centre

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THE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS

Dr David A Peggie MB ChB 1978 Edinburgh (Male)

Dr Sheila E McCarroll MB ChB 1981 Glasgow (Female)

Dr Gordon I Isbister MB ChB 1980 Dundee (Male)

Dr Iain K Graham MB ChB 1998 Glasgow (Male)

Practice Staff

Genevieve Hughes is in overall charge of the practice management and administration. She would be happy to hear your views and suggestions about the service offered by the practice.

Assistant Practice Manager Carol-Ann Smith

Medical Secretary Laura Martin

Senior Receptionist Lesley Lumsden

Admin Assistant Lesley McGuire

Results Clerk Karen McGregor

Practice Nurses

Lead Practice Nurse - Joann Anderson BSC Advancing Practice in Primary Care, Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber, RN1, RN2

Doreen Merrilees EN (1966) Dip Asthma (1992) Dip COPD (1999)
Marion Cameron RN (1990) Family Planning Cert (1991) Dip Asthma (1997)
Dip COPD (1999)


Along with the range of services listed below we now also offer our patients over the age of 5 years the opportunity to attend our minour illnes clinic. This clinic is led by Joanne Anderson who can treat a range off conditions such as:- coughs & colds, earache, sore throats, constipation, UTI, vomiting & diarrhoea, conjunctivitis.

The practice nurses are professional people in their own right and may be seen by appointment. They can often help with problems that patients may not wish to see the doctor about. They also provide many preventative, monitoring and screening services for the practice and deal with the following:

Dressings Immunisations Stitch removal
Weight reduction Ear syringing Menopause clinic
Blood tests Diabetic clinic Cervical smears
Asthma clinic Young person clinic Travel health advice and vaccination

Phlebotomist

Karen McGregor

Blood tests are taken by our in-house phlebotomist by appointment via referral from the doctors.

Health Care Assistants

Kim Berrie, Lesley Lumsden and Marilyn Rodden

The health care assistants provide support to our practice nurses and doctors by performing new patient assessments, blood pressure checks, spirometry tests, ECGs and stitch removal.

Receptionists

Senior receptionist Lesley Lumsden leads a team including Kim Berrie, Marilyn Rodden, Rosemary Barrett, Lesley McGuire and Amanda Glen.

The reception staff will assist you in making emergency and routine appointments to see your doctor, undertake repeat prescriptions, answer numerous and varied questions and offer help and assistance at all times.

It is a legal requirement that confidentiality of patients’ records is maintained at the highest level by all staff. Although our staff are highly trained, we must point out that they are not qualified to give medical advice.

Health Visitors

Marion Young and Rhona Fisher (Contact Tel No 01505 503337)
Our attached health visitors are registered nurses with extra training in health promotion in the community.

Their work includes:

• Advice on health matters during pregnancy.

• Assessing the health and development of children under five years.

• Offering advice and support to parents.

• Assessing health needs of the elderly in the community.

District Nurses

Val Burns, Rhona Baker, Emma Diamond and Gwen MacKenzie (Contact Tel No 01505 503338)

The primary role of the district nurse is to provide specialist home nursing care at the request of the practice or hospital doctors.

Midwife

Gillian Scott (Contact Tel No 01505 503604 or 01505 684536)
If you require a midwife in an emergency please call Ayrshire Central Hospital on 01294 274191 and ask for a midwife covering the Kilbirnie/Beith area.

The midwife is actively involved in preconceptual, antenatal and postnatal care. Parenthood education and breastfeeding workshops are offered locally. In association with health visiting colleagues, we provide breastfeeding support and a First-year Group for new parents.

Podiatrist

Ashleigh Holt (Contact Tel No 01505 502888)

A state registered chiropodist based at the health centre provides podiatry care for our elderly patients, children and expectant mothers. Home visits for the housebound and appointments for surgery can be made via the receptionist.

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