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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. |
