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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

Practice Nurses

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

Emma Jones

Nursing Diploma (2004)

Along with the range of services listed below we also offer our patients over the age of five the opportunity to attend our minor illness clinic. This clinic is led by Joanne Anderson who can treat a range off conditions such as:- coughs and colds, earache, sore throats, constipation, vomiting and 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	'Drop in' contraceptive clinic	Travel health advice and vaccination
IUCD fitting/checking/removal	Warfarin/DMARD monitoring	Hypertension Clinic
IHD/Heart disease

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. They will also do blood tests (phlebotomy) by appointment following a doctor's referral.

Receptionists

Kim Berrie, Marilyn Rodden, Lesley McGuire, Karen McGregor, Vivienne Gerrelli and Nicky Morrice.

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, Rhona Fisher and Alison Lang (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

Rhona Baker, Emma Diamond, Gwen MacKenzie and Jess Wilson (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

Mary Gaven (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

Moira Donnelly (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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