District Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives and Social Workers all support our Practice patients.

District Nurses

The aims of the District Nursing Service are to:

• Assist the safe transfer of patients from hospital to their home setting.
• Provide care to patients who are unable to independently manage their health care needs so preventing hospital or care home admission where possible.
• Support each person to obtain, regain or maintain their optimum state of health and independence and quality of life within the scope of any physical, psychological or social limitation.

This team can help you if you are unable to come to the surgery for your dressings, bloods, elderly screening check or flu injection and can help refer you onto other services such as Chiropody or Occupational Health Department where necessary.

Telephoning the District nurses

You will be asked to leave your message on their answer phone, which they will check on their return into their office. Please speak clearly into this leaving your contact name and telephone number for them to help you.

Health Visitors

Their role is to help support and advise families with children under five years old and elderly patients. They run regular clinics, provide childhood immunisations and also visit patients at home where necessary.

• Tuesday afternoon pre-school clinic 2-4 pm
• Thursday afternoon baby clinic 2-4 pm

Telephoning the Health Visitors

If they are out and about or running clinics, you will be asked to leave a message on their answer phone, which they will check on their return into their office.

Midwife

We are supported by a midwife, who visits our surgery twice every week for Antenatal Care Clinics.

• Wednesday and Friday clinics 12-2 pm

Telephoning the Midwives