Meet The Team

Meet Our Doctors

Meet Our Nursing Staff

Laura Petrucci & Lily Samuel

Our practice nurses maintain the excellent standards of nursing care, and are charged with making sure that the levels of immunisations and cervical smears remain high.

nursing care includes:-

• dressings
• childhood immunisations
• cervical smears
• chlamydia screening
• ear syringing
• ECG
• 24hr blood pressure monitoring
• travel advice and vaccinations
• dietary advice
• contraceptive advice
• B12 and other injections
• anticoagulation clinic
• NHS Health checks
• new patient checks

Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Jirina

Jirina Horinek is our Advanced Nurse Practitioner supporting patients and their families with long-term conditions. Our aim is to support you to get the right care, in the right place, at the right time. We will support you to independently manage your health conditions and we will work with you to reduce your chances of being admitted to hospital.

Jirina is also our Minor Illness Enhanced Practitioner and can be seen for a range of illnesses including; bites/cellulitis/boils/abscesses, blood test results, colds, conjunctivitis/eye infections, coughs/chest infection, Haematuria – blood in urine, nose bleeds, period postpone, sore throats, sprains & strains, urine infections & vomiting & diarrhoea

Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Cathy

Cathy Furbank is our Advanced Nurse Practitioner, supporting patients and their families with long-term conditions. Our aim is to support you to get the right care, in the right place, at the right time. We will support you to independently manage your health conditions and we will work with you to reduce your chances of being admitted to hospital. Cathy specialises in Diabetes care.

Health Care Assistant - Tracey

Tracey, the HCA is available from 8:30 to 12:00 (some days from 7.00am). She can take bloods, carry out NHS health checks, Spirometry and 24hr BP monitoring. She is also the smoking cessation officer. Please book an appt with reception.

Meet Our Practice Team

Veena

Veena, the Practice Office Manager, works from 9:00am to 6:00 pm, Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs. If you have any problems with the way the surgery is run please let her know. We run our own surgery complaints procedure so ask Veena to sort things out for you.

Grishma

Grishma, the Practice Business Manager, looks after Finance & IT. She is available from 8:30am to 2:30 pm, Mon, Tues & Fri.

Hilary

Hilary is here on Monday, Thursday & Friday from 8:30am - 2.30pm. If you have any queries with hospital appointments, referrals, private paper works please phone the surgery number and ask to speak to Hilary.

Receptionists

The Doctors are supported by a team of well-trained staff consisting of six part-time receptionists: Cara, our Reception manager & Julie, Jane, Margaret, Lesley & Pat. These highly skilled ladies work on a shift basis to cover the surgery opening hours of 08:30am to 6:30pm.

Medical Summariser

Our Medical Summariser, Frantiska, ensures that information we receive form your previous surgery, or from hospital appointments or test results, is added to your medical record so all your details are up to date.

Please note we operate a Zero Tolerance Policy at this practice (click on this link) Zero Tolerance Notice