Jennie Marles Practice Nurse

Val Garrett  Practice Nurse

Patricia Parsons  Nurse Practitioner

Karin Brooks  Practice Nurse

Alexis Marler  Healthcare Assistant

The nurses are based in the treatment room at the practice. They see patients for a variety of reasons from day to day activities such as ear syringing, blood tests, dressings, immunisations, family planning and travel advice. Patients are seen for the management of long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease, hypertension and COPD [Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]   Although the nurses run an appointment system, if necessary patients can be seen for emergency treatment such as minor burns and lacerations or urgent blood tests.
 

Another large area of their workload is health screening such as New Patient and Well Women health checks. The nurses carry out the majority of cervical smear tests and results are personally sent out to patients. All the nurses have undertaken the Cancer Screening course to enable them to offer a safe and comprehensive service.
The nurses carry out the regular checks for people with chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease, and hypertension.

 All have received training through the 'South and West Devon Smoking Advice Service' so that they can offer help and support to those wishing to give up smoking.

The Healthcare Assistant  takes blood for testing by the  laboratory, helps with procedures such as ECGs, spirometry and blood pressure monitoring and can give smoking cessation advice.

The Nurse Practitioner, as well as her treatment room duties,  can deal with minor illnesses and holds some surgeries in conjunction with the Doctors.
 

The practice nurse team work closely with their health visitor and district nurse colleagues to provide high quality care to the patients registered with the practice.