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Practice Nurses
Our highly
qualified nurses deal with a range
of conditions and health concerns.
The nursing team work alongside the
doctors in the practice to provide
specialist care to patients with
conditions such as Diabetes,
Coronary Heart Disease,
Hypertension, Asthma, Chronic
Obstructive Airways Disease,
Epilepsy and Thyroid management.
They offer
services such as audiometry, ear
syringing and ECGs. They are
experienced in wound management,
removing sutures and assisting in
minor surgery. The nurses run HRT
and contraception appointments in
conjunction with the doctors. Our
nurses offer a Support to Stop
Smoking programme and other health
promotion appointments, including a
travel advice and vaccination
service.
Health care assistant
Maggie is a
trained phlebotomist who also has
experience in health promotion. She
specialises in “Support to Stop
Smoking”. As a trained smoking
cessation advisor she welcomes
patients who would like to try to
kick the smoking habit!! The
practice has a high success rate in
helping patients to quit smoking and
has won accolades from South
Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust
for their achievement. Maggie has
committed to further formal training
to enable her to compliment other
aspects of clinical care offered by
the nursing team.
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