Nurse practitioners
Mrs Jo Redmond
RGN – Diploma in minor illness; Diploma in family planning and extended and supplementary nurse prescriber
Mrs Jo Phillips
Jo joined the practice in January 2012 after spending a couple of years working at the PCT’s minor illness and minor injuries unit. Jo has recently obtained a certificate for the diabetes management in primary care.
Mr Jack Ratcliffe
Jack joined the team in April 2019. He is undergoing training towards the diploma in advanced clinical practice.
Mental health practitioners
Mrs Lisa McQuarrie
Nurses
They examine patients, make diagnosis and plan care (Nurse practitioners can also prescribe certain products). They are experts in many areas of disease management such as diabetes and asthma. They can also offer advice about general health, travel immunisations, disease prevention and health promotion as well as maintaining their traditional treatment room duties, such as injections, dressings, blood pressure measurement, weight checks and dietary advice, and also take cervical smears. They can offer advice by phone if necessary.
Ellen Aldridge
Nurse manager
Ellen is our nurse manager, having joined our team in September 2019. She deals with a variety of nursing presentations, including contraception.
Mrs Sarah Barker
Sarah is an experienced RGN of many years with a background in cancer care, she was senior Sister in the chemotherapy unit at Mount Vernon Hospital. She joined the practice in 2013 and has developed an interest in diabetes gaining a certificate in diabetes care from the University of Warwick. Her practice nursing skills include smears, immunisations, ear syringing, wound management, and chronic disease management.