Meet your GP Surgery Team

Practice Nurses

Our Practice Nurses are experienced and knowledgeable and can offer the following services. Blood pressure and cholesterol management Family Planning and Pre-Pregnancy Advice HRT Advice Cervical Smears Immunisations and Vaccinations, including Travel Advice ECGs Wound Care, Dressings and Stitch Removal, Hearing Tests and Ear Syringing, Spirometry, Asthma, COPD and cardiac care.

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Healthcare Assistant

Rosalynd Hayden
Healthcare Assistant

For advice on which Nurse or Health Care Assistant can best meet your needs please discuss with the reception staff when making an appointment.

Dispensers 

• Belinda Catton – Joint Dispensary Lead
• Maria Bradley – Joint Dispensary Lead
• Jacquie Atkinson
• Yvonne Whittle
• Michelle Wright

As a Dispensing Practice, we have three qualified dispensers who can dispense for our patients under the supervision of the general practitioners. If you have a prescription query which you would like to discuss in private, please ask our dispensing staff who will be pleased to show you to a quiet room.

Practice Administration

• Jo-Anne Munday
• Susannah Davies

Reception & Medical Administration

• Barbara Findlay
• Christine Howe
• Janice Williams
• Susan Scott
• Lynn Weymouth
• Sue Richardson
• Vicki Norman

Office/reception supervisor, practice administrator, receptionists, secretaries, notes summariser, audit clerk; all of whom will deal with your enquiries and requests as efficiently as possible whilst respecting your confidentiality.

Our receptionists and administration staff have a lot of information at their fingertips and will be able to answer many of your queries. They also act as a link between other members of the team.

If you are in doubt about any matter, ask the receptionist. Anything you tell her will be treated in absolute confidence; if she does not know the answer, she will ask someone who does.

Our Practice Manager, Receptionists and Administrators always do their best to help you. Sometimes it may not be possible to offer you the exact appointment that you want, but we would hope to offer a suitable alternative. We would ask you to be patient, as at times the reception staff are very busy.

The Community Matron

The community matron looks after patients on the community virtual ward and is responsible for case managing some of our patients. She can be contacted via the district nurses office (see below) although you will need to be referred by your GP.

The District Nurses

The District Nurses are responsible for giving nursing care, support and advice to those people suffering acute, long-term and terminal illnesses, both in their own homes and within residential care. They can be contacted on: 01279 871324.

The District Midwives

A team of District Midwives care for pregnant women until 10 days after the baby is born. They can be contacted on 01279 827103. Antenatal and Parenting classes are held at the Dunmow Clinic and Stansted Clinic. If you think you are pregnant, you can choose whether to make an appointment with your midwife directly or your preferred GP who can both organise your ongoing maternity care.

The Health Visitor

The role of the Health Visitor is to improve public health by working with individuals, families and communities. Our health visitor’s work is focused mainly on families with children from birth to five years.

The health visitor can be contacted on 01279 814805 (answer phone). She holds a Child Health clinic at the practice once a month on the first Thursday of the month between 2.00pm – 3.00 p.m. She also visits families with children under 5 years old at home.

Associated Specialists

There is also a limited service provided at the surgery by a Dietitian. Your doctor may refer you to these.