Nursing Team

Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Practitioners diagnose, refer and prescribe for patients. For a new medical condition patients are usually offered an on the day appointment with a Nurse Practitioner.

Practice Nursing

Practice Nurses provide wide-ranging services and clinics including Asthma, blood pressure, cervical smears, child health and immunisations, cholesterol checks, contraceptive injections, COPD, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, pre-school immunisations and smoking cessation.

When making an appointment to see a Practice Nurse, please provide the Receptionist with brief information regarding the reason; this will ensure you are given an appointment in the appropriate clinic.

District Nurses

Our District Nurses visit housebound patients and also provide a clinic at the Whaley Bridge. Their services include advice, assessment and treatment in wound care, continence, nursing care, cancer care and leg ulcer care. they liaise closely with social services, Macmillan Nurses, the Community Rehabilitation team, specialist diabetic Nurses and voluntary agencies.