Nursing Team

Our practice nurses have a range of specialist skills including management of diabetes, asthma and care of patients over 75 years old. They provide immunisations; dressings and a variety of health checks. Appointments can be made at reception.

Our healthcare assistants are experienced in taking blood tests and offer appointments from 08:00. They also provide a comprehensive in-house service for monitoring anti-coagulant treatment. Their role as Healthcare Assistants means they are available to assist the doctors during minor surgery and can carry out various health checks, enabling our practice nurses to have more time to use their specialist skills.

Administration

Practice Management

Our practice manager administers all non-clinical aspects of the practice and works with the whole team to maintain and develop patient services. They will help resolve any problems or complaints you may have, using the practice complaints procedure.

Patient Services

Patient Services provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. The Patient Services Advisors make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Administration Staff

Our administration staff are responsible for all chronic disease and patient registration management.

Attached Staff

Community Midwives

Our midwives provide advice, care and support before, during and after pregnancy. Please contact them via reception.

Community Nurses

The community nursing team are based in Torrington community hospital, they work closely with the GP surgery providing nursing care for patients who are unable to attend the surgery and require nursing care to be provided in their own homes.

The community nurse contact number is 01805 626316

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

The Public Health Nursing Team work to improve health with all age groups, especially for families with children under five years of age. The school nurses monitor the health of school children and provide health education and advice in schools.

The Public Health Nursing Team are based at the Early Years Centre, Borough Road, Torrington. They can be contacted on 01805 628000.

A Child Health Clinic is held every Wednesday morning from 09:30 to 11:30 at the Early Years Centre, Borough Road Torrington. Ring 01805 628000 for more information.

Dispensers

Our dispensers prepare medication for patients living for than a mile from the local chemist.