Ardingly Court Surgery - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

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Urgent Patient Notice

Have you informed us of which practice you would like to be seen at after the 31st March 2018?

From 31st March 2018 you will no longer be able to make appointments at both locations. You are required to make a decision on where you would like your future care to be. Please contact the surgery to inform us of your choice.

Doctors

Dr Samantha Barker

MBChB MRCP MRCGP (2009)

Dr Eleonora Turlini

MBBS (equiv.), MRCPH, DFFP, MRCGP (2006) London, CCT in General Practice.

Nurse Practitioners

Adele Ruddock-West

Nurses

Sister Holly Spyer

Sister Jamie-Leigh Williamson

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Practice Management

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Mrs Sarah Jackson

Assistant Practice Manager

Reception

Receptionists 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. Receptionists 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.

Community Midwives

Helen Hutley is our community midwife attached to the surgery. She will share the care of pregnant women with the doctors. She sees patients at the Roundabout Children’s Centre on Thursdays. You can get in touch with her by telephone on 01273 290300.

Community Nurses

We have a team of District Nurses attached to the Practice. They will provide care for the housebound, either because of disability, or following recent discharge from hospital.

You can get in touch with them by telephoning Whitehawk Clinic on 01273 666911.

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.

Further information can be obtained from The Children and Young People’s service on 01273 260016.