PURTON & CRICKLADE SURGERIES

Community Nurses

The district nursing team provide skilled nursing care to housebound patients. The assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of the care is under the direction of the two district nursing sisters.

Care is normally available from 08.30 to 17.00, with access to the out of hours service when necessary. It ranges from simple needs such as taking blood, to the highly complex care and advice needed by terminally ill people who wish to remain at home. Also dressings and post -operative care,  personal advice for bladder and bowel problems, the administration injections, plus advice for patients with physical disabilities are also delivered. Liaison with G.P.s, podiatry team, social workers, Macmillan nurses and the G.W.H. is also an integral part of our role.

Health Visitors : Brenda Bartlett

Our health visitors are the first port of call for new mums who are concerned about their child and they also run regular child health clinics on their own or with a G.P.

Community Midwife - Sue Soo

Sue runs a regular clinic at the surgery offering important antenatal checks and advice to pregnant women all the way through their pregnancy.

Podiatry Service - Hilary Fleming

runs regular clinics at Purton and Cricklade Surgeries.

Counselling

Available through the surgery - appointments only

Dietician - Gilly Roberts

attached to the practice who runs regular clinics giving advice for people who are overweight, diabetics or have raised cholesterol. Appointments are needed to see her through a Doctor.