Doctors
DR DIANE MELROSE
MBChB (University of Glasgow 1991) DRCOG DFM DFFP DPD Dip Diabetes Management in Primary Care
Consulting days: Monday to Thursday
DR ULRIKE SCHULZ
Medical State Exam (Germany 1992), MRCGP
Consulting days: Monday to Thursday
DR KAREN FLETT
MBChB (Hons) (University of Aberdeen 1999), MRCGP
Consulting days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
DR JENNIFER ADAM
MBChB (University of Glasgow, 2008), MRCGP
Consulting days: Wednesday and Friday
DR LISA MCKENNA
MBChB (University of Glasgow 2004), DRCOG, MRCGP, BSc Hons
Consulting days: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
DR LEONORA HOGAN
MBChB (University of Manchester 1995)
Consulting days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
DR LAURA BAIRD
MBChB (University of Glasgow 2013), MRCGP
Consulting days: Monday and Thursday
Nurse Practitioners
SUSAN BLANEY
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Consulting days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
Practice Nurses
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.
LOUISE CURRIE
Practice Nurse
Consulting days: Monday to Friday
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.
LYN WALES
Healthcare Assistant
Consulting days: Monday to Friday
Practice Management
The practice management team 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
DAVID CALDOW
Practice Manager
JENNIFER BURNSIDE
Administration Manager
Reception Team
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.
Pharmacists
LAUREN MCARTHUR
Pharmacist
Allied Health Professionals
We are delighted to be joined by staff from across NHS Lanarkshire to offer additional services to our patients.
BROOKE CAMERON
GP Community Link Worker
Consulting day: Thursday
ALISON JEFFERSON
Occupational Therapist
Consulting days: Wednesday and Friday
Community Nurses
The community team of nurses care for patients who need nursing at home. For patients who live at addresses with post code:
• G71 7/8 - contact Kirklands Team 03003 0302630
• G71 5/6 - contact Viewpark Health Centre 01698 810171
• ML4 - contact Bellshill Community Clinic 01698 575700
Health Visitors
The health visitors who cover our practice have a special responsibility to mothers and children under 5 and also the vulnerable elderly. You can contact them on:
• G71 7/8 - contact Blantyre Health Centre 01698 727528
• G71 5/6 - contact Viewpark Health Centre 01698 810171
• ML4 - contact Bellshill Community Clinic 01698 575700