Physician Associates (PAs) are medically trained, generalist healthcare professionals, who work alongside doctors and provide medical care as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team.

ACP’s are highly trained professionals with the knowledge and skills to take on wider roles caring for patients. They have advanced qualifications (such as a Masters degree) and the experience to work independently without direct guidance from a superior, although they are still supervised and work as part of a clinical team. They come from a range of professional backgrounds such as: nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, pharmacy, paramedicine and occupational therapy.

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 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.

Our experienced physiotherapists are available to help with any musculoskeletal problem you might have. They are able to help treat a range of complaints, such as a bad back, sore neck, muscle and joint pain, tennis elbow, sciatica, knee pain, hip problems, as well as many more conditions.

Social prescribers are qualified, experienced professionals who are able to assist with many social problems including housing support, healthy lifestyle, loneliness and isolation, financial issues and wellbeing. Sarah Wilson works for SOAR and Alice works for Door 43

Our reception team are trained care navigators and 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. The team consists of Tracy, Denise, Debbie, Frances, Adele, Louise & Vanesa