Please click on a link below to find further information about the teams within the practice.
The Doctors
Nurse Practitioner
Practice Nursing
Practice Manager
Receptionists
District Nursing
Health Visitor
Midwives
Chiropody and Footcare
Counselling
Medical Students
The Doctors
We are four GPs working together, and with all members of the Primary Healthcare team, to provide the highest level of care for all our patients of which there are approximately 4,500. Dr Steven Bick is our senior partner and joined the practice in 1994, Dr Monica Hendricks joined in November 1997. Dr Wayne Knight joined in October 1999, and Dr Emma Casson joined in October 2000.
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| Dr Stephen Bick | Dr Monica Hendricks |
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| Dr Wayne Knight | Dr Emma Casson |
Nurse Practitioner
Wendy Harvey, our Nurse Practitioner, worth closely with our doctors and can carry out much of the routine work they do with minor illnesses and health care. Seeing Wendy can help free up doctors time for more complex medical care. We encourage all our patients to see Wendy for:
- Cellulitis
- Cough, colds and “flu”
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea and/or vomiting
- Ear problems
- Emergency Contraception
- Hayfever
- Headlice
- Indigestion/Heartburn (Dyspepsia)
- Ingrowing toe nails
- Nose bleeds
- Piles/Haemorrhoids
- Rashes and itches
- Sore throats
- Sinusitis
- Threadworn
- Thrush
- Urine infections – females only
- Warts/Verrucas
A Nurse Practitioner is a qualified nurse who has studied and trained to an advanced (degree) level.
Practice Nursing
Our Practice Nursing team consists of 2 part-time qualified practice nurses, and they are supported by a part-time Health Care Assistant.
Our practices nurses can advise on, and support, a range of health care including: dressings, ear syringing, blood tests, health promotion checks and advice, baby and adult immunisations, travel advice and immunisations, asthma reviews, smear testing and minor ailments. They also assist our doctors to perform minor operations under local anaesthetic.
Our Health Care Assistant supports our nurses by carrying out routine nursing care such as taking blood samples, blood pressure checks, recording ecg’s, attending to dressings, carrying out new patient health checks and ordering stocks and supplies.
The Practice Manager
Mrs Giovanna Davidson, our practice manager is responsible for the efficient administration of the practice and, together with our GPs, the planning of future services.
Receptionists
Our receptionists are here to help you and one of their primary roles is to make emergency and routine appointments for patients to see a doctor or nurse.
When making an appointment, a receptionist may ask for some details. They are trained to make certain enquiries and give certain advice to help you as best we can, and to try to make sure that you see the most appropriate person at the surgery.
Our receptionists also undertake repeat prescriptions and answer numerous and varied questions.
District Nurses
The Community Nursing Service provides skilled nursing assessment, care, advice and health education to patients who cannot leave their own homes. They work closely with the GPs and other professionals to ensure that you and your family receive the help and support needed when being nursed in the community.
Patients eligible to use the nursing service in their own homes are those who:
- are unable to travel to surgery/hospital due to serious illness or disability
- are recovering from surgical intervention and are unable to travel
- need palliative nursing care
- have undergone chemotherapy/radiotherapy[y and travel would be detrimental to recovery
- need treatment which cannot be appropriately carried out in the surgery setting
Our District Nurses can be contacted at Littlemoor Health Centre on 812284. Please inform them if you are not going to be at home when a visit has been arranged. It is also important to keep any pets under control when a member of the team is due to call.
Health Visitor
Our Health Visitor is a specially qualified nurse. She provides information, advice and support to families and co-ordinates child development checks.
She also runs baby clinics at both sites, and messages can be left for her at Littlemoor Health Centre on 812284.
Community Midwifes
A small team of midwives is attached to our surgery. The midwives offer antenatal, labour and postnatal care whether you choose to have a hospital or home birth.
Clinics are held weekly at Dorchester Road and Littlemoor Health Centre. Antenatal classes are provided in partnership with the health visitor.
If you think you are pregnant, you should make an appointment to see a GP who will notify the midwives.
Chiropody and Footcare
The chiropody and footcare service is available to patients with special needs such as impaired circulation or disabling foot conditions and elderly patients with a clinical chiropodial need. All patients will, upon referral, be provided with an assessment leading to treatment, advice or referral to a hospital specialist service. A community service is available for those patients unable to travel to the surgery.
Counselling
A part-time counsellor based at Dorchester Road works closely with our GPs as part of the healthcare team. Your confidentiality will be respected as an important element of the counselling relationship.
Medical Students
From time to time we have medical students visiting the practice who will benefit from sitting in on consultations covered by a doctor.
Patients will be informed of this and they have the right to request that the student be excluded from the consultation.
