Advanced Nursing Practitioners

Our advanced nursing practitioners are specialist nurses who have undertaken additional education, in order to provide advanced nursing care and prescriptions.

They can see many patients for problems which historically you may have been to see a general practitioner about.

They focus on the treatment of acute illnesses and work very closely with the GPs. They can assess, examine and diagnose, providing advice and treatment including a prescription if required. They can also make referrals to health and/or social care professionals.

• Miss Catherine Crichton – RN Diploma higher education adult branch (University of Northumbria at Newcastle 1995), BSC Health Studies (University of Surrey 1997), MSC Advanced Practice Clinical (University of Cumbria 2017), Independent & Supplementary Prescribing (Sheffield Hallam University 2012), Women’s Management in primary care level 6 (2010), Diabetes diploma (2009), Asthma diploma (2008)
  Catherine has a special interest in women’s health
  Please note: Catherine cannot see pregnant ladies, sign MED3s or provide test results.
• Erica Pearson

Practice Nurses

Our nurses are available by appointment for various treatments, health promotion advice and screening, including smears and immunisations. They can offer contraceptive advice, emergency contraception and review your medication.

The nurses are qualified to advise and treat many minor conditions and it may prove quicker to see a practice nurse than wait for a consultation with your doctor, who is always available if you have any cause for concern.

Karen Hibbs – RGN

Samantha Walker – RGN

Katie Dakin

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants are not qualified as nurses, but have undergone training to enable them to take bloods, blood pressure, assist with minor surgery, ear syringing and new patient checks that do not involve medication and to do ECGs (heart tracings).

Carly O’Donnell

Linda Hunt 

Practice Pharmacist

Mr Alexander Spurling, Practice clinical pharmacist and lead for medicines management

Master of pharmacy (University of Bradford 2013), Post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy (De Montfort University 2015), Certificate in independent prescribing (De Montfort University 2017)

Alex has a specialist interests in the management of complex polypharmacy with a specific focus on older adults with associated frailty syndromes. He has presented service evaluation research at national level demonstrating best practice models for managing polypharmacy in the acute sector. He is a visiting lecturer and module lead for polypharmacy in clinical practice at De Montfort University.

Alex is able to prescribe and deprescribe medicines for all conditions within his clinical competency and expertise.

Alex is currently undertaking his advanced clinical practice qualification to enhance the existing delivery of acute and chronic disease management within the practice.

Please note: Alex will see patients within his clinical competence whilst undertaking the advanced clinical practice course under the supervision of GPs at the surgery.