Practice Staff

Doctors

Practice Manager

Mavis Lowe

Our practice manager is responsible for the running of the practice, the practice staff, patient relations and liaising with many outside agencies. If you have any non-medical concerns or issues you would like to discuss with Mavis, please contact her by telephone or make an appointment to come and see her.

Practice Nurses

The practice nurses fulfil a diverse role ranging from counselling individuals on personal lifestyle and foreign travel, to performing specialised investigations and running health clinics and general nursing duties. Nurses Catherine Wakeman, Susan Butler and Lai Chu-Lin provide confidential advice on teenage health issues. The healthcare assistant will carry out new patient medicals, dressings, assist in minor surgery clinics as well as running a smoking cessation clinic and working alongside the doctors and nurses.

Healthcare Assistant

The healthcare assistant will carry out new patient medicals, dressings, assist in minor surgery clinics as well as running a smoking cessation clinic and working alongside the doctors and nurses.

Administrative Staff

We employ a full team of administrative staff to look after the financial, secretarial, IT and training aspects of the practice.

Receptionists

The receptionists are your link with the rest of the practice. They will try and help you in any way and the more information you are able to give them the better they will be able to assist you. The information you give will always be treated in confidence as they are bound by the same codes of conduct as the doctors.

Attached Staff

Health Visitors

The health visitors deal with families and children. Their remit extends to the whole community, in a variety of settings from clinics to the home and school. They are based at the Health for Lyefe shop situated in Lye High Street (contact number 01384 366333).

District Nurses

A team of district nurses work from the surgery and are available for home nursing when necessary and also for general nursing advice. They are responsible for the assessment and nursing care of individuals within their own home. The district nursing staff facilitate early discharge from hospital by providing a high level of personal service according to individual needs. They also contribute to the continuing care of the chronically sick, terminally ill, elderly and housebound in the community. They can be contacted at the Limes Medical Centre (telephone number 01384 424190).

Other Attached Staff

• Community Midwives
• Physiotherapist
• Chiropodist
• Psychology Counsellors
• Citizens Advice Bureau Counsellor
• Phlebotomist
• Dietician
• Pharmacist
• Community Psychiatric Nurse

Most of the above services require a referral from your doctor.