Cochrane Medical Practice - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Doctors

Dr Glen Sykes (m)

MBChB FRCGP MSc,DCH,DRCOG,DFM,DOccMed,DDAM.DPD Glasgow 1985 (Full Time)

Dr Abolaji Johnson Badejo (m) MBChB (Nigeria, 2001), MRCGP, RCGP Certificate Management of Drug Misuse (part1) CINP Certificate Psychopharmacology (Dublin Ireland), Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry(RCPS Dublin Ireland), Diploma in HIV & AIDS Prevention

Dr Brian A Kerr (m)
MB ChB,DRCOG,DOccMed Glasgow 1988 (Full Time)

Dr Geetika Sharma (f)
MBBS, MRCPCH, MRCGP, DFPP(DFSRH) Coimbatore 1996 (Part Time)

Dr Neil Lafferty(m)

MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG Edinburgh 2000 (Full Time)

Nurses

Eddie Harkness RGN,BSc Advanced Practice,RGN, PGD-EM, ACP3,

RCEM(Honorary) ENB 100, ENB A01 (Camb's)

V300 Independent Prescriber

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Full Time)

Nurse Annette McNeil
RGN (Full Time)

The Practice Nurse undertakes reviews for patients with long term health conditions e.g - Diabetes, Minor Ailment Clinics, cervical smears and Contraceptive implants.

Healthcare Assistants

Janie McLean HCSW Certificate

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.

Practice Management

John H Ross MHSM, DipHSM
The practice manager 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.

Administration

Fiona Lyne Office manager

Dorothy Duddy IT/Admin Support Officer

Hazel Neilson Secretary

Louise McCole Secretary

Reception

Mary Munro

Denise Kelly

Kelly Johnstone

Kathleen Holtby

Carolyn Kerr

Jacqueline Dillon

Elizabeth Taylor

Helena Russell

Stacey McGrath

Leanne Gilmour

Community nurses

Margaret McCabe Lead nurse

Carrie Macrae

Heather Boyle Nursing Assistant

You may contact the nurses on 888836 or 724477 extension 61151.

Health Visitors

Michelle Donnachie

Eleanor McLeary

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

You may contact the Health Visitors on 724477 extension 61161.

Community Psychiatric nurses (CPN)

Mrs Barbara Sutherland Lead CPN

Mrs Margaret McDonald CPN

Ms Hayley Docherty CPN

The CPN team take referrals from the doctors for patients whom they think are mild to moderately depressed or may require some counselling. An assessment is carried out by the Lead CPN and then passed over for reviews, if appropriate, to Margaret and Barbara.

Assessments: Wednesday and Thursday afternoon

Reviews: Monday, Tuesday, Friday afternoon

This service is by referral only by the doctor.

Pharmacist Support

Marianne Fabiani

Caroline Anderson

Kathryn Keane Pharmacy Support Technician

Our pharmacist support team work closely with the practice carrying out reviews of patients’ medications and offering pharmacy support and advice to the clinical staff.

The pharmacists on occasions will make appointments to see patients to discuss medications.