Meet the Team

The practice is not a limited partnership.

Advanced Nurse Practitioners

Advanced Nurse Practitioners are highly skilled and offer patients greater choice and quicker access to a health care professional.

Advanced Nurse Practitioners are highly qualified and experienced clinicians who have received several years’ additional training to enable them to see and treat many of the conditions that your GP would usually diagnose.

Advanced Nurse Practitioners provide high quality healthcare advice and treatment for adults and children including:

• Individual care on present health problems
• Diagnosis and treatment of various conditions seen in the Practice
• Obtaining medical histories and making physical examinations
• Making referrals to other services where necessary
• Prescribing medication
• Providing information to help you make individual choices about your health

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Practice Nurses

Practice Nurses are available by appointment. The receptionist will ask what the appointment is for in order to book it with the correct Nurse or clinic. The services they regularly provide include cervical smears, immunisations (both routine and foreign travel), family planning, repeat prescription of contraceptive pills and HRT, testing urine, dressings, removal of stitches, and blood pressure checks. The Practice Nurses also run many of the clinics offered within the Practice and can offer advice/support with stopping smoking.

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Health Care Assistants

Our Health Care Assistants support the Practice Nursing team, taking blood tests, ECGs and some blood pressures.

The Practice Business Manager

The Practice Business Manager is responsible for the overall running of the Practice and is here to help you with any queries on non-medical matters.

Please address any concerns you may have or suggestions for improvements to the service to the Practice Business Manager.

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Patient Services Advisors (Receptionists)

The team of PSAs provide a key link between patients and Doctors. Any member of the team is able to book appointments, deal with requests for repeat prescriptions and arrange transport for hospital appointments. The receptionists are always happy to assist patients with other enquiries.

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Administrative and Secretarial Staff

The Practice Administration Team primarily ensures that all patients are offered preventative care. They deal with the general administration required for the day-to-day running of the Practice including liaison with the Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group.

The Secretaries provide the Doctors with a full secretarial service, assisting them with hospital referrals and appointments.