Nursing

Introduction

Nurses play a major and very important role in the new NHS. Within primary care, practice nurses are the backbone of chronic disease management such as heart disease, diabetes and asthma. They complement the role of the GP, working as part of the primary care team. District Nurses visit patients in their own homes, performing nursing duties such as dressing changes, injections, and phlebotomy (blood taking). They also run clinics in the surgery for similar duties. Health Visitors are specially trained nurses who deal with the two ends of the spectrum of human life - the very young and the very old. They run child health clinics, administer childhood immunisations, and are involved in screening the over 75's.

Practice Nurses

We currently employ two practice nurses, Elaine and Jenny. Elaine works on Tuesday and Jenny Thursday.

Consultation is by appointment

Elaine Frame, Dianne, Lorraine, Maureen - District Nurses

Elaine Frame is the team leader for our district nurses. Together they run clinics at the surgery for dressing changes, injections, ear-syringing, etc. They are contactable at Coatbridge Health Centre 01236 432200. Their team manager is Christine Paterson.

Clinic Hours: Tuesday and Thursday afternoon

Health Visitors

There are named health visitors attached to the practice. They run a baby immunisation clinic once a fortnight on a Thursday morning and a Child Health Surveillance clinic with Dr Ooi on a Monday afternoon – please check availability with the surgery receptionist. It is also their responsibility to assess the health of our over-75s population. They are contactable at Coatbridge Health Centre 01236 432200.