Clinical Pharmacist

Aitzol & Victor

• They are highly qualified experts in medicines and can help patients in a range of ways.
• Carrying out structured medication reviews for patients with ongoing health problems.
• Improving patient safety.
• Advising patients who are on multiple medications.
• They consult with and treat patients directly.

Practice Dispensers

Jude, Liz, Lorraine, Sam, Tracey

• The team will dispense medications to those patients that live more than one mile away from a retail pharmacy. For the most part, this covers patients in all outlying villages and some areas of Winchcombe.
• The team will also print repeat prescriptions for patients to whom we do not dispense.
• The dispensary does not accept incoming phone calls but they do have an answerphone where you can leave any medication queries and they will call you back.

Physician Associates (PA)

The medical centre has 1 Physician Associate working with us. Emily Gwinnell works between us and Stoke Road surgery.

We understand PA’s may be a new concept to many people, though they have been part of the NHS workforce for years now. Their presence here is to help provide you with better access to high quality healthcare in a timely fashion.

Physician associates have an undergraduate degree in a life science and/or a significant background in healthcare before undertaking 2 years of intensive postgraduate training. They work alongside our GP’s and are trained in performing full assessments of patients of all ages, treating and managing both acute and chronic health conditions, performing investigations and making referrals. They work independently but are fully supported by GP supervisors meaning there is always someone who can discuss cases, sign prescriptions and review patients as necessary.

You are likely to meet them if you require an ‘urgent on the day’ appointment at WMC, where they form an integral part of our ‘acute’ team. Should you have any questions, our receptionists are highly trained in helping navigate you to the appropriate clinician to help most with your medical concerns.

Further info: Who are Physician Associates – Booklet (PDF)

Nursing Team

This is made up of fully qualified Nurse Practitioners and Healthcare Assistants (HCAs). We are also a training Practice for trainee nurses.

Lead Practice Nurse

Cheryl

Practice Nurses

Frances & Lucy

Health Care Assistants

Annita & Donna

GP Assistants

Natasha & Sam

This role was brought in to safely deliver a combination of routine administrative tasks and some basic clinical duties in the general practice setting. The focus being on supporting General Practitioners in their day-to-day management of patients, specifically aimed at reducing the administrative burden, making best use of consultation time and supporting those particularly vulnerable to isolation who are regular attenders at the practice.

Social Prescribers

Social prescribers give patients time, focusing on ‘what matters to me?’ to coproduce a simple personalised care and support plan, and support people to take control of their health and wellbeing. It works particularly well for patients who:

• have one or more long term conditions
• who need support with low level mental health issues
• who are lonely or isolated
• who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.