Carisbrooke Surgery - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

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Try the new NHS App

If you're a patient at our practice you can now use the new NHS App, a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet.

You can use the NHS App to book appointments, order repeat prescriptions, view your GP medical record and more.

If you already use Patient Access you can continue to use it. You can use the NHS App as well.

For more information go to www.nhs.uk/nhsapp

PLEASE NOTE: GP appointments are 10 minutes in duration.

Click on our new 'Dementia Support and Information' page (on the right hand side of the home page) for lots of help and advice on dealing with dementia.

Doctors

Dr N E MacCarthy (m)
MB ChB DRCOG DOccMed MRCGP

Dr R A Cameron-Wood (m)
MB BS DRCOG MRCGP

Dr A Abtahi (m)

MB BS Dip Dermatology FPD

Dr W de Haan (f)
MB BS DRCOG

Dr Z Archer (f)

Bsc MBChB MRCGP

Dr E Fynes (f)

MB BS BSc (Hons) DRCOG MRCGP

Dr L Curzon (f)

MB BCh MRCGP

Nurse Practitioners

Tessa Hartnoll
Tessa is a registered nurse who has obtained a post graduate degree(Honours). Her enhanced nursing skills enable her to examine patients and to assess their healthcare needs. She is also able to prescribe some medications and to refer patients for further investigations when necessary.

Nurses

Melinda Oliver (f)

Sarah Denman (f)

Ali Wilkins (f)

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Healthcare Assistants

Julie Gomes (f)

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.

Phlebotomists

Olga Yakimovich (f)

Practice Management

Perin Fitzgerald (f)

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.

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Community Midwives

The Community Midwife offers support to mothers both before and after the birth. Messages may be left at the practice or at the midwife's office at the Conquest Hospital on 01424 755255.

Community Nurses

The nurses are attached to our practice and do a wide variety of nursing work in people's homes working closely with the doctors who will arrange this care if needed. They have a direct telephone line 01424 857900, or messages can be left with the surgery.

Health Visitors

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.

Attached Staff

The Community Psychiatric nurses and Counsellors help those suffering from stress, and support patients and their families through psychiatric illness. Appointments are arranged through your doctor.