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

Doctors

Dr Sara Hornibrook
MBChB., MRCGP., DCH, Dip Ther., FP Cert.

Dr Andrew Brimelow
MBChB., MRCGP

Dr Julie Gallagher
MBCHB., BSc Med Sci. MRCGP, DRCOG, MFTM (RCPS Glas)

Dr Victor Smith
BSc., MBChB., MRCGP., Mmed. Ed.

Dr Catriona Gillespie
MA, MBChB., MRCGP, DRCOG, DFFP

Dr Stephen Carty
MB, ChB, MRCGP, DRCOG

Dr Vivienne Whyte
MB, ChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFFP

Dr Elaine McAdam

MA, MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH.

Nurses

Heather Hunter
RGN, RM, DIP D/N, DIP Asthma

Laura Mack
RGN, RM, DIP IHD

Gill Johnston
RGN, RM

Practice nurses see patients by appointment. Their work includes dressings, blood tests, removal of stitches, ear syringing, first aid, immunisation, travel advice and vaccinations, and cervical smears.

Practice Management

Barbara Cockburn

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 Nurses

Norina Marwick

District Nurse

Community Staff Nurses:

Alison Caves

Gillian Robertson

Laura Henderson

Simon Roxby

District nurses and community staff nurses are attached to the surgery working as part of the Primary Healthcare Team. They visit patients in their own homes assessing treatment and needs as required. They are also involved in continence care. You can telephone the district nurse Monday - Friday at the surgery, or messages may be left on the answering machine and will be dealt with as soon as possible. Tel: 0131 561 1927. For out of hours please telephone NHS 24 on 111

Health Visitors

Angela Carroll

RGN Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)

Faye Johnston

RGN Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)

Jackie Thomson

Community Staff Nurse

Louise Penman

Nursery Nurse

Maureen Keith

Health Visiting Support

The health visiting team are attached to the surgery and work as part of the Primary Healthcare Team. They are particularly involved with Child Development, Immunisation and giving advice and support to families with pre-school children. This also includes running Child Health Clinics and Child Surveillance. Clients can be seen in their home or in the surgery by appointment. Direct line and answering machine: 0131 561 1925 or 1926.