Dr McCulloch & Partners - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

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FACE COVERINGS

From Monday 6th July, in keeping with Scottish Government guidelines, all patients will be required to wear a face covering when entering the hospital and during your visit at the surgery. We do have a limited supply of face masks and one can be provided should it be needed but we would kindly ask everyone to use their own where possible.

CORONAVIRUS

Please note that all requests for GP appointments are currently being triaged by telephone.

If you have any symptoms of fever, new continuous cough, change in taste or smell or have been in contact with someone with coronavirus please do not come into the practice. For advice on symptoms please telephone the practice or 111. Please note that 111 are currently experiencing high call volumes.

Prescriptions

Due to the current situation with coronavirus the community pharmacies are experiencing a very high demand for their services. Please leave 72 hours before collecting your prescription. Please check opening times before visiting the pharmacy.

Public Holidays

The practice will be closed on the following dates:

Friday 18th September 2020

Monday 21st September 2020

Friday 25th December 2020

Monday 28th December 2020

For emergencies only on these dates please phone NHS 24 on 111.

Doctors

Dr T Scott McCulloch (m)

MBChB(1995) MRCGP

Dr McCulloch works in the practice all day Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Dr Ruth Bishop (f)

BSc MBChB (2006) MRCGP DRCOG DFSRH

Dr Bishop works in the practice all day Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

Dr Philip Hulme (m)

BSc MBChB (1996) MRCGP DRCOG FRCGP

Dr Hulme joined the practice in August 2019 after returning from a brief spell in Australia. Prior to that he worked in Ayr for a number of years.

Dr Hulme works in the practice all day Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Dr Gareth Powell (m)

Dr Gareth Powell joined the practice in April 2020.

He works in the practice all day Monday and Tuesday.

Nurses

Anne Nelson

BSc RGN RM FPC Nurse prescriber

Mhairi Andrew

RGN

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.

Practice Management

Mrs Karen Gunn

Karen is our Practice Manager. She works in the practice all day Monday, Tuesday and Friday and deals with all aspects of the day to day running of the practice.

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.

Administration

Linda Irvine

Finance

Lauren Borland

Lauren is our administrator and does the majority of the secretarial work in the practice.

Reception

Pauline Taylor

Pauline is our Lead Receptionist. She is also the lead for palliative care in the practice.

Katrina Taylor

Laura Harrop

Geraldine Kelly

Mary Brittain

Michaela Copland (f)

Jane Powell (f)

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

Geraldine Rae

Community Nurses

Katie Clark

Health Visitors

Stephanie Blackwood

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.

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