Meet the Team

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Healthcare Assistants

Practice Management

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Administration

Our Administration Team 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. 

This team 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.

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Reception

Pharmacists

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Community Midwives

They can be contacted by telephone on 0116 258 4834.

As well as antenatal clinics they undertake regular visits to expectant mothers, new mothers and their babies. Initial ‘New Booking’ appointments are held on Monday afternoons. Please make an initial appointment between the 8th and 10th week of pregnancy.

Physiotherapist

Lottie

Mental Health Facilitator

Surgery Days

Tuesdays

Community Nurses

The District Nurses provide nursing care to the terminally ill, housebound, elderly and disable individuals and their families.

The District Nurses can be contacted on: 0300 300 7777

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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.

The Health Visitors and School Nurses are no longer based at Whitwick Health Centre.

Telephone contact numbers:

• School Nurse Team  – 01530 468570
• Health Visiting Team – 01530 468602

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Attached Staff