The Doctors
Dr John Hislop | GP Partner – MBChB (Glasgow 1979) MRCGP |
Dr Fiona Reilly | GP Partner – MBChB (Aberdeen 2003) MRCGP DFSRH |
Dr Donna Edwards | GP Partner – MBChB (Edinburgh 2009), MRCGP, DRCOG |
Dr David Beggan | GP Partner – MBChB (Glasgow 2013), MRCGP |
Dr Andrew Houston | GP Partner – MBChB (Glasgow 2015) MRCGPa |
Dr Sarah Eckhardt | Dr – Retainer – MBChB (Manchester 2008) MRCS, MRCGP |
Dr Sophia Ashibuogwu | GP Registrar |
Nursing Team
Sister Susan Simpkins | Advanced Nurse Practitioner, MSc RGN INP Asthma COPD PGDip Diabetes and FPSH. |
Adele Blunt | Practice Nurse, RGN |
Practice Staff
Bernadette Arthur | Practice Manager |
Health Visitor
Our health visitors offer health advice and support mainly to families with young children. This includes help with parenting and behaviour management and also support to women with post natal depression. Please telephone them on 0141 843 4355
District Nurses
There is a district nursing team which carries out nursing care for the patient at home as well as providing care within the practice. Please telephone them on Tel. No. 0141 207 7760
Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Sister Susan Simpkins is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner who can diagnose and treat many medical problems which previously required an appointment with a doctor. Please let the admin staff when booking an appointment as they will get you put in for the correct clinician.
Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANP’s) are healthcare professionals educated to Master’s level who can mange a wide variety of medical conditions. They can perform clinical examinations, order investigations and give you a prescription and arrange onward referral to hospital or other specialists.
Work also includes management of chronic diseases:
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Stroke
- Epilepsy
- Chronic kidney disease
- COPD and Asthma
Practice Nurse
Adele Blunt is our Practice Nurse. She can undertake initial monitoring of chronic diseases such as:
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Stroke
- Epilepsy
- Chronic Kidney
- COPD
- Asthma
She will sign post on for further assessment or management plans.
Her work also includes:
- New patient medicals
- cervical smears
- contraception monitoring & administrating
- lifestyle advice
- weight management
- some injections
- blood sampling
Health Care Assistants
Our Health Care Assistants are available to:
- take bloods as requested by clinician
- blood pressure
- weight and height