Our practice is committed to training and education. We are a training practice for doctors, and each year a new doctor joins us. This person will be an experienced doctor who is with this practice for one year to gain additional experience in family medicine. We have regular teaching surgeries where two doctors will be consulting, but if you feel you might be embarrassed by the presence of another person during your consultation, a request to consult the doctor alone will be accepted without question. You will be informed when making your appointment if it will be a joint surgery.
Doctors
Dr Anne T Thompson
MB ChB FRCGP DRCOG DFFP (Glasgow) 1983 LFHom |
Dr Elena Fawcett
MD FRCGP DFFP DRCOG (Humboldt University Berlin) 1993 |
Dr Sarah Toleman
MB ChB (University of Glasgow) 2007. MRCGP |
Dr Hamish Kinnon (m)
MB ChB 2007 (University of Manchester), MRCGP |
Dr Dana Foster-Kucera
MD, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFFP, RCPSG Dip Dermatology (Universite de Lausanne) 1998 |
Dr Rebecca Howie
MB ChB 2003 (University of Dundee), MRCGP |
Dr Catherine Campos Rio (f)
BSc Family &Community Doctor(Spain) 2009 Medical & Surgical 1999 (UCLA), GP specialist hyperbaric & sub-aquatic medicine. |
Nurse Practitioners
Sister Debbie Russell (f)
RGN, COPD Respiratory/Siprometry Diploma, Coronary Heart Disease Diploma, Family Planning Certificate, Asthma Diploma |
| Nurse Jacqueline Edgar (f) |
| Nurse Dorothy Hose (f) |
| Nurse Ali Anderson (f) |
| Nurse Ellie Prentice |
Nurses
| 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
Ms Lorraine Thomson
Oversees the day-to-day running of the practice. She is responsible for all personnel, administrative and organisational aspects of the practice and is available to help with any non-medical problems relevant to the practice and to discuss surgery arrangements, suggestions and complaints. |
Administration
Mrs Nicola McKeirnan
Practice Administrator at Avon Medical Centre. |
Reception
| Our receptionists are fully trained and do a very difficult job. They are the first point of contact for most patients and help each patient make the best use of the practice resources. They also answer the telephones, make appointments, update the computer and take requests for home visits, consultations and repeat prescriptions. They are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses in the practice. |
Community Midwives
| The midwives, community psychiatric nurse and chiropodistsalso have their offices in the Larkhall Health Institute and are available on the same telephone number. |
Community Nurses
The community nurse team attached to the practice are based at the Larkhall Health Institute and can be contacted direct by telephoning 0300 303 0263 |
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. |