Practice Nurses

Many of the things that you might think you need to see a doctor about can often be dealt with by nurses, several of whom have been trained to deal with some medical problems. Indeed, for some things she going to be more experienced at dealing with the problem than a doctor. Routine blood pressure checks, HRT and contraceptive prescribing, minor illness management and management of diabetes, coronary heart disease, asthma and COPD and many others, can come within their expertise.

Three of our nurses (Liz Lewis, Charlotte James and Gill Portsmouth) are also trained to take responsibility for the triage of urgent cases so they are dealt with by the appropriate person at the best time.

We also have one  Health Care Assistant. They take all our blood specimens and help the doctors and nurses with many other tasks. The present ones are also receptionists.

Liz Lewis RGN RM (full-time Nurse Practitioner)
Liz is a Specialist Practitioner in General Practice. She came to Keyworth Health Centre in 1993 as a practice nurse to do general practice nurse work and run our asthma clinic. She has subsequently developed our diabetes clinic and other services. She now also manages our practice nurse team. She also does teaching work and is a practice nurse lead for the Rushcliffe Primary Care Trust.

Charlotte James BSc RGN (part-time)
Charlotte came in 1999 to do general practice nurse duties. Charlotte has also been trained to undertake triage work and has responsibility for Clinical Governance in the practice.

Gill Portsmouth RGN RM (part-time)
Gill joined us in 2001 to run our coronary heart disease clinic. She has since added general practice nurse duties to her role.