GP Partner

MBChB (Aberdeen 1992),  MRCGP

GP Partner

BSc (hons), MBChB (Dundee 2004), MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH

GP Partner

BSc (hons), MBChB (Dundee 2006), MRCGP, DFSRH

GP Partner

MBChB (Edinburgh 2007), MRCGP (2014), PG Dip

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)

The ANP works autonomously and is accountable for own professional actions.

• Undertakes Clinical Nursing Practice at an advanced level using expert knowledge and clinical skills to deliver holistic care to people accessing primary health care services.
• Assessess, diagnoses and treats patients:
• attending primary health care services with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions
• in surgery or own home who require acute medical attention and refer to appropriate further care.
• Directly admits patients to secondary care hospital in acute medical need.
• Refers patients:
  • to other medical specialities if deemed appropriate.
  • as appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations including referral for x-ray.
• Has undertaken x-ray training as required by Tayside Health Board.
• Undertakes and interprets a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures e.g. cytology, venepuncture, blood pressure monitoring etc.
• Makes critical judgments of the highest order to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job  e.g. first contact with patients presenting acutely and manages care in the prescence/absence of protocols.
• Makes decisions where preceents do not exist, where appropriate without recourse to others  e.g. direct referral of patients to Hospital consultants without prior reference to other medical colleagues.
• Works within
  • professional guidelines and codes of conduct.
  • all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines  e.g. infection control, chaperoning, risk management.
• Extended and supplementary prescriber.

Senior Practice Nurse

RGN, BA Nursing Studies (Specialist Qualification practice Nursing), Family Planning Certificate,  Asthma Diploma, Diabetes Diploma, COPD Diploma, Nurse Prescriber.

Practice Manager

Admin & IT Manager

Reception Supervisor

We are pleased to share an attached pharmacist with another Forfar practice.

His main responsibility is to advise on all aspects of prescribing within the practice.  This includes making recommendations on the cost-effectiveness of medicines, carrying out various prescribing projects and individual patient medication reviews. He works with all members of the Primary Health Care Team and most importantly, with patients. Any changes he suggests to individual medication regimes are planned and discussed with the doctors before implementation.  He is bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and staff.

District Nurse Team Leader

The team of district nurses and healthcare assistants provide nursing care for patients of all ages in the community.

They can provide acute clinical care and have expertise in nursing terminally ill patients in their own homes. They provide support to both patient and carer and have a role as counsellor and health promoter in the community. Arrangements for care in the home are usually made by the doctors or on discharge from the hospital but should you wish to contact the nurse yourself, please telephone  Forfar 468344 Monday to Friday 09:00 – 16:30 or telephone the surgery.

BA Community Health Nursing, RHV, RSCN, RGN, Nurse Prescriber

Health visiting is a Monday to Friday service, offering both home visiting and clinic contacts. It is available to all families with children  0 – 16 years and assists families with the growth and development of their children, also assisting in areas of minor illness, immunisations, child development and management of the multiple areas of need around child behaviour and parenting.

The service works closely with other agencies, including school health, social work, education, police and voluntary services to meet the needs of the child and their family.

Should you wish to contact the health visitors please do so on Forfar 467095.