Practice Team

Doctors

Partners

Salaried GPs

Dr Emily Schofield

Dr Claire Reeve (On Maternity Leave)

Dr Emily Beirne

Dr Jennifer Devine

General Practitioner Registrars

The Practice is a training Practice.  A Registrar is a qualified doctor new to general practice who will have spent the previous three of four years since qualifying working in hospitals.

Dr Nicole Machnikowski

Dr Simon McSheaffrey

Practice Nurses

The Nursing Team provide appointments for dressings, ear-syringing, blood tests, cervical smears, contraceptive advice and prescription, travel advice and vaccination, health promotion advice, first aid, suture and clip removals.

Appointments are also available to monitor chronic disease areas such as asthma  ischemic heart disease, diabetes, stroke and hypertension etc.

Please contact the Receptionists to make an appointment for any of the above.

Diana Laing

Physiotherapist

Rebecca Adam

She can:

• Assess and diagnose what’s going on.
• Provide advice and exercises to help you manage your problem or condition.
• Refer you on to specialist services such as x-ray, physiotherapy rehab and orthopaedics if required.

To book, call the practice and ask for an appointment with the physiotherapist. Unfortunately the physiotherapist is unable to see children under the age of 16.

Phlebotomist

Steffi Connolly

Our practice phlebotomist runs regular blood clinics. If you feel you may require a blood test, please contact reception to arrange an initial appointment with a GP to discuss.

Administration & Reception

Practice Manager

Gillian Walker

Assistant Practice Manager

Lisa Snedden

Practice Secretary

Connie McDonald

Reception & General Reception Staff

The Practice has a team of receptionists without whom the Practice could not function. They have a very difficult and often stressful job attempting to balance the needs and wants of the patients with the availability of appointments and services. Their responsibilities include making appointments, telephone answering, switchboard operating, filing, patient registration, form filling and preparing repeat prescriptions.

Maureen, Steffi, Susan, Megan, Sara & Stacey 

Community (District) Nurses

Community (or District) nursing sisters are based at the Practice.  They care for patients in their own homes, usually at the request of a doctor.

• For messages and requests for the nurses during surgery hours ring 0131 524 0150.
• Out of hours the community nursing service can be contacted on 334 3490 or 666 2828.

Health Visitors

Health Visitors are at the Practice and are primarily responsible for the health and welfare of mothers and babies, children up to the age of five and the elderly and disabled.  They act as a link between the Practice and many social agencies.

Contact the Health Visitors on 0131 346 4686 and are usually available from 9am to 10 am on weekdays and at the Child Health Clinic.

Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs)

The Practice has Community Psychiatric Nurses attached for adults to age 65 and for the elderly.

Contact with them is usually arranged by one of the Doctors.

Community Midwife

The Midwife can be contacted on 0131 537 5268

Prescribing Pharmacist

Our Prescribing Pharmacist provides an Asthma/COPD Clinic on Thursday morning. Patients can access this service by telephoning the Receptionists on 0131 225 5220.