Heriot-Watt University Riccarton General Practice - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Doctors

Dr Victor R F de Lima

MB ChB (Edinburgh 1975) FRCGP DRCOG AFOM

Dr Susan A Cobbett

MB BS (London 1978) DRCOG

Dr Robert Ewing

MB ChB (Aberdeen 1995) DFFP MRCGP DipDerm

Dr Catriona Finlayson

MB ChB (Aberdeen 2003) MRCGP DFSRH DipOccMed

GP Retainer:

Dr Hannah McCormick

MB ChB (Edinburgh 2010) MRCGP

Nurses

Mrs Carol McGachie

RGN

Mrs Christine Cluness

RGN

Mrs Joanna Bisset

RGN MA BA

Practice nurses see patients by appointment. They are involved in all Practice activities including health promotion, vaccinations, blood tests, medical procedures, minor injury management and cervical screening.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Practice Management

Mrs Carol Pearson

Practice Manager

Miss Dinah Day

Assistant Practice Manager

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Community Nurses

District nurses are employed by the NHS and provide nursing care for our patients who are housebound.

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.

Health Visitor Information Leaflet