Nursing Team

I joined GDoc in September 2016 and I manage a fantastic, devoted team of thirteen specialist nurses. Our work ranges from supporting practices to cover staff shortages, mentoring and providing training courses from update days to degree courses. Our aim is to standardise the level of nursing knowledge across the county in specialist areas such as diabetes, respiratory conditions, cardio-vascular disease and sexual health.

I have been qualified for over 15 years and my career path ranges from Neurology, practice nursing and more recently diabetes specialist nursing. I feel very privileged to be part of GDoc especially at a time when the NHS have published there “10 point plan for general practice nursing” as this evidence will enable our nursing team to drive this forward over the coming years.

I joined GDoc in October 2015 to provide respiratory sessions for Practices within the County where support was needed. I completed my asthma and COPD diplomas many years ago, but through my 18 years as a Practice Nurse have always had a special interest in respiratory conditions. With GDocs backing I have passed the level 6 Spirometry course in 2017, enabling me to provide support to colleagues undertaking spirometry. I enjoy the flexibility and variety of work that GDoc gives me.

I have been qualified for over 30 years and apart from Practice Nursing, I have spent 10 years in Haematology, the rest divided between Occupational Health at BAE and Emergency Care in a Cottage Hospital.

My nursing career has been mainly within primary healthcare in GP surgeries, prisons, humanitarian work abroad and elderly care. I have previously had several areas of speciality in general practice but now dedicate my clinics to respiratory care only. Working with GDOC has enabled me to refine my skills and knowledge in this area further.

Over the last 2 years I have worked with 23 surgeries in Gloucestershire either providing respiratory clinics or mentoring and teaching in asthma, COPD and spirometry. It is an excellent forum for sharing knowledge and good practice as well as improving and standardising the level of care offered around the county. As with most areas in medicine, respiratory care is constantly changing and one of my goals in this role is remain up to date with current research and evidence based practice and to share this information with other clinicians around the county.

I have been working for GDoc since April 2016 as a Diabetes Nurse Specialist.

I retired from full time work with Gloucestershire Care Services Community Diabetes team, where I was employed for 8 years. GDoc has been an ideal organisation to work for, as they have given me ample opportunity to continue using my skills in diabetes care. The role has enabled me to support GP surgery staff with up to date diabetes care by delivering mentorship on a one to one basis and promote self-management for the patients by undertaking clinics in the practices across the county.

This work has been varied and it has been very interesting to see how different GP practices tackle the ever increasing problem of Type 2 diabetes.
Patient questionnaires are given for them to complete after their consultation and the feedback has been very positive.

I have recently undertaken some education sessions with pre diabetic patients at Rendcomb practice. These were well received by both patients and practice staff. I hope to follow these sessions up with post education sessions in 3-6 months’ time to evaluate the effects on attitude and physical changes.

I have been working for GDoc as a CVD Specialist Nurse for approximately 18 months.

I have worked at a number of surgeries around the county supporting them with their annual CVD reviews and NHS health checks.

My background is in Coronary Care nursing and more recently in Cardiac Rehabilitation.

I am passionate about health promotion in both primary and secondary prevention and can often be heard on my soap box ranting about food marketing and labelling!

I enjoy the opportunity to work within a Specialist field and although there is a tendency to feel like ‘the new girl’, I have always been welcomed by the busy practice teams.

I joined the G-Doc Nursing Team 18 months ago after a very happy 25 years as a lead Practice Nurse. As a non-medical prescriber with qualifications in Triage, Minor Illness, Asthma, Specialist Practice Nursing and Sexual Health as well as substantial experience in travel health, diabetes and primary care. I felt well placed for the support which G-Doc offers to practices. More recently, G-Doc has enabled me to gain qualifications in COPD and ARTP spirometry. Using all these skills, I enjoy a variety of placements in different surgeries. It has been heartening to witness high standards of nursing care and I have found that being a G-Doc nurse is an excellent way of sharing good practice.

I am Diabetes Nurse Specialist I joined GDoc in April 2017. Working for GDoc has given me the opportunity to work in different localities within the Gloucestershire area and I enjoy the flexibility of this position.

I have been a diabetes specialist nurse for the last 12 years working in Secondary care as a member of a multi-disciplinary team managing both in-patients and outpatients for a period of 9 years.

Since working in the hospital environment I took a change in my nursing career and choose to take a role in the corporate sector as a Nurse Advisor within the Diabetes specialty. This role involved teaching and educating Health care practitioners around an injectable treatment. Following this period I realised my devotion was in patient care and I now work for GDoc reviewing patients with diabetes.

I qualified as a registered general nurse at the Royal London Hospital in 1987. I began my nursing career in oncology, and spent 6 months at Helen House, the children’s hospice. In Belize in 1994 I began my career in primary care. For 24 years I have enjoyed the variety of nursing in primary care specialising in asthma, COPD, diabetes and travel.

I am committed to improving the quality of life of patients through increasing their knowledge of conditions, supporting them to make healthier changes in their lifestyles and giving evidence based nursing care. I am committed to developing less experienced nurses in primary care and for the last 4 years have been the primary care lead nurse for HCCG organising fortnightly newsletters and regular educational meetings to support HCAs and all levels of nurses working in GP Surgeries. I am also interested in sexual health and work for the GP Federation in Herefordshire linking the sexual health clinic and GP surgeries to improve care for patients.

I have been a practice nurse for more than 25 years and came to work for G Doc 12 months ago. During that time I have helped give short term relief to practices throughout the county in a general practice nurse role, respiratory and contraceptive & implant fitting clinics. The practices have been extremely welcoming and grateful for help at times when they were understaffed.

More recently I have been involved in mentoring nurses new to Practice Nursing as part of the GDoc educational project supporting novice practice nurses. This has been extremely valuable and I am pleased that my experience can be put to use supporting and encouraging new nurses in General Practice at a time when recruitment and investment in the future practice nurse workforce is vital.

I am currently involved in a pilot scheme setting up and running a dedicated travel clinic for the Berkeley cluster. With 100 referrals so far in the first 2 weeks, this looks set to be a valuable local service.

I recently joined GDoc as a specialist respiratory nurse and run clinics for respiratory conditions including COPD and Asthma. I am fortunate to be part of a dynamic and professional team who deliver a high quality service across the county.

I have a ten year history of respiratory nursing both within the acute and community setting. I also, currently work for the rapid response service managing acutely unwell patients in their own homes.

In my short time with GDoc I have worked across the county mentoring other nurses; seeing patients with complex needs; managing exacerbations; diagnosing, as well as reviewing patients with chronic conditions.

Working for GDoc at the forefront of patient care has added another dimension to my development as a clinician and given me the opportunity to utilise my skills in this area. I’m excited to be a part of such a productive patient centred team.

For nearly three decades my specialist interest has lain within the exciting and diverse arena of Sexual and Reproductive health for both women and men.

Encompassing gynaecology, preconception, conception, obstetrics, contraception and STI management, some of my principal roles have included Midwifery at King’s College Hospital, London, Teenage Pregnancy Advisor , London, and Advanced Nurse Practitioner; setting up community integrated sexual health services in Hackney, London.

Returning to the South West in 2013, my roles have latterly included Sexual Health Advisor at Hope House and Clinical Nurse Specialist at Brook Young People Services in Bristol.

My current role as Specialist Sexual Health Nurse at GDoc, within the primary care environment, utilises all the experience and skills I have acquired. Patients can benefit from a service delivered by someone who actively choses sexual health as her specialist interest, hopefully reducing any sense of discomfort the patient may initially experience associated with the sensitive reason for their attendance.

My role is extremely rewarding, as often the patient leaves the consultation with information and/or treatment to resolve their sexual and reproductive health needs with immediate effect.

Teaching and mentoring is also a key component of my work with GDoc, facilitating practice nurses to achieve a deeper insight and competence in the field and ultimately achieving the Diploma in Sexual and Reproductive awarded by the Faculty.

I joined GDoc in March 2017 and work as a Practice Nurse with a special interest in Diabetes. I love all the challenges that diabetes care presents. Every patient is so unique and their treatment individualised. I love to help up skill other clinicians with their diabetes knowledge, providing support for the more complex patient who may require insulin for example.

I have been nursing for over 20yrs, originally in acute surgery, then as a district nurse and now as a practice nurse - both in a GP surgery in Stroud and with GDoc.