Teaching and Training
Lochgilphead Medical Centre is a GP Training Practice, approved by NHS Education for Scotland. You may be asked to see or talk to a medical student, junior doctor or GP Registrar during your visit. Your help in training the doctors of the future if greatly appreciated.
Doctors
Partners
The partners are GPs responsible for the running of the surgery as well as consulting patients. |
Dr Sinead Hutchinson (f)
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Dr Andrew Strain (m)
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Dr Bronagh O'Neill (f)
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Dr Laura Cameron (f)
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Dr Jennifer Henderson (f)
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Dr Andy Barlow (m)
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Dr Jock Barge (m) |
Dr Liza Stolton (f)
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Other Doctors
Responsible for consulting patients |
Dr Miriam Gent (f)
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Dr Alison Hewitt (f) |
Nurse Practitioners
Nurse practitioners are trained specialist nurses. They have undertaken additional medical education in order to provide advanced nursing care and to prescribe medication. |
Lorna Mitchell (Advanced Nurse Practitioner) (f) |
Mrs Hazel Whiston (Nurse Practitioner, Locum) (f) |
Nurses
Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears. |
Fiona Munro (Senior Practice Nurse) (f)
Special interest in coronary heart disease and health promotion. |
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. |
Fedra Macintyre (f)
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Practice Management
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Donna Gibson (Practice Manager)
The Practice Manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure 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. |
Barbara Johnson (Deputy Practice Manager)
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Katrina Kennedy (Senior Administrator)
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Administration
Our receptionists 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. |
Helen
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Fedra
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Alison
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Ann
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Ashley (f) |
Denise (f) |
Frances (f) |
Charlene (f) |
Julie (f) |
Pharmacists
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Mrs Anne McGlynn (f)
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Mrs Lia Castelvecchi (f) |