Dr Carroll & Partners - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Doctors

Dr Geraldine Carroll

MBChB MRCGP (Glasgow 1987)

Dr Julie Mallon

MBChB DRCOG (Glasgow 1990)

Dr Kareen Gallacher

MBChB DRCOG MRCGP (Glasgow 1989)

Dr Harbal S Bijral

MBChB (Aberdeen 1992)

Dr Kathleen Gibbons

MBChB DRCOG MRCGP (Glasgow 2003)

Dr Mairi MacLeod

BSc MBChB DRCOG MRCGP (Manchester 2005)

Dr Sarah Kirkpatrick

MBChB DRCOG MRCGP (Glasgow 2004)

Dr Stephen Budas

MBChB MRCGP (Dundee 2011)

Nurse Practitioners

Sister Margaret McArdle

Sister Amanda Davidson

Our 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.

Specialist Nurses

Sister Lorraine Brand

Sister Louise Dass

Our Advanced Nurse Practitioners are qualified and registered nurses who have undergone further training to allow them to work in a General Practice setting. They work closely with the GPs and are able to deal with many clinical conditions in most age groups.

Treatment Room Nurses

The Treatment Room Nurses carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and wound and dressing management. They also administer injectable medications, such as long-acting contraception or Vitamin B12, and are involved in childhood immunisations with the Practice Nurse. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Practice Management

Shirley Robertson
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.

Secretaries

Janice McCann

Pharmacists

The Practice has attached Pharmacists who help to manage requests for medication.

They also run clinics for the following conditions:

contraception
HRT
blood pressure
pain management
respiratory - asthma / COPD

If you have any questions about medication, please ask Reception and your query will be passed to a Pharmacist who will be able to contact you to discuss your issue further.

Community Nurses

District Nurses are senior nurses who manage care within the community, leading teams of community nurses and support workers as well as visiting house-bound patients to provide advice and care, wound management, catheter and continence care and medication support. They can assess people to see how to provide nursing care that allows people to remain in their own homes, maintain their independence, or have additional support after discharge from hospital.

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.