Meet the Team

The nursing team deals with a range of conditions and health concerns and are experts in many areas of disease management including asthma, COPD, diabetes and hypertension.

• Phlebotomy
• Blood pressure and ECG monitoring
• Hearing tests
• B12, shingles, flu and pneumonia injections
• Wound management, dressings and doppler readings
• Diabetic foot check and life style advice
• Spirometry

Our phlebotomists, or HCAs, hold clinics each morning for patients needing blood tests.

The midwife holds ante-natal clinics and parentcraft classes. She visits you at home after you have had your baby. She holds a weekly clinic at the Swallowfield surgery and works closely with the doctors and the obstetric department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. The midwifery service manage all of their own bookings and unfortunately we are no longer able to book these for you. The midwives can be contacted on 0118 322 8059. Your midwife will provide you with further contact information during your first booking appointment.

District nurses that cover the Swallowfield surgery area are now based at Chalfont Surgery. This team provides comprehensive nursing care to the housebound and offers support, advice and education to patients and their carers. They also provide palliative care which, whenever possible, will help patients to remain at home if they wish. To contact the district nurses you can telephone 0118 949 5083.

The health visitors who are attached to the practice are part of the Wokingham health visitor team based at Wokingham Hospital. They are nurses who specialise in health promotion and the prevention of illness. In particular, they give help, advice and support relating to the health of children and their families.

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 dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

We have 2 clinical administrators who handle all our recalls for your long-term conditions and routine vaccinations.

The other administration staff are responsible for managing the documentation that comes into and goes out of the practice.

The secretaries assist the GP’s in ensuring all referrals are sent in a timely manner. As well as being the practice secretaries they also assist the surgery team and patients in liaising with local hospitals and services.

The team of physios are the first point of contact for a new musculoskeletal injury.