General Practitioners treat all common medical conditions and refer patients to hospitals and other medical services for urgent and specialist treatment.

They focus on the health of the whole person, combining physical, psychological and social aspects of care.

*Partners in the Practice – The Practice is not a Limited Partnership.

As a training practice we have doctors and students who join us for a placement.

From time to time a medical student from the University of Wales Cardiff may accompany one of the doctors. Your help in allowing them to be present in a consultation would be much appreciated.

You will always be asked if this is acceptable to you.

The Practice Manager’s job involves implementing standard policies and procedures that keep the practice running smoothly, while also responding to any unexpected issues that regularly crop up.

The following Practice Nursing staff are employed by the Practice.

The community nursing staff are employed by the Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust and attached to the Practice to work with doctors and Practice nursing staff to providing home and specialist nursing care.

Healthcare assistants are an integral part of the team. They assist the GPs and practice nurse team in the service and delivery of the care management of the practice population.

Tasks may include:

• Blood pressure management
• Venepuncture
• Recording ECGs
• Health promotion such as smoking cessation

District Nurses, by arrangement with your GP or hospital doctor, will provide nursing support at home for the sick or housebound.

District Nurses can be contacted on telephone number 01656 753922.

Health Visitors are able to help with health matters relating to the under 5s.

D. Gamblen: 01656 311191

R. Power: 01656 311190

Working with the Practice to provide care for mothers before and after delivery of their babies, and care for baby in the first 2 weeks of life.

Telephone number: 07967 368490.

In addition to our clinical staff, the Practice employs the following support staff to complete our Primary Care Team:

As a teaching Practice, we are actively engaged in the further training of doctors, nurses, medical students and management staff. For this reason, our records are subject to regular inspection by independent doctors.

Qualified doctors, specialising in general practice, spend periods of six or twelve months in training with us.

The Practice also engages in medical research which may involve the use of clinical data, though at all times this is anonymous.

If you object to any data relating to yourself being used in this way, please inform the Practice Manager.