8 Ferniehill Road
Edinburgh
EH17 7AB
0131 664 2166
Phone number 672 9535
Available between 8am & 4.30pm Monday to Friday
(after 4.30pm, weekends and public holidays, please contact
NHS 24 on 111)
Our District Nursing team is headed up by Leigh Williams. Leigh and her team provide care to our housebound patients in their own home.
Your doctor or the hospital may refer you to our District Nurses if you are unable to attend the surgery for the nursing care you require.
If you need to contact the District Nurses, please leave a message on their answering machine, and they will get back to you as soon as they can.
0131 672 9457
Ramona Shillinglaw
Based at Gracemount Medical Centre
There is a clinic in the practice Wednesday afternoons 2pm – 3.30pm.
These appointment are pre-booked with the midwife. Unfortunately, the practice does not
have access to the midwives appointment diary.
0131 672 9511
Health Visitors Ali Reid and Angela Carroll
If you require advice on health matters or local services for all age
groups, Ali and Angela are here to help. Please leave a message on their answering machine, and they will get back to you as soon as they can.
They specialise in growth and development of children under 5 and are also happy to offer support and advice to older patients and some patients recently discharged from hospital.
Our practice team is headed up by Mrs Debbie Nicholson Practice Manager, who is responsible for the day to day running of the surgery.
The team consists of 15 clerical, reception, secretarial, nursing and cleaning staff. We are always looking for ways to improve services. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please contact Debbie.
Administrative Staff
Reception
Lesley Gardner (Head Receptionist)
Susan Greenhorn
Carol Farrell
Jennifer Connet
Cassie Muir
Anne Marie Cumming
Phlebotomy
Fiona Edward/Cassie Muir
In the ‘back offices’ our Secretary, Lesley Cowan provides secretarial services to the GPs. Our office team is headed up by our Office Administrator, Julie Conaghan, who along along with our admin staff - Fiona Edward, Susan Greenhorn, Carol Farrell, and Alana Kaja input data for diseases, prescriptions and recall systems.
The practice nurse team is headed up by Rebekah Parker
Her team includes:
The nurses work in the surgery and are available Monday to Friday. They provide a full range of nursing services such as dressings, removal of sutures, cervical smears, ear syringing, family planning, chronic disease management etc. Appointments arranged via reception.
Dr. Judy Buchan - BSc, MB ChB, MRCGP
Born in Edinburgh, Dr. Buchan attended St. Andrews and Manchester Universities and has special interests in Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Child Health.
Dr. Azhar Afzal - MB ChB., MRCGP
Dr Afzal originating from Edinburgh, graduated from Glasgow University in 2003. His particular interests are Ophthalmology and Minor Surgery
Dr Catherine Blyth - MB ChB, MRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG
Dr Blyth graduated from Edinburgh University. Her special interests are in Women’s Health, Family Planning and Palliative Care.
Dr Sarah Warwick - MB BChir, MRCGP, DRCOG, DCCH
Dr Warwick graduated from Cambridge University, and has special interests in dermatology and Women’s and Children’s Health
Dr Alison Pirie - MBChB DRCOG MRCGP
Dr Pirie graduated from Aberdeen University in 2009. She has special interests in Women’s Health, dermatology and education
Dr Susan Henderson - MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH
Dr Henderson graduated from Edinburgh University. Her special interest is Family Planning and she fits contraceptive implants and coils.
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