Nurse Practitioner, Minor Illness Nurse & Duty Practitioner
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The Receptionist may offer you an appointment with one of the GP support staff. The Nurse Practitioner, Minor Illness Nurse or Duty Practitioner can diagnose and prescribe and can help you with the following minor illnesses:-
The Duty Practitioner triages calls and will visit Patients in the community if appropriate, they also have daily clinics.
None of these Specialist Nurses deal with - Mental health issues, medication reviews or issue sick notes.
Please note - The Duty Practitioner can not see Patients under the age of 6 weeks & The Minor Illness Nurses can not see Patients under the age of 2 years.
Carol Jackson (Nurse Practitioner)
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Carol Jackson - BSC Hons Nurse Practitioner 2008 Qualified Bristol Royal Infirmary 1981 |
Working in Primary care since 1991. Interest in womens health.
Working Pattern:
4 days a week- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Peter Wyatt (Minor Illness Nurse)
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Peter Wyatt RGN, Dip Health studies, Cert ed
Qualified Plymouth school of Nursing 1989 |
After 19 years in charge of the Minor Injures Unit at Launceston Hospital, I joined the practice in 2010 as the Minor Illness Nurse. My specialist interest is emergency medicine.
Working Pattern:
4 days a week- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
Marcus Wadland (Duty Practitioner)
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Marcus Wadland BSc (Hons) Health Studies, Post Graduate Dipolma in Emergency Care
Qualified Plymouth University 1994 |
After working with the ambulance service for the last 27 years I have joined Launceston Medical Centre, currently seeing patients in the surgery and carrying out some home visits. My speciality is pre-hospital emergency care.
Working Pattern:
4 days a week- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Gary Gamble (Duty Practitioner)
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Gary Gamble BSc (Hons) in Emergency Care
Qualified Plymouth University 1991 Working as Emergency Care Practitioner since 2004 |
After working with the ambulance service for the last 30 years as a Specialist Paramedic, I have joined Launceston Medical Centre, currently seeing patients in the surgery and carrying out some home visits. My speciality is pre-hospital emergency care.
Working Pattern:
4 days a week- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday