Albyn Medical Practice - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Doctors

Dr Judith Farquharson
MBChB (Aberdeen 1982) FRCGP DRCOG FPCert
Dr Farquharson graduated from Aberdeen University in 1982 and became a partner in the practice in 1985. Prior to entering general practice, her clinical interests were in obstetrics and gynaecology, an area in which she continues to maintain a specialist interest within the practice. She is the partner responsible for quality issues and is involved in business development. In addition, she is the Medical Crematorium Referee for Aberdeen.

Dr Mary Craik
MBChB (Aberdeen 1988) MRCGP
Dr Craik graduated from Aberdeen University in 1988 and joined the practice as a partner in 1993. Working with the Practice Manager she is responsible for staff management.

Dr Graeme Cornwell
MBChB (Aberdeen 1990) MRCGP
Dr Cornwell graduated in 1990 from Aberdeen University and joined the practice in 1994. He is currently the GP Trainer and has an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. He also has a strong interest in the business development side of the practice.

Dr William Harrison
MBChB (Aberdeen 1984) MRCGP DRCOG
Dr Harrison graduated from Aberdeen University in 1984 and joined the practice in 1995 after working in mission hospitals in Zambia. Dr Harrison specialises in minor surgery and ophthalmology and holds regular clinics in the practice.
He is a senior clinical lecturer with Aberdeen University Department of General Practice and regularly teaches medical students in the practice. Dr Harrison also works as a police surgeon.

Dr Jacqueline Prentice
MBChB (Edinburgh 2001) MRCGP BSc DFFP Dr Prentice studied medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating in 2001. She also completed an intercalated BSc (Hons) in Pharmacology in 1998. Working initially in Dumfries she returned to Aberdeen for GP training and joined the practice as a partner in 2007.

Dr Stephen Terwey
MBChB (Aberdeen 2001) MRCGP DRCOG
After graduating for Aberdeen University in 2001 Dr Terwey completed his GP training in Perth prior to working in New Zealand. On returning to Scotland he was a GP in Perth, Inverness and Elgin before settling back in Aberdeen. Dr Terwey joined the practice as a partner in August 2008. His clinical interests include palliative care, sports medicine and teaching.

Nurses

Our team of highly trained nurses perform all routine nursing procedures and have developed a wide range of extended skills in the fields of asthma, diabetes, heart disease, blood pressure monitoring, well woman screening including cervical smears, contraceptive services and travel health. They also offer general lifestyle advice on diet, exercise and smoking cessation. In-house monitoring of certain medications is also carried out, e.g. Warfarin.

Practice Management

Valerie Hepple

Our Practice Manager manages the administration and day-to-day running of this busy practice, assisted by an administration team. She has a background in practice management and IT, and a special interest in staff development, service provision and IT. She is your first line of contact should you have any non-medical queries or problems concerning the practice, or any suggestions for improving our services.

Administration

The administrative team consists of finance and IT administrators, receptionists, and secretarial staff. They are not medically trained. Therefore if you wish to receive detailed information about medical issues please ask to speak to a doctor or practice nurse.

Our team of receptionists are your link with the rest of the practice and are there to help you. They may need to ask you some medical details to help the rest of the team to work effectively. They work under the doctors' instructions. The clearer you can explain your problem, the better we can help. Any information you give to our team remains confidential. Our receptionists are trained to do a difficult job and they try very hard to do it well. Please help them to help you.

Our secretaries help us communicate with hospitals, other doctors and many other agencies on your behalf. If you have any queries about letters your doctor may have written, e.g. to hospitals, insurance companies, etc, please speak to one of our secretaries.

Pharmacists

Our practice-attached community pharmacist is Alison Davie. Alison monitors the prescribing activity of the practice and provides a range of prescribing advice. She can be contacted by telephone on 01224 586829.

Community Midwives

Our Community Midwife is Joyce Hunter. Joyce is closely involved with your care during pregnancy and after delivery. She is based at the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital (telephone 0845 456 6000) and has regular clinics at the practice on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Appointments can be arranged by telephone on 01224 586829.

Community Nurses

Our District Nurses are highly skilled and experienced nurses with a specialist qualification. They are involved in providing nursing care to housebound patients in their own home or within a care home setting. Activities include palliative care, wound care, continence care and chronic disease monitoring.

They can be contacted by telephoning their direct line on 01224 587857. If they are unavailable please leave a message on their answering machine.

Health Visitors

Our Health Visitors are highly skilled and experienced nurses with a specialist qualification and are involved in health promotion and illness prevention. Activities are primarily focussed on families with children under 5 years of age and include the provision of well baby clinics, parenting classes, childhood immunisation, advice and family support covering a wide range of issues and referral to other agencies as appropriate including social services. They can be contacted by telephoning their direct line on 01224 596755. If they are unavailable please leave a message on their answering machine.

Further Information

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