Nursing Staff
Advanced Nurse Practitioners (Rachel/Barbara)
Advanced Nurse Practitioners are experienced registered nurses with degree/masters level training. They are qualified and skilled to assess and diagnoses patients’ physical, psychological and social needs. They can order tests, prescribe and make referrals to specialists if needed. Our Nurse Practitioners work closely with the doctors and provide pre bookable appointments for patients, help oversee the management of chronic diseases, lead the same day emergency clinics each morning and can visit patients at home when requested.
Barbara Harris
Barbara joined us with a background and wealth of experience in community nursing. She is prescriber and helps co-ordinate the urgent same day care system and home visits for our most vulnerable and frail patients in the community.
Rachel Sidwell
Rachel trained in Adult Nursing at Bournemouth University and worked briefly in acute medicine at Colchester General. In 1999 she began her career in Accident and Emergency at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, starting as a Staff Nurse and progressing to Sister. In 2004, she began her training as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner, completing her degree in Advance Clinical Practice and her Nurse Prescribing Qualification in 2014. From 2006 to 2016 she worked in the Minor Injuries unit at Andover War Memorial Hospital, gaining a wide range of experience in minor injury, illness and acute skills. She is enjoying further developing her skills within general practice. When not at work, Rachel loves baking, walking and spending time with her family and her (high maintenance) cats.Practice nurses
Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma/COPD or diabetes, and carry out cervical smears, immunisations and travel clinics. They can also help with health issues such as family planning, provide healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings.
Winnie Shephard
Allison Spittles
Allison has responsibility for Diabetes.
Alice Barber
Healthcare Assistants (Dawn/Kate)
Healthcare assistants support our clinicians with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure checks, health checks, ear syringing, ECGs, spirometry (breathing test) and dressings.
Dawn Noble
Kate Williams
Phlebotomists
