Staff

Doctors

  • DR COLIN SMITH

    Male

    MBChB (2002 Dundee), MRCGP(2006)

  • DR REZA ESFAHANI

    Male

    MD(1996), MRCP(Glasgow), MRCGP, DSFRH

Nurse Practitioners

  • CLAIRE DAVIDSON

    Female

    BN ,GPN dip -Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)

    Mrs Davidson is an advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) with broad medical knowledge and skills and works along with GPs and able to assess patients and independently prescribe medication for them.

Nurse

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

  • KAREN MCLEAN

    Female

    BSc Nursing

    Sister McLean is our practice nurse. She is an experienced nurse and perform cervical smear, chronic disease monitoring and management and all duties related to her position.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Practice Management

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

  • HELEN ARCHIBALD

Secretary

  • ANGELA

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

  • LORRAINE

  • CORRINE L

  • AUDREY

  • AINSLEY

  • JACQUELINE

  • CAROL

Community Nurses

The district nursing team provide a comprehensive nursing service for housebound patients and can be contacted every day. To contact the team telephone the Health Centre on 0300 303 0263.

Health Visitors

Health visitors are available every morning until 09:30. A Well Baby Clinic is held in the Main Community Dept. every Tuesday between 13:30 and 16:00 - no appointment necessary, to discuss any concerns face to face. They provide advice and help on parenting and behaviour management and also offer support for women with post-natal depression. Child immunisations are carried out on a Thursday by appointment. Please contact our health visitors for information on the above and other support groups on 01698 823583 or the practice telephone number.
Page last reviewed: 21 April 2026
Page created: 24 March 2026