The Long Melford Practice - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

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Out of Hours

Between the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 8.00 a.m. Monday – Friday and over the weekend or bank holidays please dial 111 or the surgery number (01787 378226) where your call will be diverted to the out of hours service provided by the NHS Suffolk

Test Results

All results are seen by the Doctor who ordered them. Please telephone for the result between 2.00 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. when our staff will be able to pass on the Doctor’s message to you. Please allow 3 working days for results to be available.

Telephone Advice

If you need medical advice your details will be taken and our Nurse Practitioner will phone you back later. If the matter is urgent, please advice us and it will be dealt with straight away.

Doctors

Dr Ralph A Hughes (m)
MB BS

Dr Christopher J Browning (m)

MA MB BChir

Dr Elizabeth Hornung (f)
MB BS FRCGP

Dr Rachel Carr (f)
BSc MBChb MRCGP DRCOG

Dr Zoe - Anne Needham (f)

MBBS RCGP DRCOG

Dr Sara Macbay (f)

BSc (Hons) MBBS MRCGP

Dr Jessica Osborn (f)

Our Registrars

We assist in the training of doctors (known as Registrars) who are fully qualified with several years of hospital experience and who intend to make a career in General practice. Currently our two registrars are Dr Jessica Gell and Dr Lauren Davies

Nurses

Our team of Practice Nurses; Jenny, Christina and Tina review and treat patients for the following:

Chronic diseases such as asthma, Heart Disease and Diabetes,

Wound dressings

Travel advice and vaccinations

Child immunisations

Contraception and HRT checks

Smears

Ear syringing

General lifestyle advice.

Healthcare Assistants

Our Healthcare Assistants; Nicci and Mary Louise support the Doctors and Practice Nurses seeing patients for Blood Pressure Checks, ECGs, Smoking Cessation and New Patient Checks.

Phlebotomists

You can have your blood taken at the Sudbury Health Centre or at West Suffolk Hospital.

Administration

Our team of receptionists and adminstrators are here to assist the doctors in the smooth runnning of the Practice.

Community Midwives

Community Nurses

The Community Nursing Team works closely with the Practice in providing a service to those patients who are housebound. They can be contacted on 0300 123 2425.

Health Visitors

A team of Health Visitors hold regular baby and child clinics as well as giving advice on the general development of your child. They can be contacted on 01787 886396.

Dispensers

Our team of dispensary staff; Michelle Finch (manager), Ann and Steph handle your repeat prescriptions and medication queries. They also dispense medication to patients who request the service and are living in certain areas.