Our Team

Pendre Surgery is operated as a partner managed GP surgery under GMS contract to the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The doctors practise together as a non-limited partnership, Dr S. Cotton & Partners. We undertake training for GP registrars and undergraduate medical students. We also mentor pharmacists and nurse practitioners.

The Doctors

Advanced Nurse Practitioners

Sister Carla Shone (Lead Nurse) BA Nursing honours degree, Independent Nurse Prescriber with MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice.

Duties - Our Advanced Nurse Practitioners can examine, diagnose and prescribe for many illnesses/conditions that a GP would and it may often be more appropriate to see an Advanced Nurse Practitioner than a GP, please ask a receptionist if unsure as she will signpost you to the correct clinician.

Practice Nurses

Sister Anna Olseen-Jones BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) - Welsh Speaker.

Sam Saynor

Our practice nurses see patients for child immunisation, INR clinics, travel vaccination and advice, chronic disease management e.g. asthma, diabetes, diabetic foot checks, CHD and COPD, contraception advice, coil checks, HRT, cervical smears, injections and swabs. Our HCA sees patients for blood pressure checks, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, well woman, well man and new patient checks, spirometry, ECGs, weight management, flu and pneumonia immunisation and B12 vaccinations.

Appointments can be made with our practice nurses for the following:-

• Child immunisation clinics
• Travel vaccination and advice clinics
• Blood pressure checks
• COPD clinics
• Asthma clinics (both adult and paediatric)
• Diabetic clinics (including foot checks)
• Zoladex/Prostap injections
• HRT advice
• Contraception advice/coil checks
• CHD clinics

Health Care Assistants

Mrs Jayne Bradbury / Mrs Tracy Cosens

Appointments can be made with our healthcare assistants for the following:

• New patient medicals
• BP checks (including 24-hour monitoring)
• Well woman/well man clinics
• Spirometry
• ECGs
• Flu/pneumonia vaccination
• cB12 injections
• Weight management

Practice Pharmacist

Alistair Barnwell

• Medication reviews
• INR clinic
• Hospital discharge medication reconcilation.

Pharmacy Technician

Dawn Hardman

Duties - Medication reviews, synchronising patient medications and Mental Health reviews.

Advanced Paramedic Practitioner

Ian Binnington MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Distinction)

• Asessment and management of minor illness.
• Home visits for house bound patients.

Practice Staff

Practice Manager
Mrs Alison Davies

Deputy Practice Managers

Joanne Collings-Jones (Finance)

Paul Deaves (Human Resources)

Reception Manager
Jilly Edge

Administration

The rest of our team consists of approximately 15 individuals covering the vital roles of Medical Receptionists, Reception Supervisors, Medical Secretary, Prescription Supervisor and Information Officers.

The receptionists are your link with the rest of the practice. They are trained to do a wide variety of tasks to ensure the smooth running of the surgery. It is a difficult and demanding job - please be patient and courteous to our staff at all times.

Other members of the Health Care Team

Community / District Nurses, telephone 03000 859859

These nurses work out of the King Street Clinic in Mold, providing a range of services to patients who are housebound, recently discharged from hospital, require dressings or injections. They provide health care and advice to those who are seriously ill at home and to their relatives.

Health Visitors, telephone 03000 858666

Health visitors cover the Mold area and advise on pre-school children and services to older adults and encourage the uptake of immunisation.

Community Midwives, telephone 03000 859567

Community midwives work with the doctors to provide care for women before and after the delivery and care for the baby over the first two weeks of life.

Social services, telephone 01352 702642

Social Services are available to help with social problems.

Macmillan Nurses telephone 01978 726188.

Macmillan nurses are specialists in cancer care. They advise on the best ways to manage pain and other symptoms; they offer expert care on treatment options and they give psychological support to people living with cancer. Their support and advice is available from the moment someone is diagnosed, throughout the course of their illness. Macmillan nurses work as part of a team of health care professionals, caring for patients, co-ordinating care and providing continuity between hospital and the community. Requests for a Macmillan nurse can be made through your GP, district nurses, hospital consultant and hospital staff.