Practice Nurse
Kirsty McPherson
Practice Nurse – RGNPractice Nurses are fully trained in a wide range of skills including immunisations, health promotion, contraception and management of long-term conditions e.g. advice on diet and lifestyle choices, coronary heart disease, hypertension, asthma, diabetes, smoking cessation and obesity. Practice Nurses can extend their skills at diploma level and see many patients who previously would have seen the Doctor.
The nursing team run various nurse-led clinics for diabetes, asthma, coronary heart disease and COPD as well as providing general nursing services, dressings, removal of sutures and blood tests.
Community Treatment and Care Nurses (CTAC)
This service is run by Primary Care Staff Nurses who provide assessment, treatment, preventative care, screening, long-term condition monitoring and patient education mainly in a primary care setting.
CTAC provide a range of services such as phlebotomy, blood pressure management, wound care management, compressions, suture removal, vaccinations and ear irrigation.
Appointments can be made by telephoning Maybole Medical Practice on 01655 882708.
Our CTAC Nurses
Leigh Wylde – Health Care Support Worker
Skye Russell – Staff Nurse
Julie McDonnell – Staff Nurse