Stonehaven Medical Group

NHS Scotland
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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.

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood) and blood pressure measurement. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.  They are also trained to do ECG’s and simple dressings.