Nurses

We have four practice nurses, who perform general nursing duties including wound and leg ulcer management, immunisations, taking cervical smears, managing minor illness conditions and running specialised clinics, and nursing healthcare assistant (HCA) who takes blood pressures, does blood tests, some injections, ECGs, dermoscopy, and runs the INR and cardiovascular screening clinics. We also have a phlebotomist who takes blood tests.

• • Nurse Kathryn Ashmore – Female
    Kathryn has been with Stoke Road Surgery since 2019. She is our lead for diabetes in the nursing team, and also undertakes CHD and heart failure reviews as well as general nursing duties. Kathryn mentors student nurses, encouraging the next generation of nurses into primary care.
  • Nurse Sara Jones – Female
    Sara joined Stoke Road Surgery in 2021, having previously worked at the hospital. Sara is the learning disabilities lead for the nursing team. She works alongside Kathryn as a diabetic nurse as well as general nursing duties.
  • Nurse Chloe Fletcher – Female
    Chloe joined the practice in early 2023, as well as general nursing duties she has an interest in respiratory conditions management
  • Nurse Hannah Murphy – Female 
    Hannah joined Stoke Road Surgery in late 2022 after previously working in the hospital. As well as general nursing duties Hannah is the lead for dementia management within the nurse team
  • Rachel Camm – Female Healthcare Assistant 
    Rachel is a very experienced healthcare assistant, who joined Stoke Road Surgery from the district nursing team in 2012. Her special interests are in leg ulcer and wound management and health promotion. She is also trained to assist in minor surgery clinics, as well as general HCA duties.
  • Wendy Biggs
    Wendy previously worked for the hospital, taking blood as a phlebotomist, (including the outreach hospital clinics here at Stoke Road Surgery) before joining us permanently in 2022.

  Community Nurses

  The District Nurse team provides care at home for those patients unable to attend the surgery. The direct phone number is 0300 421 6070 If the District Nurses are out visiting patients, you can leave your name and contact number and a member of the team will contact you.

  Health Visitors

  Health Visitors provide care for the under fives and their families. The direct phone number is 0300 421 6166. There is also a School Nurse and she can be contacted on 0300 421 6161.