At Merton Lodge Surgery we have a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals that are here to help you. You do not always need to see a GP, quite often another member of our practice team can help you. They are suitably qualified with extensive experience and expertise that ensure you get the right care for the medical problem you have.
– Physiotherapist
– Senior Mental Health Nurse
– Advanced Nurse Practitioner
– Practice Nurse
– Health Care Assistant
– Older Adult’s Nurse
– Phlebotomist
– Social prescriber
– Health & Wellbeing coach
– Clinical Pharmacy Technician
– General Practitioner
The people filling the above roles at Merton Lodge Surgery are your practice’s clinical team, they work together to help you.
MYTH BUSTERS:
Merton Lodge Surgery has no Physician’s Associates or GP Assistants working in our team.
We do often have medical students who you may see with our GPs or Nursing team. Medical students are directly supervised by our medical team and may be suitably trained & qualified to see some patients with certain presentations, with supervision. Your clinician will always talk to you about this before your appointment is booked, if it will be with a student.
When a hospital specialist advises you to “see your GP”, what they often mean to say is “your GP practice team”.
By talking to our Care Navigators or responding online to the questions that you are asked about your problem, you can get to see the right person at the right time.
Thank you for helping us to help you.
