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Mrs Mary
Deville
Health Visitors are trained in
nursing midwifery and public
health and deal with the health
of the whole family particularly
in the children’s early years.
They make an initial contact
during the ante-natal period and
then take over from the midwives
in the early post-natal period
providing ongoing advice and
support. Health Visitors run
parenting group sessions and
child health clinics, and carry
out development checks and
hearing tests in pre-school
children. Mary is also involved
in the stop smoking programme
and immunisation promotion, and
has further training in
counselling to help mothers with
post-natal depression.
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The Health
Visitor can be contacted on
Ashbourne 343541
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Laura Bestwick |
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The Derbyshire Dales
Midwifery Team provides ante-natal
care at clinics in the Health
Centre, and post-natal care in the
patient’s home. Most births take
place at Derby City Hospital, but
home births are supported by the
Team where appropriate. Midwives are
also available to give feeding
advice, lead Parentcraft classes and
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The Community
Midwives can be contacted on
Ashbourne 300120
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Sister Karen
Johnson and her colleagues
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The
District Nurses primarily visit those patients
who cannot get into the surgery.
They are a multiskilled team and are
able to carry out most nursing
duties, for example taking blood,
ear syringing, dressings, catheter
care, and palliative care for those
who are terminally ill, and drug
administration. They also specialise
in continence and leg ulcer
management. |
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Karen
Johnson |
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The
District Nurses can be
contacted on 01332
366717
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Alison
Muir is a PCT employed
pharmacist; her role
involves advising the
Clinical and dispensary
staff on issues surrounding
the prescribing of drugs and
other medications. |
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