Musculoskeletal Specialist/Physio
Lucy Muller
District Nurses
Our District Nurses are Julie McGhie, Anne Milne and Auxiliary Nurse Margaret Mason.
Services for patients who are housebound and unable to attend the surgery include:
- Diabetic management
- Wound management
- Care of the dying
- Continence promotion
- Provision of equipment.
If you want to contact a District Nurse, please telephone: 0131 549 7360
A message can be left on the answer machine.
Health Visitor
The Health Visitor, Lucy Harkins, is available by telephoning: 0131 549 7351
Baby Clinic – arranged by appointment with Staff Nurse.
Community Midwife
Romana Shillinglaw
During pregnancy your antenatal care will be shared between your GP and the Community Midwife attached to this Practice. The Midwife antenatal clinic is held on a Tuesday between 9.30 and 11.30, please phone the surgery to make appointments. You and your partner will be invited to attend antenatal education classes, these are usually held at the Leith CTC.
Community Psychiatric Nurse
Southfield does not have a resident CPN but our doctors can refer into this service where appropriate. There is also a Thrive Drop in clinic available to all Southfield Patients. This is available at Craigmillar Medical Practice on Tuesdays between 10am – 3.30pm iThrive | Thrive Welcome Teams (ithriveedinburgh.org.uk)
Each Thrive Welcome Team has friendly, skilled, and experienced mental health practitioners. The team members work closely together, in a collaborative and supportive way to think about ways in which they can help and support you.
They will give you a warm welcome, putting you and your needs at the very centre of the support they offer you. The teams can see people aged 18 – 64 years.
Support is available for a variety of factors which may be affecting your mental health including:
- Help to manage their emotions
- Feeling anxious
- Having low confidence
- Feeling lonely and isolated
- Having difficulties in their relationships
- Experiencing feelings of low mood, and depression
- Carers’ mental health and wellbeing
Community Dietician
Your GP will refer you to the Dietician in the first instance and an appointment will be made for you