Madeline Wilson Madeline Wilson works as a Clinical Team Lead for District Nursing and is committed to ensuring that the people of Renfrewshire receive the highest quality and standard of community nursing care and treatment. My Journey As far as I can remember, I had always wanted to be a nurse. My parents used to…
District Nursing
Julie Churchill
Julie Churchill Julie Churchill is at North Berwick Group Practice, visiting one of the community nursing teams that she works with. It’s the first time they have been together since it was announced that she is now their permanent Team Manager. For the previous year Julie had been acting team manager, and is therefore familiar…
Hazel Hamilton
Hazel Hamilton When she took up her post as Senior Charge Nurse for community nursing in Annandale and Eskdale, top of Hazel Hamilton’s to-do list was reorganising the service from a single-practice focus to larger area-based teams. Annandale and Eskdale is a large rural patch in South West Scotland with scattered farms, quiet villages and…
Delia Howlett
Delia Howlett Delia Howlett has worked in the community since 1999, becoming a district Nurse in 2003. In 2016, Delia became team leader for Berwickshire and Cheviot which created a dual role of nurse management and district nursing. Based at Coldstream Health Centre, District Nurse Delia Howlett is team leader for the seven groups of…
Barbara McFadzean
Barbara McFadzean Barbara in the news Barb shares her experience in Webinar It is 8.30am on a Monday morning, and the members of the district nursing team based at Crosshouse Area Centre in Ayrshire are starting their day. Student nurse Katy Chan is on the telephone, picking up messages left overnight. Among them is a…
Ally Lister
Ally Lister The old matron’s house at Fleming Cottage Hospital in Aberlour is buzzing with activity. In the kitchen, tea is on the boil and biscuits are being arranged on plates. In the waiting room, a group of ladies is busy putting paperwork in order: there is a laptop computer on the desk, and a…