• Karen Williams
  
  Karen Williams has specialist training to deal with minor illness that traditionally only the doctor has been able to deal with. She can assess you and provide you with a range of treatment options including prescribing medications to referral to specialists, as well as providing medical certificates if appropriate. She works closely with the doctors to achieve this role.
  
  Karen is also available for all chronic disease illnesses where regular follow up is required. For example; asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease and respiratory problems.
  
  Please do not hesitate to contact her by phone if you are unsure about whether she can help you.

Practice sisters

• Jane Kerrigan
  In the past Jane has worked at Charing Cross Hospital and Benenden Hospital as a theatre sister.  She has also worked at East Sutton Female Open Prison.  Her professional interests include all aspects of health promotion especially smoking cessation.
  
  Sadly Jane has recently broken her heel and currently in plaster. She hopes to be able to make a safe return to work soon.
   
• Jackie Hehir
  Jackie trained at Guy’s Hospital in 1983 and worked on various wards there until 1992. she then moved to Maidstone and worked at Maidstone Hospital on the Elective Orthopaedic Ward and was then promoted to Sister in 1999 and moved to Trauma Orthopaedics.  She joined the team at Len Valley Practice in July 2005 and loves her new role. Her special interest is wound care and management.
  
  Jane and Jackie can give travel advice, contraceptive advice, undertake all dressing reviews and wound care, diabetic checks, asthma checks, weight monitoring, blood pressures checks, medication reviews, ear syringing, ‘ECGs’ to name only a handful of their abilities.

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT

• Emma Picasso
  Emma offers BP checks, weight monitoring and ECGs. She also responsible for the efficient running of the surgery with regard to stocks and supplies.

Phlebotomists

• Celia Trimmer
• Emma Picasso
  Routine blood test appointments can be made with our phlebotomists via reception, quite well in advance if needed. Please note that blood test appointments are available between 9.00am to 10.30am most days. Hospital transport comes to pick up samples daily at 10.30am and so we are unable to offer any testing after this time.

For information on obtaining test results click here