Doctors, Practice & Attached Staff
Our team of Doctors, nurses, and administration staff work together to help provide the best possible service for our patients.
Doctors
Dr Katrina E S Duthie MBChB Dip Obs (NZ) (Aberdeen 1982) :: Part Time
Dr Patricia N Guthrie MBChB DRCOG (Glasgow 1979) :: Part Time
Dr Steven C Henderson MBChB MRCGP DRCOG (Aberdeen 1992) :: Full Time
Dr Karen L McLuckie MBChB MRCGP DPD (Aberdeen 1997) :: Part Time
Dr Catriona Lawson MBChB MRCGP DRCOG (Aberdeen 1998) :: Part Time
Dr Claire Nickford MBChB MRCGP BSc (Med Sci) (Aberdeen 1998) :: Full Time
Nursing Team
Mrs Margaret Rennie RGNMrs Gillian Duncan RGN
Our Practice Nurses hold their own clinics and can advise on a wide variety of health problems. Patients are seen by appointment or on referral from the doctor. The nurses are trained to do an extensive number of procedures, tests and clinics including: blood tests, ECGs, ear syringing, cryotherapy, cervical smears, health promotion, holiday advice and vaccinations, injections, diabetic, asthma, coronary and other chronic disease management clinics, dressings, and suture removal.
Nursing Assistants complement the trained nursing staff and undertake blood tests, new patient medicals, ECGs, and weight management.
Administrative Staff
Mrs Moyra CrawfordMrs Lorna AliMrs Karen Wiseman
Mrs Karen WisemanMrs Lois MurrayMs Petula Barclay
Miss Monica CrawfordMrs Lisa Fraser
Admin staff are here to help everyone - Doctors and patients. Sometimes they may ask questions which you could consider inappropriate, but they are doing so on the instructions of the Doctors, in order to help the clinical staff to plan their work and to make sure you get the care you need and the most appropriate appointment. All information given is confidential. They have a difficult job to do, so please be courteous to them at all times.
The reception staff can assist with a number of things, for example requests for sick notes, repeat prescriptions, etc. Please use their expertise to allow us to provide as responsive a service as possible.
Medical Student & Staff Training
We are a training practice, which means that we support medical students and postgraduate students to fulfil their training requirements whilst progressing towards completion of their studies. You will always be advised of the fact that your appointment is with a trainee and asked if you are happy with this before the appointment is confirmed. All trainees are supervised by a principle GP, and part of the training includes video consultations and patient satisfaction questionnaires. You will be asked if you wish to participate in these and are under no obligation to do so.
Turriff Medical Practice participate in Protected Learning Time and close for eight half days per year. This allows dedicated time for the GPs, nurses, and admin staff to undertake training and education to enhance their skills and keep up to date with developments which will ultimately lead to improvements to the care of our patients.
District Nurse
Mrs Elsie Anderson
Specialty Nurse for Elderly
Mrs Jacqueline Sopel
Miss Kerry McRae
Mrs Jennifer Johnston
Community Nurses
Mrs Sheila McKinnon
Mrs Lynn Ogg
Auxillary Nurses
District nurses provide high quality nursing and health care in the community, mainly in the home. These include: care for the acutely or terminally ill, screening for the elderly, disabled, and handicapped, and their carers, nursing care to aid recovery from illness, clinical procedures for patients who cannot attend surgery, and check ups for over 75s with chronic disease.
Mrs Jennifer Gerrard
Mrs Alison Jenkins
Health Visitors are qualified nurses with special training and experience in child health, health promotion and education. They offer practical support and advice in a host of diverse situations, aim to promote the health of the whole community and liase closely with other professional and voluntary agencies within the community. They also assist with childhood immunisations.