Nursing Team

Our team of qualified Nurses, which comprises a Nurse Practitioner, Practice Nurses, Health Visitors, District Nurses and Midwives, offer a wide range of skills to help you deal with every aspect of physical and mental health, both in the surgery and out in the community.

Nurse Practitioner
Sheila Graysmark RGN DipPP BSc(Hons) Community Nurse Practitioner, Independent Nurse Prescriber
I have trained and worked locally for 30 years, starting my career at the old Cuckfield Hospital, subsequently working at the Princess Royal Hospital. I moved into a community nurse role in 1994, soon after becoming a Practice at Cuckfield in 1995.
In 2003 I completed my Nurse Practitioner degree and have enjoyed the extended role this has allowed me to do, running minor ailment surgeries alongside the GPs. This includes taking a full medical history, conducting physical examination, requesting diagnostic procedures and diagnosing. In 2004 I gained my non-medical prescribing qualification and can now also prescribe where appropriate.

I have continued my role in chronic disease management, especially diabetes, asthma and COPD. I am team leader of the nursing team and co-ordinate the nursing service in the surgery. As Nurse Practitioner I am involved in ongoing evaluation of care given in the surgery through the use of audit and the planning and organisation of future nursing services.

Practice Nurses
Libby Gwynne RGN
My name is Libby Gwynne and I am a Practice Nurse with qualifications in travel health medicine, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast and cervical cancer screening, reproduction and sexual health care.

I have extensive knowledge of family planning and am happy to advise on all aspects of this area.

Liz Hillman Smith RGN
I qualified in 1985 at the old Cuckfield Hospital where I worked for a while. I spent some years working in Norwich to enhance my nursing skills. I specialise in coronary heart disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and weight management.

I can give comprehensive advice on diet and lifestyle changes to help with weight loss or help with management of a chronic disease.

Philippa Luckett RGN
I qualified in 1985 at St Marys Hospital Paddington. After a year working at St Marys I went to work at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, where I specialised in burns and plastic surgery. I then spent 15 years working with the community with district and school nurses.

I am the smoking cessation advisor for the Practice and have a special interest in wound care and health promotion.

Libby, Liz and Philippa are also available for general nursing appointments which you can make with the Receptionist.

Sharran Rigby-Smith RGN

Practice Manager

Cindy Franzel

Administrative and Reception Staff

We depend upon our Practice Manager to organise the administration of the office and the smooth running of the practice as a whole. Assisting the Practice Manager we have a Reception Manager who supervises 13 part time staff who are responsible for manning the telephones, typing letters, entering the data onto the computer and liaising between patients and clinicians. Receptionists have a difficult and demanding job to do but are here to help you.

Please note that all the practice staff are bound by strict rules of confidentiality.

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