Our Allied Health Professionals

Health Visitors

Ms Sharon Steele (f)

Ms Katie Irving (f)

Ms Laura Somerville (f)

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

Physiotherapist

Mr Chris Goddard (m)

An Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP) now works in your GP practice. They are experts in muscle, bone and joint problems such as back, neck, shoulder or knee pain.  These are known as musculoskeletal (MSK) problems. If you are over 16 years and think you have an MSK problem you can book an appointment with them rather than your GP.

The APP will assess you and talk to you about management options.  This may include advice on how to manage the problem and exercises for you to work on at home.  If further tests, investigations or rehabilitation are needed they can organise this.  The APP works very closely with your GP and other colleagues in the practice to ensure best holistic care.

You can ask reception for an appointment with the APP or your GP may suggest this as the best option.

Chris Graduated with a MSc in Physiotherapy at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh in 2010 and completed the Independent Prescribing Qualification from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2022.  Chris spent his initial years post-graduation rotating through a number of specialties in acute care, before choosing to specialise in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy.  He brings over 10 years’ experience of the management of MSK conditions, including advanced skills in surgical profiling, necessary further investigation and analgesia prescription. 

Attached Staff

Working closely with us in the practice are district nurses, health visitors and community midwives.

Leith CTC has a Medicine of the Elderly Day Hospital, physiotherapists, community dieticians, ECG, imaging (X-ray and ultrasound), community paediatrics, minor surgery, vasectomy, endoscopy and an extensive range of visiting specialists from local hospitals.