Our lead practice nurse – Trish Brown – is retiring at the end of March after 25 years working for Wyndham House Surgery.
A familiar face to many patients, especially if you are diabetic, Trish Brown has been instrumental in setting up many projects that Wyndham House runs or supports in our community. She started work here in 1989, when we were still in the old building (now part of the Community Hall) as a part-time Practice Nurse, following some interesting work experience in Cornwall, Barbados and Qatar. While with us Trish has carried out diabetes research, which was published in peer-reviewed journals, as well as also working at Exeter College as their college nurse for 10 years, and also training new Practice Nurses as an assessor/trainer on the General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme at Exeter Medical School (later the Peninsula Medical School).
Trish has been an integral part of the surgery for many years and has been the lead for managing diabetes patients for most of her time here. During this time rates of Type 2 diabetes have increased substantially, meaning that far more time and resources are needed to support patients with this difficult and complicated condition. We have been extraordinarily lucky to have one of the country’s leading Specialist Diabetes Practice Nurses working here and Trish will be sorely missed by staff and patients alike! We wish Trish well in everything she does after she leaves us!
Want to read more:
Follow the link to read an Interview with Trish or our exclusive 5 minutes with Trish Brown