TB Nursing Service

The Locala Community TB service is a Nurse led service which provides high quality care and support to people and their families suffering from TB. The service works closely with secondary care and third sector organisations to deliver a streamless service. We aim to limit the spread of TB within the local community and reduce transmission of infection by screening, diagnosing, and treating people promptly. The service provides public awareness in different venues, educating people about this preventable disease and enabling the public to recognise the symptoms of TB, breaking the stigma that TB has within the community.

We care for all ages who may be suffering from active or latent TB

The management of TB patients is provided in both the community and the acute setting.

The scope of the service is as follows:

Carry out a full risk assessment of all TB cases and identify enhanced care management, support TB patients, ensure any close contacts are screened to prevent onward transmission. To detect both active and latent TB within the community and refer promptly to secondary care. Management of TB incidents and outbreaks
Deliver the national BCG programme for eligible children who have not had the vaccination at birth.
Carrying out new entrant screening clinics for people arriving into the UK from countries with a high prevalence of TB. Screening, diagnosing and treating these people is key to our aim of eradicating TB in the future.

What Our Patients Say

The majority of patients seen by the TB Service speak English as an additional language and so they have kept their patient feedback survey really simple and as user friendly as possible by using emoji’s!

Locala respects the privacy of our patients and their carers and is committed to listening to a diverse population. Therefore our surveys are anonymous and include equality and diversity questions for monitoring purposes only.

Patients left some of the comments below:

" I had a great time having my TB test.The staff are very lovely, patient and welcoming.They did a great job. " - September 2022

" Friendly Nurses " - September 2022

" Brilliant Nurses, the best ever " - September 2022

The service received 250 responses of feedback in 2023/24 – 99% very good or good response rate.

“I recently visited your clinic to get a TB test and I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude for the wonderful care I received from your staff. In particular, I would like to extend my thanks to Nurse who administered my TB test. Not only was she extremely professional and knowledgeable, but [he/she] also made me feel at ease during the procedure. She answered all of my questions and provided me with clear instructions on what to do next. The care and attention I received from nurse was truly exceptional, and I am grateful to have had such a positive experience at your clinic. Thank you for that all you do to provide high-quality care to your patients” - June 2023.

Meet the Team

The TB Team is made up of Specialist Nurses and Clinical Support Administrators;

Jayne Burnett - TB Nurse Specialist

Deborah Howgate - TB Nurse Specialist

Lynne Woolven - TB Nurse

Chantelle Lashington - TB Nurse

Elesha Minnia - TB Nurse

Oluwatobi Oyeyode - Health Care Support Worker

Jackie Flanagan - TB Admin

Odelle Whitehead - TB Admin

Fatima Patel - TB Admin

Get Involved with

At Locala Health and Wellbeing we are committed to our patients, and the wider community, is at the heart of all that we do. We want to hear what our patients and communities are saying, and involve you in how our community healthcare services are delivered. There are different ways you can get involved including:

Becoming a member - be better informed about Locala and our services, and receive invitations to complete surveys, attend events, be a mystery shopper, look at patient feedback and join in discussions - you can be involved as much, or as little, as you like.

Volunteering to work directly with our services - you can use your skills and experiences to support our services and benefit our patients.

Visit our 'Tell Us What You Think' - let us know what you think about the services you have used. We do listen and do make changes based on the feedback we get.