16/04/2026
👋🤝 M E E T O U R A D V A N C E D
N U R S E P R A C T I T I O N E R 🤝👋
We’ve had an influx of new followers, welcome👋! So now seemed a good time to begin our "Meet the Team" series and introduce our advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) to you 🤝
Meet Katie Brown who has been working at the surgery since August 2022, but there are still many patients who have not yet encountered her. Katie qualified as nurse more than 20 years ago and heralds from Yorkshire🤍 (you can hear her accent in the voice over on the video🔈).
❤️If you’ve already met/spoken to Katie, please give this post a heart❤️reaction.
❓WHAT IS AN ANP?
Her role can often cause some confusion, and it is not uncommon for patients to mistakenly call her “Dr Brown”! Here is an explanation by the Royal College of GPs and NI Practice & Education Council (NIPEC) for nursing and midwifery:
“An Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) in a GP surgery is a highly skilled, master's-qualified nurse who operates autonomously (independently) to assess, diagnose, treat, and prescribe for patients with acute or long-term conditions.
ANPs act as a key part of the multidisciplinary team, improving patient access by handling same-day appointments, managing complex care, and referring to specialists when necessary, complementing the role of a GP.
In addition, the ANP provides leadership and education to General Practice teams, contributes to research and promotes innovation, leads service improvement and works collaboratively to influence policy development.”
Indeed, Katie was elected as a member of the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) UK-wide Advanced Nurse Practitioner Forum Committee and has an active role in this committee. She is known for her projects at the surgery, which lead her to be nominated for the RCN’s NI Nurse of the Year for Primary Care Award in 2025.
🧐KATIE’S PARTICULAR SKILLS/INTERESTS
Katie worked as an ANP in urology and is lovingly referred to as the ‘urine queen👑’ (what an accolade!💛). She now runs our very own ‘Urology clinic’ at the surgery to use her in-depth knowledge and skills to manage our patients with these issues.
She was also previously a diabetes specialist nurse and provides input and review of more complex diabetes issues. She has a keen interest in the use of diet and lifestyle to improve overall control/medication reliance and help patients not progress from pre-diabetes to diabetes. See her information guides below
➡️Pre-diabetes and other metabolic conditions e.g. PCOS, fatty liver:
https://www.priorysurgery.co.uk/_common/getdocument?id=362318
➡️Type 2 diabetes:
https://www.priorysurgery.co.uk/_common/getdocument?id=362319
Finally, Katie is our ♾️neurodivergence🌈lead for those patients with, or suspected to have, conditions such as ADHD or autism. She tracks our ADHD shared care patient caseloads and is usually the person you will hear from if you have, or are on the path to seeking out, one of these diagnoses.
With this being said, Katie does see patients for the many ailments and issues that you might come to the surgery about. The exceptions are pregnant people – who need to be cared for by a GP or midwife, and children (apart from queries related to neurodivergence assessment/diagnoses) owing to her clinical background and training.
Priory GP Practice CIC 🔵🔷🔵
www.priorysurgery.co.uk
