Partners

MB BS 1998 MRCGP                                       

Work Days: Tues/Wed/Fri

GP Partner

Safeguarding Lead

MB ChB 1999 MRCGP

Work Days: Wed/Thurs/Fri

GP Partner

Training

As a training practice there are times when there may be university students present within your consultation. They will spend several weeks with us in order to gain the experience they need to become family doctors. You will be informed if there will a student present before your consultation, and you may opt out of this if you so require.

We are also a Training Practice for GP Registrars – these are qualified doctors who are training to be specialised in General Practice and usually spend 6 months with us.  You may be offered an appointment with a GP registrar as you would any GP within the surgery. At times you may be asked if you would be happy for your consultation to be recorded as part of their training.  At any time you can say no to this. 

MBBS 2000 MRCGP          

Work Days: Mon/Tues

Work Days Mon/Fri

MB ChB 1995                                                                    

Work Days: Tues/Thurs/Fri

Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Prescriber

Jenny is our Advanced Nurse Practitioner. She is trained in diagnosis, examination and prescribing and works alongside the GPs in treating our patients. She is also the head of our practice nursing team.

She has a special interest in both respiratory and dementia. She has a background of working as a Respiratory Nurse Specialist and has also worked in the community as a Community Matron with responsibility for frail elderly patients with complex health needs and currently leads on our care home reviews.

RGN

works Wed/Thurs/Fri

Our practice nurses have a wide range of responsibilities and duties.

They provide care for patients with long-term health conditions such as:

• Asthma,
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
• Diabetes
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Peripheral Vascular disease
• Hypertension 
• and other chronic diseases.

They also carry out

• Smears  
• Contraceptive management  
• Childhood immunisations
• Travel vaccinations

They are also available give general advice on health matters such as diet, weight and a healthy lifestyle.

RGN                                                                      

Work Days: Mon/Tues

RGN

Work Days: Wed/Thurs

Work days Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri

Dawn is the practice Nursing Associate

 She is currently working on Asthma management and qualified in Spirometry assessments. She also can do diabetic foot screening, DEPO, B12, Shingles, influenza vaccine, Pneumonia vaccines.  NHS health checks, including bloods, BP, height/weight and Kardia mobile 

Work Days: Mon/Tues/Wed

Work Days Wed/Thurs/Fri

Practice Manager

Administration Manager

Administrator

Medicines Manager

Medicines Management is about helping patients to get the best from their medicines and improving prescribing quality, safety and waste within the practice.

Christine’s work involves liaising with a wide range of people from patients, to healthcare staff, to pharmacies, to ensure good communication at all levels.

Some aspects of her role include:

Working with clinicians and receptionists when dealing with repeat prescriptions or new prescription requests, 

Promoting better use of medicines by developing relevant patient information,

Engaging with pharmacies to improve communication and working relations, 

Reducing waste by decreasing inappropriate issue of prescriptions,

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and They are trained to signpost you to the most appropriate clinical member of staff or service that you require. The reception team make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries and patient registration.

Receptionists require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. They, like all members of our staff (medical, admin, secretarial) within the practice, are bound by the same rules of confidentiality and have a legal duty to protect your information and privacy.

Our Reception Manager is - Lewis Wicks

Reception Manager

Apprentice

Medical Secretary

Duties include GP referrals to hospitals.

We have a midwife who will look after you during your pregnancy and after you have had your baby.  We hold weekly ante-natal clinics (Tuesday).

The District Nursing Team carry out a wide variety of duties such as:

• Drug Administration
• Simple and complex wound care
• Continence assessment
• B12 injections
• Catheter care
• Pressure care assessment
• Ear Irrigation (surgery clinics only)
• Palliative care
• Caring for complex deteriorating patients

District nurses run clinics in the surgery but also visit patients who are housebound and unable to get out.

When carrying out house calls they are unable to specify exact dates and times that they will be calling as they expect you to be home, however, they do recognise that some housebound patients do have to visit hospitals and day centres at times; If this is the case, when organising your home visit with the nurse, please let them know any relevant information with regards to this. 

District Nurses - direct line: 01670 536211.

Community Matron – Team Lead

Nursery Nurse

Administrator for the Health Visiting team

Podiatrist - Anna Trotter

We have podiatry clinics available on a Monday and a Thursday.

The podiatry service includes:

Foot care and advice

Diabetic foot checks

Nail Cutting

Nail Surgery

Housebound patients can arrange home visits for a podiatrist to call out. Please contact reception for more details if you require this service.

Podiatrist

Kerry is our Dispensing Manager. She dispensing medication for our patients who live in the Cambois area aswell as areas in North Blyth and East Sleekburn in the practices catchment area. 

The dispensing site has recently moved from Cambois and now dispensing from our main site in Bedlington Station. 

We currently offer a deliver service to those patient who are unable to get to the surgery to collect their medication.

If you live in our dispensing area and would like to know more about order your medication from us, please ring Kerry on 01670 823917