Practice Manager
Our Practice Manager is L McLaughlin
Administration
We employ a team of administration staff who are responsible for clinical correspondence and ensuring the smooth day to day administration and clerical aspects of the practice.
Reception
Our receptionists have been trained to ask a series of questions to determine which clinician can assist. We ask that you please provide the information requested.
Doctors
Dr Dara Virdee – Partner
Dr Moses Bandrapalli – Partner
Nurses
S Wickerson (Lead) and H Craston are the Practice Nurses , who can provide a range of services, including ear syringes, injections, smears (including holiday vaccinations) and general health advice. In addition, the Practice Nurses are responsible for managing chronic disease clinics, such as Asthma, Diabetes and Hypertension.
Healthcare Assistants
Our health care assistants are available for blood pressure checks, phlebotomy, smoking cessation advice, NHS Health checks and some diagnostic tests.
Healthcare Professionals
Pharmacist Our in-house pharmacists can give advice about prescriptions, drug dosages, risks and how to use and store medication.
First Contact Physiotherapist Our FCP can assist with musculoskeletal issues such as back, neck and joint pain by: assessing and diagnosing issues. giving expert advice on how best to manage their conditions.
Social Prescriber We offer appointments with our Social prescriber who can connect people with local community activities and services that can help improve their health and wellbeing.
Advanced Nurse Practitioners Our Advanced Nurse Practitioners can assess the history of a patients and interpret the results of different investigations in order to make a diagnosis, and plan and deliver care. They are often able to substitute for GPs, which can help to alleviate pressures within primary care teams.
Community Midwives Our practice has a designated community midwife who holds a weekly clinic at our surgery. They offer a full antenatal service.
Community Nurses
The Community Nursing Team specialise in taking care of housebound patients. They receive referrals from local hospitals and Doctors.
Community Health Visitors
Our health visitor can offer help and advice to our patients. They are notified of all births and offer help and advice to parents.