Much Birch Surgery - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Doctors

Dr Andrea Johnson

MBBCh, MRCGP, DRCOG,DFSRH

Dr Avril Seftel

MB ChB, MRCGP, DFSRH, DPD als

Dr Dominic Horne

MB, BS, MRCGP

Dr Jane Downing

BSc (Hons), MBBch, MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG JAD

Dr Laura Howe

MB BCh, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH, DipDERM

Dr Edward Dennison

MBBC, BSc, DRCOG

Locum Doctors

Dr Paul Downey

Dr Zara Bieler

Nurses

Sister Martina Davies

nurses Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Sister Esther Taylor

Sister Kate Dawson

Healthcare Assistants

Mrs Julia Davies

Mrs Tara Rowlands

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Phlebotomists

Mrs Carol Scarisbrick

Practice Management

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Mrs Louise Parckar

Administration

Mrs Yvonne Bevan

Finance Manager

Miss Ellie Baxter

Apprentice

Reception

Mrs Lydia Hughes

Mrs Allyson Hearn

Mrs Bridget Vickers

Mrs Helen Gwillim

Mrs Pauline Lewis

Mrs Kelly Atkin

rec 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 direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses.

Secretaries

Miss Danielle Preece

Practice Secretary and Carers Lead

Mrs Sophie Dale

Deputy Secretary

Mrs Joy Prew

Maternity cover

Mrs Kirsten Jones

Maternity cover

Community Midwives

Mrs Arwen Nixon

A team of midwives look after pregnant mums in weekly ante-natal clinics.

Attached Staff

Mental Health Nurse - provides a weekly clinic to provide mental health support.

Diabetes Specialist Nurse - a monthly clinic for patients with complex diabetes problems.

Physiotherapists - clinics twice a week with Jan Hadley to provide physiotherapy and musculo-skeletal services.

Mental Health Consultant - visits once a month to see patients who have been referred to secondary care.

Dementia Nurse - Sarah Harris runs a monthly clinic for patients with dementia or concerns regarding their memory.

Community Matron - provides care and support within the home environment to patients who are identified as being at risk of hospital admission. GP's refer patients who are at risk of hospital admission to the Community Matron Team.

Although they are not employed by the surgery, we are fortunate to have all of these professionals working on site with us at Much Birch. However, in the event of sickness, training and holidays, they are sometimes unavailable to us, so we regret any inconvenience caused by their resulting cancelled clinics for which we at the surgery are not responsible.