The Doctors

MEDICAL STUDENTS

Our practice has links with Manchester University and often we have third, fourth and fifth year medical students training in the practice. If you are unhappy seeing your GP when there is a medical student present, please inform the reception staff or your GP and the medical student will be asked to leave.

PRACTICE STAFF

Practice Manager

Mrs Sue Gilks

The practice manager will be able to help you with any administrative or non-medical aspects of the service we provide. Any suggestions about improving our services or indeed a complaint about the services can be made personally to the practice manager by telephone or letter.

The Receptionists

Reception Supervisor - Susan McInnes

Mrs McInnes is responsible for the day- to-day running of the reception and appointments system and deals with all aspects of patient registration /appointments. She will be happy to speak to you should you require any help whilst at the surgery.

Receptionists

The reception staff are here to help you and are your link with the rest of the health care team. When you telephone for medical attention, the receptionist may ask for a few details. They have been instructed to make these enquiries so that the doctor can determine the urgency of your request in order to help you in the most appropriate way.

Your reception staff includes Christine, Pamela, Hilary, Joyce, Deanne and Elaine.

Administration Team

Administration Supervisor - Kathy Kirby

Mrs Kirby is responsible for the day-to-day running of the administration section, which encompasses summarising, audit, prescriptions and secretarial work.

This section includes Ann (prescriptions), Kathleen (secretary) and Kath (data input clerk).

Practice Nurses

Elizabeth, Norma, Amanda and Carolina

We employ four practice nurses who are involved in the health promotion activities of the practice, such as Well Person, Asthma Clinic, Diabetic Clinic, Heart Disease Prevention, Menopause and Elderly Screening. In addition our practice nurses give vaccinations and advice for those travelling abroad, take blood tests and give injections. Norma is also fully trained in all aspects of family planning.

Phlebotomist

Christine - trained to take blood.

District Nurses

The district nurses provide home nursing services mostly for the housebound, elderly, chronically sick and people who have had recent operations. The district nurses hold clinics every weekday at Union Street Clinic. Appointments for ear syringing, dressings, removing stitches and injections can be made by ringing 366 4100.

Health Visitors

The health visitors deal mainly with families and their children under the age of five years. They are involved with our child health-screening programme at Clarendon Medical Centre on Tuesday morning.

They can be contacted at Selbourne House, telephone 368 4242.

Midwives

The midwives attend our antenatal clinics on both Monday and Wednesday afternoons and are available for advice at these times. In an emergency they can be contacted via Tameside General Hospital, telephone 331 6159.

Training

The surgery closes once a month, usually the third Thursday afternoon, with the exception of August and December.