THE PRACTICE TEAM

The Medical Team The doctors practise together as a non-limited partnership Dr Rodney Sharpe (Partner) BSc, MB BS, MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG (London; registered 1979) Dr Peter Marshall (Partner) MB BS, MRCGP (London; registered 1980) Dr Stephen Madgwick (Partner) MB ChB, DOccMed (Cape Town; registered 1981) Dr Rachel Weeks (Partner) MB ChB, MRCGP, DCCH, DRCOG (Edinburgh; registered 1984) Dr Philip Haynes (Partner) MB BS (London; registered 1984) Dr James Pimm (Partner) MB ChB, MRCGP (Zimbabwe; registered 1982) Dr Stephen Brown (Partner) MB BS, MA, DObstRCOG, DCH, DTM &H (London; registered 1972) Dr Matthew Shaw (Partner) MB ChB, MRCGP (Bristol; registered 1987) Dr Rosalind Hislop (Partner) BSc (Hons), MB ChB (Manchester; registered 1984) Dr A Cleve Chevassut (Partner) BSc, MB BS, LRCP, MRCS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH, DTM&H (London; registered 1979) Dr Bernard Choi (Partner) MB BS, MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG (London; registered 1991) Dr Malveen Kaur (Partner) BM, MRCOG, DCH, MRCGP, DFFP (Southampton; registered 1994) Dr Xavier Quli (Partner) BMedSci (Hons), MBChB, DRCOG, DFFP, DCH, MRCGP (Sheffield; registered 1996) Dr Rachel Monk (Partner) MB ChB, MRCGP (Sheffield; registered 1997) Dr Margaret Tulley MB BS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH (London; registered 1983) Dr Karen Hicklin MB BCh, MA, MRCGP, DRCOG (Oxford; registered 1985) Dr Gillian Patterson MB ChB, DFFP (Bristol; registered 1980) Dr Rachel Aldridge MB ChB, DCH, DRCOG (Leicester; registered 1996) Dr Sarah King MB ChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH (Bristol; registered 1986) Dr Gabriele Gutmann State Exam Med, Dr Med, MCQ, MRCGP, DFFP

Administration Team Chris Hordle (Team Leader) Pennie Jones June Stannard

Secretarial Team Susan Bartlett (Team Leader) Lorraine Peters Angela Tappin

Admin Support Katherine Hepden a

Finance Team Debbie Heppolette  (Team Leader) Sandra Lowery

How To Contact Us

Please note that your calls may be recorded.

Routine Care

For routine appointments and enquiries, dial 08444 773 005 from 8.30am - 12.30pm and 2.00pm - 5.00pm.

Urgent Medical Attention

During open hours dial 08444 773 005.

When the practice is closed either dial the practice number or dial 0118 978 7811 for the out-of-hours service Westcall who cover all periods of closure including weekends and bank holidays.

Emergencies

At any time, if you have think you have a life-threatening emergency, dial 999.

From Overseas

To contact the practice from overseas please call 0044 870 112 7587.

WHO SHOULD I SEE?

The members of the practice work as a team. When you book an appointment, you will be asked to give us a brief idea of what the appointment is for to enable us to direct you to the most appropriate member of our team. Here are some guidelines for you to use.

Health Care Assistants offer ear syringing, blood tests, suture removal, etc. They provide a clinic for blood tests on a Wednesday morning from 7.00 to 10.30am.

Practice Nurses are available to provide repeat prescriptions for people on the contraceptive pill or HRT, and give regular injections. They provide health checks and advice to minimise your risk of having a heart attack or a stroke. You should also see a practice nurse for cervical smears, dressings, immunisations and minor injuries.

Specialist Practice Nurses are members of the practice team with specialist training in certain health areas. You will be asked to see the appropriate specialist nurse for ongoing management of asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary heart disease and to have your repeat prescriptions updated. Specialist nurses are also available for family planning and stopping smoking.

Health Visitors work from offices at the practice and also in people’s homes. They are concerned with health promotion and the prevention of illness, offering help, advice and support on many things affecting the health of both children and adults. You should see a health visitor for advice on such things as baby and child care, child health and development, minor ailments, family nutrition, family dynamics, coping with disabilities, welfare benefits and local services and facilities. They also run support groups.

District Nurses work from offices in the practice, providing nursing care for patients in their own homes and sometimes in the surgery. In addition to being skilled nurses, they know about the local and national services available, and in particular they provide teaching and support for carers. You should contact the district nurses if you need nursing care or a health check at home if you have recently been discharged from hospital, or if you are a carer.

Midwives work from each surgery providing antenatal and postnatal care, support and education to those who are pregnant. This includes antenatal clinics, drop-in clinics, parentcraft classes and home visits.

Doctors are available for consultation at all three sites. Increasingly the management of ongoing stable conditions is shared with the specialist practice nurses.

Physiotherapists are available through referral by your GP.

Chaplaincy: The chaplain is available to talk you through the spiritual aspects of life and health. She is also able to be alongside you when you suffer loss, face serious illness or just need someone to listen.

Smoking Cessation Advisors are available to help people who wish to stop smoking.

TEACHING AND TRAINING

We are a part of the Oxford Regional Scheme for training GPs and supporting medical and nursing teaching. Sometimes one of our team may have a doctor or medical student or student nurse with them during consultations.

When this happens we will always ask beforehand whether you are comfortable with this, or whether you would prefer to see your doctor or nurse on their own. Occasionally a video recording may be made of the consultation, but only with your written consent.