Staff

The Church Street Practice Staff

The Doctors   top

The Doctors work together, as a team and no longer have specific patient lists.  Any of the doctors will be glad to see you but we do encourage you, as far as possible, to see the same Doctor when your problem is ongoing.  There will be times when the Doctor you request is not available but you will be offered an appointment with another Doctor, a GP Registrar or possibly a locum GP.

In addition to general medical services, all the Doctors provide maternity, contraceptive and child health surveillance services.  The Practice also provides a limited minor injuries service

The Practice Manager    top

The Practice Manager, Mrs. Sheila Dearman, is responsible for the administration of the practice. This includes the management of personnel, finance, planning and development and quality issues.

Should you have any queries concerning these areas in the practice, suggestions or complaints, Mrs. Dearman will be happy to discuss them with you. Please telephone her on 01235 774511.

The Practices Nurses    top

The five registered Practice Nurses offer a wide range of skills and provide regular clinics Monday to Friday, 09:00-12:30 and 15:50- 18:30 with a mixture of book on the day and pre-bookable appointments. The services they provide include health checks, healthy lifestyle advice, cervical screening, travel vaccinations, ear syringing, removal of stitches, blood pressure monitoring, wound care and smoking cessation advice as well as specialist clinics for monitoring patients with asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke.  They also welcome young patients who may wish to discuss health issues.

Lesley also specialises in triage and minor illness, family planning advice and COPD. Minor illness covers new acute problems such as coughs and colds, sore throats, earache, nosebleeds, rashes, cystitis, acute asthma attacks, bites and stings, diarrhoea and vomiting and acute back pain but not those already being treated by a doctor. She offers a minor illness clinic on a daily basis so ask for an appointment with her rather than a doctor when possible

Susan supports the Practice Nurses by doing ECGs, taking bloods, assisting with minor surgery, new patient checks, blood pressure monitoring and looking after the chronic disease clinic appointments and other administrative work. Although highly competent, she is not qualified to interpret results or give any medical advice other than smoking cession advice.

The District Nursing Team    top

Simone Foster, Tina Campion, Jo Lidsey, Alison Brown

The District Nursing team is based at the surgery and works closely with the GPs and other members of the Primary Health Care Team.  They provide quality nursing care and treatments to patients, relatives and carers in their own home. This includes care and support for the acute and chronically ill and care of the dying. They have specialist skills in continence advice, intravenous and chemotherapy administration and wound management. They hold an ulcer clinic every Monday, and Thursday, by appointment, for those able to attend the surgery.

The District Nurses can be contacted directly on 01235 774525.

District Nurse Auxiliary   top

Sheila Friend

The Auxiliary District Nurses provide assistance and support to the District Nursing Team

The Health Visitors   top

Lorraine Meadows, Agnes Stanmore

Health Visitors are family visitors with a special responsibility for pre-school children. They are available to help advise and support families with children.  They offer an open baby clinic every Wednesday morning 09:30 till 11:00, in the Health Education room at the back of the main foyer. Other clinics are by appointment.

The Health Visitors can be contacted directly on 01235 774567 at the Health Centre. Messages may be left at the Health Centre Main Reception or at the practice.

The Midwives    top

Carol Jones, Jo Allen

The Midwives can be contacted at the Maternity Unit on 01235 764343 or in an emergency at Wantage Hospital on 01235 205801. The Midwives are available for antenatal care, deliveries at Wantage Maternity Unit and postnatal care and advice. They run Parentcraft and relaxation classes with the Health Visitors and are responsible for the care of mother and baby for the first ten days after delivery. Maternity care is shared between the Doctors and Midwives and you will see both your own Doctor and named Midwife through your pregnancy to ensure optimum care.

The Counsellor    top

Dee Scully

The Counsellor can help patients with problems such as depression, anxiety, bereavement and relationship difficulties. Referrals to the Counsellor are made through your doctor.

The Information Manager    top

Gill Koch

Responsible for the monitoring of clinical targets, the recording and extraction of data which can be used for audit purposes and helping to maintain the running of the computer systems.

The Reception Staff    top

Jane King, Carole Rodger, Sharron Hosler, Hilary Moore, Sally Matthews, Julie Wastle & Sharon Huckstep,

The Receptionists will help you with appointments, test results, booking transport and general enquiries. If you want test results, we suggest you ring in the afternoon after 3.00 p.m.

The Prescriptions Team    top

Pamela Phillips, Anne Larder, Julie Wastle, Sally Matthews

These ladies will handle your prescription requests and offer advice on medication. If you want to phone through a request for a repeat prescription or have a query on your medication please ring them on 01235 774510, and if they cannot deal with it, they will speak to your Doctor and ring you back. Please see the prescription section in general information for more details.

The Secretarial Staff    top

Claire Delaney, Annette Daley

The Secretaries handle all the referral letters to Hospitals and other services and will help if you are concerned over delays in getting your appointment date from the Hospital as well as any other enquiries regarding hospital appointments that you may have.

The Accounts Staff    top

Tania Hoare

Responsible for claim forms and reports that need to be completed and other financial matters. 

Tel: 01235 770245