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Doctors
Dr Sharif Uddin (m)
Dr Uddin is one of our male GP Partners and has been with the practice since February 2012. He offers a full general practice service and he has a special interest in Diabetes. He is one of the practices GP Trainers. |
Dr Saeedah Anwar (f)
Dr Anwar is one our female GP Partner and has been with the practice since March 2013. She offers a full general practice service. She is one of the practices GP Trainers. |
Dr Alex Lomas (m)
Dr Lomas is our salaried GP. Alex joined our team permanently in August 2021 but he has been at the practice during his training for a number of years. He offers a full general practice service. |
Dr Natalia Khan (f)
Dr Khan is our GP Registrar Doctor (Year 3) from February 2023. She will be working at the practice for 12-15 months. GP registrars, are fully qualified and registered doctors, ie they have passed out of medical school and completed their 2 years of preregistration in hospital and been admitted as fully registered doctors on to the GMC list. All GP registrars must undergo this training before they can become fully qualified GPs in their own right. |
Dr Rizwan Zaman (m)
Dr Rizwan is our GP Registrar Doctor (Year 3) from February 2024. He will be working at the practice for 12 months. GP registrars, are fully qualified and registered doctors, ie they have passed out of medical school and completed their 2 years of preregistration in hospital and been admitted as fully registered doctors on to the GMC list. All GP registrars must undergo this training before they can become fully qualified GPs in their own right. |
Dr Mina Al-Khazraji (f)
Dr Mina Al-Khazraji is our GP Registrar Doctor (Year 2) from February 2024. She will be working at the practice for 6 months. GP registrars, are fully qualified and registered doctors, i.e. they have passed out of medical school and completed their 2 years of preregistration in hospital and been admitted as fully registered doctors on to the GMC list. All GP registrars must undergo this training before they can become fully qualified GPs in their own right. |
We are also a training practice and support newly qualified doctors to gain experience of general practice work and also doctors who have decided to work in general practice. |
Nurses
Sister Catherine Else (f)
Sister Else has been with the practice since 1992. She is qualified to offer a number of services to the patients. Her clinical speciality is Diabetes and she is the Practice Lead Nurse for managing our patients with diabetes. Her other clinics include: - Chronic Disease Management (i.e Diabetes, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease)
- Cervical Smear Testing
- Children's Immunsations
- Travel vaccinations (this is a non-NHS service and some vaccinations may be charged for)
She also goes out in to the community to carry out any chronic disease management reviews any of our patients who are completely housebound and are unable to get down to surgery. She can also carry out NHS Health Checks, New Patient Checks, 75 & over reviews, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Dementia Annual Health Check Reviews. |
Sister Dusty Ward (f)
Dusty has joined the practice in June 2023. |
| 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. |
Health Practitioners
Rebecca Hill (f)
Rebecca is our full time Assistant Practitioner. Rebecca is an important member of the practice team who works under the supervision of Practice Nurses and the GP's. She carries out various clinic reviews including: - New Patient Checks
- NHS Health Checks
- Aged 75 and over reviews
- Mental Health Annual Health Check Reviews
- Learning Disability Annual Health Check Reviews
- Demential Annual Health Check Reviews
- Blood pressure checks
- ECG tests
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Practice Management
| Mrs Aimee Hilton (f) |
| 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. |
Reception
Chloe
Receptionist/Administration/IT Administrator |
Ellie
Receptionist/Administration/Deputy Practice Secretary |
| Megan (f) |
| Sophie |
| Cherry |
| Tameka (f) |
| 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 most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits. |
Attached Staff
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Andrea Holman (f)
SOCIAL PRESCRIBING LINK WORKERAndrea is our social prescriber link worker. It’s estimated that one in five of the people who go to see their doctor are troubled by things that can’t be cured by medical treatment, like the effects of poor housing, debt, stress and loneliness. Many people are overwhelmed and can’t reach out to make the connections that could make a difference to their situation. This is especially true for people who have long-term conditions, who need support with their mental health, who are lonely or isolated, or who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing. And that’s where our social prescriber link worker comes in. Andrea can help people to identify what matters to them, and work out how to connect with the activities that might make a difference, giving people a sense of belonging that comes from being part of a community group. This can help people to stay physically and mentally well for longer and manage the long-term conditions they might be living with. For more information, please speak with one of our team. |
Rachael Croft (f)
Rachael is our trainee nursing associate. Nursing associates work with our registered nurses to deliver care for patients. Rachael currently supports the practice by running blood test (phlebotomy) clinics and can carry out health checks for patients on our carers register, patients aged 65-74 health check and NHS health checks. She can also carry out ECGs. As Rachael qualifies, the role will develop and she will be able to expand the type of work she can do in practice.
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James Limbert (m)
James is one of our Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioner and he joined the team in February 2021. He is the first point of contact for patients who may have the following: **All soft tissue injuries, sprains, strains or sports injuries – upper and lower limb ** Arthritis – any joint **Possible problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons or bone e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, tendon ruptures **Spinal pain including neck and lower back pain **Spinal pain including arm/leg symptoms – may also have neurological symptoms e.g. pins and needles, numbness **Post orthopaedic surgery **Mobility changes He will be able to: *Assess MSK problems *Give advice on self management *Provide a simple exercise programme *Administer joint injections , if suitable, after an assessment *Refer to Physiotherapy if require further input If you have MSK condition - i.e. low back pain, hip pain, knee pain, arm pain etc. you will be able to book an appointment with our MSK practitioner instead of seeing the doctor. Please be aware that you will be asked what you are booking an appointment in when you ring the practice to arrange an appointment so that our Reception Team can book you in with the best person to manage your symptoms/problems. We appreciate you co-operation so we can help you. |
Cameron Fleming
Cameron is one of our Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioner and he joined the team in June 2023. He is the first point of contact for patients who may have the following: **All soft tissue injuries, sprains, strains or sports injuries – upper and lower limb ** Arthritis – any joint **Possible problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons or bone e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, tendon ruptures **Spinal pain including neck and lower back pain **Spinal pain including arm/leg symptoms – may also have neurological symptoms e.g. pins and needles, numbness **Post orthopaedic surgery **Mobility changes He will be able to: *Assess MSK problems *Give advice on self management *Provide a simple exercise programme *Refer to Physiotherapy if require further input NB. Cameron cannot administer joint injections. If you have MSK condition - i.e. low back pain, hip pain, knee pain, arm pain etc. you will be able to book an appointment with our MSK practitioner instead of seeing the doctor. Please be aware that you will be asked what you are booking an appointment in when you ring the practice to arrange an appointment so that our Reception Team can book you in with the best person to manage your symptoms/problems. We appreciate you co-operation so we can help you. |
David Haslam
David is one of our Paramedics and he joined the practice in July 2021. David works with all 7 practices of our Primary Care Network. He holds 2 clinics per week at the practice. David supports the doctors, seeing patients and visiting. He is able to assess your problem, examine you, organise any tests that may be required and decide, with you, a course of treatment. |
Jennifer Thompson (f)
Our Mental Health Practitioner is Jennifer Thompson. She is a registered Nurse and Specialist Practitioner in Mental Health. Jennifer joined our team in November 2023. Jennifer is an experienced qualified mental health specialist who is employed by the Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust and commissioned by the Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group. She will be working as part of a neighbourhood of practices and will be running clinics for our patients at our surgery. *First point of contact at the practice if you have anxiety, depression, low mood. You do not need to see the doctor first, Jennifer will have the better expertise to manage your symptoms. *Second point of contact if you have seen a doctor and you or the doctor feels you require further advice or treatment. Jennifer can provide brief interventions, spend more time exploring your symptoms/problems and provide specialist advice/ongoing referrals to the Primary Care Psychological Therapy Service (where required)/safety and management plans. She will also provide support to our team of doctors and nurses. Please be aware that you will be asked what you are booking an appointment in when you ring the practice to arrange an appointment so that our Reception Team can book you in with the best person to manage your symptoms/problems. We appreciate you co-operation so we can help you. |
Raeesa Ali (f)
Raeesa is one of our pharmacists at the practice. She joined the team in 2022. Raeesa holds one clinic per week in which she reviews patients who need an 6-12 monthly review of their medications. She then supports the doctors with medication queries, reconcilling medication after a patient has been in hospital, requests from the hospitals to change any of their current medications. Rebena also supports the practice with our drug safety audits which we do to ensure that the practice are prescribing safely and effectively. |
Saliha Maaroof (f)
Saliha is one of our pharmacists at the practice. She joined the team in 2023. Rebena holds one clinic per week in which she reviews patients who need an 6-12 monthly review of their medications. She then supports the doctors with medication queries, reconcilling medication after a patient has been in hospital, requests from the hospitals to change any of their current medications. Saliha also supports the practice with our drug safety audits which we do to ensure that the practice are prescribing safely and effectively. |
Bhavisha Jariwala
Bhavisha is one of our pharmacists at the practice. She joined the team in 2019. Rebena holds one clinic per week in which she reviews patients who need an 6-12 monthly review of their medications. She then supports the doctors with medication queries, reconcilling medication after a patient has been in hospital, requests from the hospitals to change any of their current medications. Bhav also supports the practice with our drug safety audits which we do to ensure that the practice are prescribing safely and effectively. |
Jane Melia (f)
Jane is our Pharmacy Technician. She works across all 6 practices in our Primary Care Network. She joined us in 2020. Jane supports the practice with our drug safety audits which we do to ensure that the practice are prescribing safely and effectively. She works alongside the pharmacists and assists with medication queries, reconcilling medication after a patient has been in hospital, requests from the hospitals to change any of their current medications. |
Sarah Hall (f)
Sarah is one of our Pharmacy Technician. She works across all 6 practices in our Primary Care Network. She joined us in 2023. Sarah supports the practice with our drug safety audits which we do to ensure that the practice are prescribing safely and effectively. She works alongside the pharmacists and assists with medication queries, reconcilling medication after a patient has been in hospital, requests from the hospitals to change any of their current medications. |
Mohmed Patel (m)
Mohmed is our Health Improvement Practitioner at the practice. Mohmed works alongside our clinical team to support health prevention programmes. His clinics are for the following patients: *Patients at risk of developing diabetes. *Patients at risk of developing a cardiovascular disease. *Patients aged 40-75 with no precluding cardiovascular disease - NHS Health Check
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Megan Murray (f)
Megan is our Care Co-ordinator and works across the 6 practices in our local primary care network (PCN). Megan supports the practices by contacting patients who are due or who have not attended NHS cancer screenings (breast, bowel and cervical screening). She is also involved in any vaccinations programmes and supports us to contact patients who are due flu vaccinations (during flu season) and the MMR catch up programme. |