West End Medical Centre - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

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GDPR

The General Data Protection regulation is a new law that determines how your personal data is processed and kept safe, and the legal rights you have in relation to your own data. Pick up a leaflet from reception if you require more information.

PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP (PPG)

At the end of the summer we are going to be reforming our PPG. If you are interested in joining the PPG then please let the reception team know.

Doctors

Dr A L Parham
MB ChB MRCGP

Dr P A Doody
MB ChB MRCGP DFSRH CMDM

You are registered with the practice and not a particular doctor. You can request to see any doctor and all doctors and nurses will have access to your medical record. However if you want to see a particular doctor this may limit when you can be seen

Nurse Practitioners

Edina Parham
RGN RSCN BSc (Hons)

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.

Nurse Kath Harrison (f)

Healthcare Assistants

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.

Mrs Charlotte King (f)

Practice Management

Daniel Lord
Practice Manager

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

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.

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.