Crofton & Sharlston Medical Practice - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Doctors

Dr Carolyn Hall
MBBS 1987 Kings DRCOG

Dr Andrew Sykes
MBchB Sheffield BSC

Dr Joanne Taylor
MBchB Leeds 1993 MRCGP DFFP DRCOG

Dr Edmond Ferdinandus
ARTS Rotterdam 1993 DFFP

Dr Uzma Aziz (f)
MRCGP 2012 and MBChB 2006

Dr Pratibha Javali (f)

Dr Javali joined the Practice team as a part-time salaried GP May 2017

She works Thursday mornings and all day Fridays, along with every Wednesday TARGET morning

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.

Sister Louise Baker - team leader

Louise is our nursing team leader

Sister Maxine Hartley

Sister Kerry Fisher

Mrs Natalie McCarthy (f)

Natalie is our new lead respiratory practice nurse. She works along side Dr Ferdinandus specialising in respiratory illness and support.

She also works within the practice nursing team offering child health vaccinations, cytology, wound care, travel health advice, along with all other general nursing duties.

Natalie is also our ear care nurse mentor

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 Heather Brown (f)

Mrs Janine Richardson (f)

Ms Amanda Clark (f)

Amanda is a qualified HCA who has been helping the practice on an ad-hoc basis, but we are pleased to say she joined us permanently in April 2017. Amanda works Tuesday to Friday (inclusive)

Practice Management

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.

Mrs Ann Batty
Practice Manager

Administration

Mrs Sue Crawshaw - team leader (f)

Admin team leader

Mrs Claire Banwell

Mrs Anne Burton

Scanner

Bev
Secretary

Mrs Brenda Scarlet

Secretary

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.

Mrs Andrea Wilson

Ms Carol Johnson

Call Handler/Visits (Crofton)

Mrs Claire Midgley - team leader (f)

Reception team leader and other specific areas supporting the Practice Manager, including IT, Building requirements, telephony issues, and ad-hoc projects

Mrs Jackie Moore

Prescription Clerk (Crofton)

Ms Skeeta Kirk

Mrs Janet Gilfoyle

Mrs Tracey Spencer

Miss Rachel Parker

Miss Rebecca Deakin (f)

Miss Chloe Hunton (f)

Community Midwives

Community Midwives

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.