Westcliffe Medical Centre

THE PARTNERS

The practice is owned and managed by a group of partners under a legal entity of a Partnership – this is a not a limited partnership and is as follows:

Dr Mary M Cuthbert	(female)	MB ChB MRCGP DRCOG (Manchester 1979)
Dr Sara H Humphrey	(female)	MB ChB MRCGP (Leeds 1990) DFFP
Dr Matthew R Fay	(male)	MBChB (Leeds 1992)
Dr Esther M Dalton	(female)	MBBS BSc DRCOG MRCGP (London 1993)
Dr Richard J Dawson	(male)	MBChB (Leeds 1998) PG Dip ENT MRCGP
Dr Ruth A Stockwell	(female)	MBChB DRCOG MRCGP
Mrs Julie Winterbottom	(female)	Post Graduate Diploma DMS

GP ASSISTANTS

Dr J Gavin Craig	(male)	MB BCh BAO FRCP MRCGP (Belfast 1970)
Dr Ian P Rutter OBE	(male)	MB ChB MRCGP (Leeds 1976)
Dr Matt Pickering	(male)	BSc (Hons) MB CHB DRCOG DipMedEd Cert Sport Inj. FRSPH FHEA MIFL
Dr Darren Simpson	(male)	MBChB MRCGP DPD
Dr Angela Wityszyn	(female)	MBChB DRCOG DFFP JCPTGP MRCGP
Sr Ghislaine Young	(female)	Senior Nurse Clinical Partner Advanced Nurse Practitioner MSc RGN RHV NP
Sr Sultana Bi	(female)	Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Sr Lynn Kitson	(female)	Advanced Nurse Practitioner

THE PRACTICE TEAM

PRACTICE AND BUSINESS MANAGER
Julie Winterbottom
Julie organises the services of the practice so that it runs smoothly.

ASSISTANT PRACTICE MANAGER
Debbie Shaw

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Rachel Clarke	Teresa Rossi	Karen Taylor	Michele Parrish
Manda Bean	Julie Sunderland	Julie Hollingsworth	Abida Kausar

RECEPTIONISTS

Barbara Poppleton (Reception Manager)
Manda Bean	Kathryn Pearson	Christine Pollard
Carol Butcher	Marylyn Sugden	Catherine Spencer
Lee-Ann Cunningham	Lynda Taylor	Diane West

They make appointments, prepare repeat prescriptions and deal with requests for home visits and general enquiries. They aim to provide a link, rather than a barrier, between you and the doctor. Please try to help them to help you.

NURSING STAFF

ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONERS
We have three nurse practitioners all trained to advanced levels. All are able to see and treat patients with a wide varity of conditions and can refer to hospital and prescribe where appopriate. Sister Ghislaine Young has a special interest in women's health, family planning, asthma, chronic lung problems and angina. Sister Sultana Bi's special expertise is in minor injuries and acute conditions, and Sister Lynn Kitson specialises in long-term conditions, palliative care and care of the elderly. She also performs most of the home visits for the practice.

PRACTICE NURSES
Suzanne Hutchinson (Practice Nurse), Clair Ryder (Practice Nurse), Bernie Cahill (Health Care Assistant), Abida Kauser (Health Care Assistant) and Michelle Haresign (Health Care Assistant).

Our nurses work in the medical centre, helping with health checks (providing a range of advice from diet and exercise to stopping smoking), blood pressure and ECG recording, blood tests, cervical smears and immunisations. They are involved in running specialist clinics for diabetes, COPD, mental health and vascular health checks.

HEALTH VISITORS
Sandra Cahill and Gill Warin (Health Visitors) plus Azirun Nessa (Assistant) and Marie Hall (Nursery Nurse)

Telephone: 323848

These are specially trained nurses concerned with the health of people of all ages, particularly children aged under five, their parents, the elderly and the handicapped. Health visitors make home visits and give advice and information on health matters.

They run Parentstart and baby massage groups.

DISTRICT NURSING TEAM

Led by Sister Lesley Burnett DN, the team includes Community Staff Nurses Laila Brett, Helen Hardaker, Christine Foxall, Louise Jones and Claire West. Lorraine Wilkinson is the Health Care Support Worker.

Telephone: 580886                            Fax: 322467

These nurses provide general nursing care to patients who are ill at home or housebound. They also run daily clinics at the medical centre, where they perform ear syringing, injections and dressings.

PHARMACIST
In our in-house pharmacy we have a practice pharmacist - Duncan Petty - who supports the doctors following prescribing guidelines and medication reviews.

TRAINING AND TEACHING
The practice is involved with the teaching of medical students and also with further training of doctors (already fully qualified and with several years of hospital experience) who intend to make a career in general practice. These doctors, known as registrars, are attached to the practice for six months at a time. Please accept them as one of us. The receptionist will tell you if the doctor you are seeing is a registrar.

Occasionally a video recording of a consultation is made for training the registrar or student. In the event of this taking place your consent will be asked for and if you do not wish to take part in this, the recorder will be switched off.

INVESTOR IN PEOPLE AWARD
The practice has been awarded Investor in People status.