The Partners

Dr Elizabeth Lang-Sadler MBChB DRCOG DCH 1976 (Manchester) Dr Anthony Kaye MBBS 1979 (London) Dr Rachel Howard MBChB MRCGP DRCOG 1989 (Leeds) Dr Niall Jordan MBBS 1996 (Newcastle) Dr Kamani Wijeyesekera MBBCh MRCGP DFFP 1989 (Wales) Dr Christopher Tower MBChB MRCGP DRCOG DFFP 1996 (Leeds) Dr Samina Ashraf MBBS MRCGP DFFP DRCOG 1997 (London) Dr Clare Reeves MBChB MRCGP DRCOG 1998 (Birmingham)

Medical students

Our practice has links with Manchester University and often we have 3rd/4th year medical students training in the practice. If you are unhappy seeing your GP with a medical student present, please inform the reception staff or your GP and the medical student will be asked to leave the room.

The Health Care Team

Practice Manager - Keith Fraser

Mr Fraser has the responsibility of managing both staff and finances on behalf of the doctors and ensuring that the practice is run in an efficient and friendly manner. He is available to listen to you if you have any comments or complaints about the service we provide and welcomes any suggestions you may have on how to improve the service.

Practice Administrator - Mrs Mary Richards

Mrs Richards takes care of the day-to-day administration necessary in running a busy GP surgery and will be only too happy to answer any administrative questions you have.

Practice Pharmacist

Our practice pharmacist is available to answer any questions you have about your medicines or repeat prescriptions. She also manages the repeat prescription process and helps the GPs review prescribed medication to ensure it is effective and appropriately monitored.

Practice Nurses

Practice nurses are available by appointment Monday to Friday. They are responsible for promoting and maintaining good health. They can advise on travel immunisations, diet, smoking cessation, alcohol control and carry out general health checks and smears. They also run asthma, COPD and well woman clinics (for patients on contraception), HRT, general health checks, smears and ear syringing. They also monitor hypertension (high blood pressure) and lipids (cholesterol).

Health Care Assistant

Our health care assistant is trained to carry out new patient health checks, over 75 health checks, to assist GPs in their minor surgery clinics and to perform basic checks to assist the practice nurses. She also monitors patients who have been diagnosed and are on treatment for high blood pressure (hypertension).

She also gives advice on smoking cessation. She is not, however, a fully trained nurse and therefore cannot give clinical advice.

District Nurses

District nurses provide nursing treatment to the housebound and patients recently discharged from hospital. They also run a clinic at the surgery on Tuesdays 2.00-2.30pm and a drop-in clinic at Princess Centre, Princess Road, Urmston on Mondays and Thursdays between 2.00-3.00pm (except bank holidays). They can help with minor injuries, dressings, injections, removal of stitches and ear syringing. Telephone 0161 755 3648.

Health Visitors

Health visitors visit all families with children under five years of age. They provide information, health promotion, advice and support to all age groups.
Telephone: 0161 748 2820

Community Midwives

Community midwives work with the doctors to provide care for mothers before and after delivery and care of the baby for the first fortnight of life.
Telephone: 0161 746 2858 24 hour number.

The Macmillan Nurse

The Macmillan nurse visits and cares for cancer patients in their homes and gives advice and support to their families.
Telephone: 0161 746 2080.

Community Psychiatric Nurses

Community psychiatric nurses help with mental health problems.
Telephone: 0161 912 3891.

Social Services

Social services help with all kinds of social problems.
Telephone: 0161 912 5199
Fax: 0161 912 5127/5128
Minicom: 0161 912 5129
Child Protection: 0161 912 5124
Email: CHT@Trafford.gov.uk

Walk-In-Centre

The nearest such facility can be found at Wythenshawe Health Centre, 1 Stancliffe Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, telephone 946 0065. Open 7.00am - 10.00pm seven days a week.