Meet the Team

GPs

Dr T Subramanian (m)

BSC, MBBS, DLO, FRCS, Special interest in ENT

Dr R Haider (f)

Practice Nurse – Patricia

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks, immunisations 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.

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, and blood pressure checks. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, and carry out cervical smears.

Patricia works at the Practice on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

GP Assistant

GP Assistant will support our practice nurse 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.

Practice Management Team

Khimji /Indira

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 Team

Senior Receptionist – Linda , Nanji

Receptionist – Nicola, Malar, and Sarah

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, Nurses and Health care team. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions, handling prescription queries, processing letters, updating patient records, recalling patients and carrying any others duties.

Health Improvement Practitioner(HIP) – Eileen

Health Improvement Practitioner provides advice and helps patients develop healthier behaviour and lifestyles. They offer practical support to patients and provides intervention on the following:

• Over 40 NHS Health Checks
• High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
• At Risk of Diabetes
• Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Advice (patients on metformin/diet controlled)
• Lifestyle Changes – Encouraging patients to participate in increased physical activity, improve diet, healthy eating – high cholesterol patients etc

Please call the surgery to book an appointment with a HIP.

Mental Health Practitioner(MHP)- Damon

Damon is our Mental Health Practitioner. He sees patients aged 16 and over as the first point of contact, instead of a GP.

Damon works every Friday afternoon. Please call the surgery to book an appointment with him.

Musculoskeletal Practitioner (MSK) – Edward

Edward is our Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioner.  He is an advanced practitioner Physiotherapist, with extensive expertise in management of MSK (muscle or joint) conditions.  Edward sees patients, aged 16 and over, with (suspected or diagnosed) MSK conditions, as the first point of contact, instead of a GP. and can be accessed directly by contacting the practice’s reception team.

MSKs will be based at Little Lever Health Centre and works Monday afternoon.

Social Prescribing Link Worker 

Social prescribing and community-based support is part of the NHS Long Term Plan’s commitment to make personalised care business as usual across the health and care system and to bring additional capacity into the multi-disciplinary team. Social Prescribers are an integral part of the primary care network team, delivering holistic service to patients and improving the health and wellbeing of the local population.

Your Social Prescriber can offer support in these areas:

• Loneliness and Isolation
• Social development
• Financial issues
• Housing concerns
• Family concerns

The eligibility criteria for the Social Prescriber is anyone 18+ who is registered at our surgery, who may need help and support in a particular area.Please speak to staff for more information.

PCN Pharmacist – Sidrah

PCN Pharmacists help practices by reducing workload for the GPs. They work along side the GPs to help review patients medication, update medication changes from discharge letters and help reduce wastage of medications.

A Pharmacist may call you to review your medication or ask for you to book an appointment with them to discuss your medication in more detail.

GP Liaison Nurse (0 -19 Team) – Emma

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.

Paramedic – Heidi

Heidi is an experienced Paramedic. She assists the duty team with assessment and treatment of acute medical problems and carries out home visits. Heidi works all day Friday.