Doctors

Dr Abubaker Zarrouk (m)

MBBCh MRCOG MFFP (Qualified Cairo 1982)

Accountable General Practitioner

Nurses

Doreen Zarrouk
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.

Health Practitioners

Health Improvement Practitioner - Ms Moushira Atcha

She is a NHS Health Trainer, and has been specifically trained to motivate, support and advise people on how to get healthy, stay healthy and get the most out of life. Her role is to encourage people to change lifestyle behaviours which are known to cause ill health, and to prevent people getting conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.

Mental Health Practitioner - Mr Brendan Sharples 

The practice has a mental health practitioner, whose role is to help with assessment of needs of the individual. They can assess, advise, refer and signpost clients to the most appropriate services, their role is to support the patient's who are over the age of 18 with any new or on-going mental health issues.

Trainee Associate Psychological Practitioner - Mr Paul Charlson 

The practice now have a TAPP to offer support, his role will be based of referrals made by the MHP within the surgery. People will benefit from this service as he dedicates time to those in need and can be an advice service to those who are on the waiting list to an outside service.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) - Mr Thomas Slater 

The practice has a MSK (musculoskeletal) practitioner who can treat and refer patients over the age of 18 for any new or on going joint and muscular problems.

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.

Practice Management

Doreen Zarrouk - Practice Manager

Donna Hamer  - IT Manager

Jessica Hough - Practice Facilitator 

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.

Pharmacists

Pharmacist - Iqra 

The practice has a part time clinical pharmacist who assists surgery and can review patients in all aspects of medication safety, prescribing and assessment.

Community Midwives

Our patients have access to maternity services provided by the midwife team on 01204 390 612.

Community Nurses

The team can be contacted on 01204 463 570.

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.

The team can be contacted on 01204 365 512.