The Partnership is not a limited liability Partnership.
Doctors
Dr Carole Holme (f)
Senior Partner BSc MB ChB (Hons) DCH - Specialist Area, Womens Health |
Dr Mark Thompson (m)
General Partner MB BS MA MRCGP DRCOG - Specialist Area - Minor Operations |
Dr Susan O’Dell (f)
General Partner MB ChB DRCOG - Specialist Area, Minor Operations. |
Dr Catrin Clwyd Jones (f)
General Partner
MBBS MRCGP DGM DRCOG |
Dr Charlotte Rowland (f)
General Partner - BSc MBBS DRCOG DFSRH MRCGP DCH Other GPs: Dr. Anna Wood ♀ consults on a Monday, Wednesday and Thursday morning and Dr. Nina Battersby ♀ is available for consultations on Wednesdays and Fridays. Your appointment may also be with our GP Registrar, Dr. Ellen Aron ♀ , our Registrar is a fully qualified doctor gaining further experience as a GP. |
Nurses
Sister Gill Evans (f)
Nurse Gill Evans is available for the following appointments: - Asthma Checks
- Diabetes Checks
- B12 Injections
- Baby Immunisations
- Blood tests
- Blood Pressure Checks
- Coeliac Reviews
- Depo Injections
- Dressings
- Ear Syringing
- Flu & Pneumo Vaccinations
- New Wound Assessment
- Pill Checks
- Removal of Sutures
- Smear tests
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Healthcare Assistants
Mrs Angela Leach (f)
Angela Leach is available for the following appointments: - B12 Injections
- Blood tests.
- Blood pressure.
- Dressings.
- Ear syringing.
- Flu & Pneumo Vaccinations
- Over 40's Screening (Vascular Health Checks)
- Removal of sutures
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Mrs Geraldine Mullins (f)
Sister Geraldine Mullins is available for the following appointments: - B12 Injections
- Blood tests
- Blood Pressure Checks
- Coeliac Reviews
- Depo Injections
- Dressings
- Ear Syringing
- Flu & Pneumo Vaccinations
- New Wound Assessment
- Pill Checks
- Removal of Sutures
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Practice Management
Ms Helen Whyte (f)
Practice Manager |
Administration
| In addition to the Reception Team we have a dedicated Administration Team who provide the secretarial, data entry and note summarising functions within the practice. Whilst the majority of this work goes on behind the scenes you may well be put in contact with the secretary if you have requested a letter or a medical report from the doctor or if you have a query with a referral to hospital. |
Miss Evelyn McGuinness (f)
Medicine Manager. If you have any problems or queries with your prescriptions or medication, I am here to help answer your questions. I am available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 9am and 2pm. You can contact me on 01244 680169 or drop into the surgery and I can help with queries such as aligning your medication and explaining how repeat dispensing works and much more. |
Reception
Our Reception Team do a fantastic job in keeping the practice running smoothly and looking after the interests of the patients. The phones and reception desk can be very busy so if you have to wait we would welcome your patience. |
Pharmacists
Mr Calvin Chan (m)
Calvin Chan is our clinical pharmacist. He is available for telephone and face to face to consultations on Wednesdays and Thursdays. He is able to help with all medicines queries, and can help patients manage their conditions better by reviewing their medicines. |
Community Midwives
Our Midwives are based at the Children's Centre in Lache. The telephone number is 977791. The doctors and midwives provide full antenatal and postnatal services. |
Community Nurses
Chester South Community Care Team
The Chester South Community care team are based at the Lache Health Centre, Hawthorn Road, Lache, Chester. The Community care team are an intergrated team made up of community nurses, social workers, physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and a health and wellbeing co-ordinator. The community nurses can be contacted on (01244) 625030, The evening and night district nurses after 5pm (01244) 385306 and the weekend district nurses (01244) 341327 Community Matron We have a Community Matron who looks after patients with more complex healthcare needs at home often supported by the District Nursing Team. Patients are referred to the Community Matron by the GPs. |
Health Visitors
| The Health Visitors advise on health care of expectant mothers, babies and pre-school children. They are based at The Lache Medical Centre and may be contacted directly on 682991. |
Attached Staff
Miss Philippa Dove (f)
Philippa Dove is our wellbeing co-ordinator. Philippa is in our surgery on Thursdays and is available to see/telephone patients who have been referred to her. The Wellbeing service is designed to support patients with one or more long term condition/s to resolve their non-medical needs and improve their effectiveness to self-manage their conditions. Philippa can offer advice, signposting and support, and where necessary, low level non-statutory advocacy support, to assist patients with a broader set of non-medical issues. Philippa can deliver self-care management courses and one to one peer support. The key service outcomes Philippa strives to deliver are: • Improvements in patients' mental health and wellbeing. • An increase in the range of services offered by the Practice, allowing a more holistic care package • Interventions to increase social participation • Patients feeling supported to increasingly self-manage their long term conditions • Reduction in A&E attendances among patients referred to the Wellbeing service • Improvement in the link between the Practice and the local voluntary sector. |