Handbridge Medical Centre - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

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Prepare for Christmas and check our opening times/ local pharmacies that are open over the bank holiday and information about repeat prescriptions, by clicking here thank you.

Have you had your flu vaccination yet, if you are eligible for a vaccine please make an appointment!

Econsult is now live, please click here if you would like an online consultation.

Always running out of regular medications?

Please keep a stock and order further supplies via EMIS patient access in good time.

If you are collecting from the surgery, please allow 2 working days, for your request to be processed. If you have requested that your prescription be sent to a Pharmacy please allow 3-4 workings before collecting from your Pharmacy.

It is your responsibility to order more medication in good time;

If you run out, we cannot release the duty doctor from more urgent tasks; please understand that for most long term medications, it is safe to leave them off for 48 hours. Our receptionists will only accept emergency scripts for medication that is dangerous to suddenly stop.

Do not ring our reception to check where your prescription is; you can check the progress of any script requested using the EMIS patient access. The system automatically updates once your script is issued.

PLEASE NOTE YOU CANNOT REGISTER FOR THIS SERVICE UNTIL YOU HAVE OBTAINED YOUR LOG IN DETAILS FROM THE SURGERY

To Register please come into surgery for your log in details. Once you have acquired these then please click this link for Patient Access https://patient.emisaccess.co.uk/

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 Friday. Your appointment may also be with our GP Registrar, Dr. Lucy Beebe, our Registrar is a fully qualified doctor gaining further experience as a GP.

Nurses

Sister Julia Lawson (f)

Practice Nurse RGN

Sister Julia Lawson is available for the following appointments:

Asthma Check
B12 Injections
Baby Immunisations
Blood tests
Blood Pressure check
COPD Check
Depo Injection
Dressings
Ear Syringing
Flu & Pneumo Injections
New Wound Assessment
Removal of Sutures
Smear Tests
Spirometry
Travel Vaccinations

Nurse 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

Healthcare Assistants

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

Sister 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

Practice Management

Ms Helen Whyte (f)

Practice Manager

Administration

Mrs Bridget Atkinson (f)

I.T and Data Manager

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.

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.

If you would like to speak to our Midwife link at the Surgery please ask for Chloe.

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.