THE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS

 

Dr Ani Gavrilovic MBBS, MRCGP

 

Qualified from Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1978. She joined the practice in 1985 and has spent the last 10 years involved in the training of doctors to become GPs within the practice. Her clinical interests include women and child health, counselling and palliative care.

 

Dr Tony Avery DM, FRCGP, BMedSci, DCH, DGM

 

Qualified from Sheffield University in 1986. He is a head of the division of Primary Care at Nottingham University Medical School and this involves him in teaching, research and administration duties. His clinical interests include prevention and treatment of cardiovascular problems, men’s health and travel medicine.

 

Dr Amanda Gunther BM BS BMedSci, DRCOG, DFFP, MRCGP

 

Qualified from Nottingham in 1993. She joined the practice as a partner in 2002 having previously worked as a doctor both in this country and overseas. She tutors medical students within the practice and has a special interest in joint injections.

 

Dr Jane Giddins BM BS BMedSci, DRCOG, DFFP, MRCGP

 

Qualified from Nottingham Medical School in 1991. She joined the practice in 1998 and is now working as a part-time partner. She tutors medical students within the practice and is interested in all aspects of general practice.

 

Dr Anna Henderson BMedSci, BM BS, DCH, MRCGP

 

Qualified from Nottingham in 1996. She joined the practice in 2002, working as a part-time partner. Her clinical interests include audit, minor surgery, diabetes, joint injections and palliative care.

 

Dr Jim Threlfall BM BS BMedSci, MRCS, DRCOG, MRCGP

 

Qualified from Nottingham in 1997. He joined the practice in 2005 as a partner. His clinical interests include musculo-skeletal medicine and minor surgery.

 

PRACTICE STAFF

 

Practice Manager

 

Craig Dorrington is responsible for the efficient administration of the practice and is happy to discuss queries, comments and suggestions regarding the day-to-day running of the practice. He has a full complement of receptionists who are specially trained and do a very difficult job in trying to meet the needs of both patients and doctors. They will deal with your queries, appointments and repeat prescriptions as efficiently and as quickly as possible. Sometimes they need to ask one or two questions to help judge the urgency of the request but they are bound by the same codes of conduct, with respect to confidentiality, as the medical and nursing staff.

 

The secretaries, amongst other tasks, will type the hospital referral letters. If you have an issue with any of these, please speak to them. We also have a data entry clerk and an audit clerk.

 

Information Technology Manager

 

Ed Longridge helps us manage our communication systems and information technology. Ed is very experienced in medical IT and practice management.

 

Practice Nurses

 

Helen Collier, Julie Astle, and Jill Cheetham are our highly qualified practice nurses and offer a wide range of services including health advice, respiratory and diabetic checks, blood pressure and coronary heart disease monitoring, family planning and cervical smears, childhood immunisations as well as other nursing tasks such as dressings. Appointments to see them can be made at reception. We need to know the reason for the appointment so we can give them the appropriate length of time they need.

 

Healthcare Assistants

 

Dee Curtis and Kim Howarth are our Healthcare Assistants. They are trained to take blood pressures, give flu vaccinations and take blood for blood tests.

 

Phlebotomists

 

Appointments can be made at reception for blood tests with our phlebotomists.

 

District Nurses

 

We have a team of experienced district nurses who are based at Dovecote House in Beeston. They offer a wide variety of services to the housebound and those recently discharged from hospital. This includes care of the young disabled, wound care, injections and terminal nursing care. They can be contacted by phoning Dovecote House Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm on 925 4281 or by leaving a message at our reception. At bank holidays, weekends, evenings and nights ring 929 9338.

 

Health Visitor

 

Tara Green is our experienced health visitor. Her primary role is with families with young children and those with special needs. She advises on specific health needs and closely monitors the development of young children. She can be contacted by phoning her directly on 925 4281.

 

Community Midwife

 

Angie Rowland is involved in the care of all mothers before and after the birth of their child. She is available for any queries or concerns at Dovecote House on 925 4281. Appointments to see her are made at reception.

 

Physiotherapist

 

Kathy Betts, our NHS senior physiotherapist, is available to see appropriate patients at the surgery on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Please discuss this with your GP as she can get very booked up.

 

Teaching And Training

 

To help with the education of future doctors we are linked to Nottingham University Medical School. We therefore may have medical students in the surgery from time to time. You will be informed when you book an appointment, or on arrival if this is the case. If you do not wish to have the student present during your consultation please let reception or the doctor know. We also have fully qualified doctors working with us for periods of between 4 and 12  months so that they gain experience in general practice. These enthusiastic, well trained and supervised doctors bring many benefits to the team and patients alike. Occasionally a consultation may be recorded on video, but only with the patient’s permission. These recordings are strictly confidential, seen only by doctors involved in training, and are erased afterwards.