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

Middlefield Road
Tel: 08444 120023

32 New Road (Branch Surgery)
Tel: 08444 120023

CHARITY DONATIONS 2011

We held a cake morning in aid of the MacMillan Nurses and raised £135 and put on as many pounds eating the cakes!!!

We raised £30 for Children in Need

Health Charities

Marie Curie Cancer Care is a UK charity dedicated to the care of people with terminal cancer and other illnesses. Over the financial year 2010/11, we reached a total of 31,799 patients

01 Dec - 28 Feb
YouthHealthTalk

Youthhealthtalk enables young people, their family and friends, and professionals such as doctors and teachers to understand young people's experiences of health, illness and life in general. The website feature real-life accounts of issues such as effect on work and education, social life and relationships, consulting health professionals and treatment.

03 Sep - 28 Feb
Macmillan Cancer Support

One in three of us will get cancer and it’s the toughest thing most of us will ever face. If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, or a loved one has, you’ll want a team of people in your corner supporting you every step of the way. Macmillan provide practical, medical and financial support and push for better cancer care.

BBC Health

Diabetes patients miss key tests

More than 1.3 million diabetes patients could be missing out on vital and potentially life-saving health checks, the BBC learns.

US record kidney donor chain ends

The world's largest chain of organ transplants ends in the US after 30 patients received kidneys from living donors.

Government 'not trusted on NHS'

Over two-thirds of people do not trust the government's handling of the NHS, a poll commissioned for BBC Radio 5 live suggests.

Brain damaged girl awarded £7.3m

A girl left severely brain damaged by complications after her premature birth is awarded £7.3m.

'Promising' pancreas cancer drug

Scientists report promising results for an experimental pancreatic cancer drug treatment.

Manager resigns amid staff strike

A manager at Swindon's Great Western Hospital resigns prior to a 24-hour strike by support workers.

PIP implant women meet minister

Women with breast implants which have been linked to a health scare are to meet Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon.

Lansley heckled by NHS protesters

David Cameron says there are "myths we need to bust" after Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is heckled by protesters before a meeting on NHS changes.

Doctors warn over alcohol deaths

Failure to reform alcohol laws could lead to 210,000 preventable deaths in England and Wales in the next 20 years, doctors warn.

Mother's tears at death inquiry

The mother of one of five children whose deaths are being investigated by a public inquiry broke down as details of her son's final hours were discussed.

Health Protection Agency

Level 2 cold weather alert 17 February 2012

The Met Office has forecast that in at least the next two to three days there is a 60% chance of temperatures in the North East and North West regions.

Measles outbreak declared on Merseyside

A measles outbreak has been declared on Merseyside. There are 13 confirmed and 16 suspected cases ranging in age from nine months to adults aged in their 20s. Six people, four children and two adults, required treatment in hospital. This compares to just one confirmed case on Merseyside in the first six weeks of 2011 and one in the corresponding period of 2010.

Update on Legionnaires’ Cluster Associated with a Hotel in Spain

10 February 2012, 1400hrs. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has this week been alerted by the Spanish public health authorities about a further case of Legionnaires’ Disease in a UK resident who stayed at the Diamante Beach Hotel in Calpe, Costa Blanca, as well as two French cases. This brings the total number of UK residents associated with this cluster to 12, with three deaths.

Development made in breakdown of a Meningitis B vaccine component

Scientists from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) are a step closer to ensuring the stability of a component of a vaccine that may one day be used to protect against Meningitis B. The research is published today (Tuesday) in Vaccine.

Update on Legionnaires’ Cluster Associated with a Hotel in Spain

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is aware of nine cases of Legionnaires’ disease in English holiday makers associated with the Diamante Beach Hotel in Calpe, Costa Blanca since January 2012, in addition to four Spanish cases so far reported. Subsequently two of the English patients are reported to have died from their illness.

Outbreak of Salmonella Newport

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is investigating an outbreak of a strain of Salmonella Newport infection among 30 people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since the beginning of December 2011. Cases of illness caused by the same strain have been confirmed in Scotland, Ireland and Germany.

Health Protection Agency confirms new incinerator study

A new study to further extend the evidence base as to whether emissions from modern well run Municipal Waste Incinerators affect human health has been approved by the Health Protection Agency.

HPA helps solve radon problems in West Oxfordshire homes

Hundreds of homes across West Oxfordshire have been found to have high levels of radioactive gas radon. Last summer, the Health Protection Agency invited about 9,000 householders across West Oxfordshire to apply for a free test for radon, a naturally occurring gas present in all homes.

HPA helps solve radon problems in Orkney homes

Hundreds of householders across Orkney are being advised to act to protect their health, after HPA tests detected high levels of radioactive gas radon.

Cornish radon hotspot targeted

Thousands of households in a part of Cornwall with historic radon problems are being offered a free test for levels of the radioactive gas radon.

Doctors

Nursing Staff

Practice Team

Doctors

Dr Anthony Wright (m)
MBChB (1979 Sheffield) DRCOG DA DCH DFFP RCGP(86)

Dr Wright is a Full time Partner. His particular clinical responsibility is in Diabetes. He also leads the Hathaway Clinical Trials Unit which is integrated into the Practice and offers patients the opportunity to participate in Clinical Research in a wide range of conditions. There is further information on the website about the research being undertaken at The Surgery. This work occasionally reduces his attendance at the surgery.

Dr Jamie Brosch (m)
MA MBBChir (1986 Cambridge) DRCOG RCGP(91)

Interests: Orthopaedics and Sports injuries, Mental Health and Addiction Problems

Dr Brosch divides his time between the surgery and the Out of Hours Service, for which he is Medical Director.

Dr Tam Turek (f)
MBChB (1986 Dundee) RCGP(93) DFFP

Dr Richard Harper (m)
MBBCh (1988 Cardiff) RCGP (92)

Dr Ellen Goedbloed (f)

Artsexamen (1997 Free U Amsterdam) RCGP (02)

Dr Goedbloed works 4 days a week in the surgery. She is our lead GP for Hypertension, Epilepsy and Kidney Failure. She also works with the local addiction services for patients in our surgery.

On thursday afternoons she works in the Halo Clinic, delivering private cosmetic treatments including laser treatments and injectables

Dr Claire Osmond (f)
MBBS (1980 Guys) MRCGP DRCOG MRCP

Dr Vicky Jennings (f)
MBChB (1986 Bristol) DFFP

Dr Lorraine Jeffery (f)
MBBS (1988 London) MRCGP Dr Jeffery is involved in the medical care of patients on Cedar Ward at Chippenham Hospital.

Dr Philip Grimmer (m)

MB ChB (1995 Leicester) MRCGP (04) Dr Grimmer is involved in GP training and also works at Severn Deanery

Dr Brian MacKay (m)
Dr Mackay is an ST2 (Registrar) based in the Practice for 6 monhts from 1 February.

Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Practitioner

Donna Egbeare (f)
Nurse Manager

Penny Lovatt (f)
Nurse Practitioner

Susan Young (f)
Nurse Practitioner

Specialist Nurses

Clinical Research

Jan Wright (f)
Clare MacDonald (f)

Nurses

Nurse
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.

Susan Wilcock (f)

Dot Hayward (f)

Wendy Mant (f)

Sally Stevenson (f)

Amanda Watts (f)

Hayley Faulds (f)

Polly Revaliente (f)

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare Assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement, spirometry, ECGs, ear syringing, flu vaccinations and injections, health checks, dressings, stitch, clip and suture removal plus they support diabetic and COPD clinics. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Bridget Spencer (f)

Arlene Marsh (f)

Phlebotomists

Phlebotomists support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement, ECGs, INR blood tests and spirometry. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Michelle Young (f)

Alison Lynn (f)

Jean Gingell (f)

Practice Management

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.

Andy Briggs
Practice Manager

Barbara Harris
Assistant Practice Manager

Administration

Clinical Admin Team

Bernie Clisby, Patricia Dixon, Veronica Kearns,
Emma Merriman (Medical Secretary) Magda Brzyska,
Hilary Russell, Maureen Spiers, Carol Lambert,
Tina Weatherburn, Paula McKay, Linda Wyllie
Frances Booker, Wendy Mullan, Linda Slaughter,
Heidi Russell, Pauline Hughes, Elaine Chamberlain,
Angela Candy, Charlotte Miles, Michelle Sanders,
Natasha Smith, Jeanette Bell, Nina Nicholson, Julie Stewart,
Andrea Major, Debbie Haddow, Clare Jones, Daniel Pickering

Further Information

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