Meet the Team

Doctors

We have 7 regular doctors working at the surgery: 3 partners and 4 associates. Dr Fielden, Dr Hamid & Dr Dewedi work full time, the remaining 4 work part-time at the surgery.

Partners:

Associate:

From time to time we will have a doctor in training working at the practice. These are qualified doctors with experience of hospital medicine working with us to gain experience of working in general practice. They are supervised by Dr Sixsmith and supported during their surgeries by Dr Sixsmith and the other partners.

We will sometimes have a locum doctor providing cover for one of the regular doctors during periods of holiday or study leave. We try to use a familiar pool of doctors so that they are used to working in our practice and we are confident in their abilities.

As well as face to face and telephone consultations with patients to help manage acute and long term health needs, our doctors are busy behind the scenes:

• Arranging relevant referrals and diagnostic tests e.g. blood tests and x-rays, and then interpreting and acting appropriately on results;
• Ensuring patient medication remains safe and up to date;
• Undertaking home visits for housebound patients;
• Reviewing discharge letters and out patient appointment feedback letters and updating records and taking appropriate action required.

Nurses And Healthcare Assistants

Practice Nurses:

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Healthcare Assistants:

We have two Practice Nurses and one Healthcare Assistant. Our nursing team play a key role in the management of patients with chronic long term health conditions e.g. heart disease, asthma and diabetes. In addition they undertake an array of tasks including undertaking blood tests, smears, blood pressure monitoring, childhood and travel vaccinations, contraception advice and checks, smoking cessation, weight management, health checks and lifestyle advice, spirometry, ECGs and dressings.

If you feel you would benefit from seeing a nurse to advise you on lifestyle, diet or any other issue please telephone the surgery for an appointment.

Secretaries

Our secretary ensures that all referrals are typed and forwarded to the relevant hospital/other part of the health care system promptly.  They also deal with all private work undertaken by the GPs e.g. insurance claim forms, private medical examinations required for some types of employment.

Practice Managers

The Management team are happy to help with any queries you may have and can be contacted at the following email address: Hillfoot.surgery@nhs.net

Roles include:

• Arranging doctor, nurse and admin staff rotas;
• Staff management and training;
• Maintaining the premises;
• Handling and reviewing all significant events and complaints to ensure we learn from these;
• Overseeing the appointments system;
• Managing surgery finances;
• Ensuring we contribute towards national and local health improvement targets and develop to meet the changing needs of patients and the wider NHS.
• Overseeing all other systems within the surgery.

Attached Staff

We have many staff who are not directly employed by the surgery but work closely with us to look after the health care needs of our patients. Most of these staff are employed by the local Primary Care Trust.

• Community Matron – helping patients with particularly complex long term chronic health conditions.
• Health Visitors – supporting children under 5 and their families.
• District Nursing Team – providing a nursing service to housebound patients.
• Physiotherapist – expertise in musculoskeletal problems.
• Community Midwife – looking after the healthcare needs of pregnant women and newborns.
• Palliative Care Nurse – caring for patients living with cancer or nearing the end of life.
• Primary Care Mental Health Worker – supporting our patients with mental health needs.