The Dower House Surgery

THE PARTNERS

Hester Clarke	1981 London MB BS
Maureen Simmons	1985 Southampton BM DGM
Timothy Whelan	1981 Cambridge MA MB BChir MRCGP
Louay Al-Mukhtar	1990 Basrah, Iraq MB ChB MRCP DRCOG MRCGP
Christian Lemm	1993 Dusseldorf German State Exam
Shanti Kakurla	1998 India, MBBS MRCGP MDGynaeOb
Stephen Selby	1981 Birmingham MB ChB MRCGP

The doctor's partnership is not a limited partnership.

SALARIED DOCTOR

Emma Dexter

1985 Nottingham BMedSci BM BS MFPHM MRCGP

We are an accredited GP training practice and you may occasionally be asked to allow a GP trainee to "sit-in" on a consultation. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this.

PRACTICE MANAGER

Our practice manager Mr John Pepper oversees the day-to-day administration and smooth running of the practice. He is assisted by our office manager, Sue Kennedy.

RECEPTIONISTS

The surgery employs three full-time and seven part-time receptionists. They are your first contact with the surgery and are there to help you with your needs.

The more information you can give them, the more they will be able to help you. They are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as doctors and nurses.

NURSES

Specially trained nurses work at the surgery and there is always one available during the day for help and advice. These duties include assisting with minor operations, blood tests, routine wound dressings, ear wash-outs, as well as specialised clinics. The current team is as follows:

NAME	MAIN QUALIFICATIONS
Susan Stroud	RGN 1981, Diploma Asthma Care, COPD Care, Paediatric Asthma Care, Allergy Care, BTEC Intermediate Award Infection Control, Introduction to Triage in General Practice
Glenda Morey	RGN 1991, ENB 998, Diploma Asthma Care, ENB Practice Nurse Course, ENB R71, BTEC Intermediate Award Infection Control, Contraception and Screening for Reproductive and Sexual Health
Denise Digweed	RGN 1985, ENB 998, Certificate of Primary Diabetes Care, Post-registration Diploma in Nursing Studies, BTEC Intermediate Award Infection Control, BSc Autonomous Nurse Practitioner
Marita Rawsthorne	RGN 1988, ENB 998, ENB 219, BTEC Intermediate Award Infection Control, Contraception and Screening for Reproductive and Sexual Health
Kim Turner	Diploma in Adult Nursing, ENB 998, NVQ Assessor, Triage in Primary Care, ENB Care of Critically Ill, Certificate Diabetes Care
Gill Jones	RGN 1997, District Nurse Certificate, ENB 998, ENB Care of Critically Ill
Health Care Assistants
Rose Dye, Melissa Hunt and Georgia Little

COMMUNITY NURSES

We have community nurses attached to the practice who look after patients who are ill at home. They can be contacted through reception or by telephoning 529119. A male nurse can also be contacted through the surgery. Any message left with the receptionist will be passed to him daily.

HEALTH VISITORS

We have experienced health visitors based at the surgery; who can offer help and advice on family health matters. Open clinics are run on Tuesdays between 11.00am and 2.00pm and on Wednesdays there is an appointment clinic running from 09.30am - 12.30pm. You can contact them through reception, or by telephoning 522298, which is also an answerphone if you wish to leave a message when they are out.