MB; BS; MRCGP; DFFP - Senior Partner, job sharing with Dr Redman

MB; ChB; MRCGP; DRCOG - Partner, job sharing with Dr Swart

MB; BS; BSc; DFFP - Partner, job sharing with Dr Manning

MB; ChB; DRCOG; DFFP - Partner, job sharing with Dr Thomas

MBChB (Cape Town) MRCGP - Partner, job sharing with Dr Stuart

Salaried GP - job sharing with Dr Warr

FRCOG; DFFP; MRCGP - GP for our Tier 2 Gynaecology clinic.

MBCHB Bsc Hons - Ben is a GP Registrar who will be with us until end of July 2020.

Dr Shaunak is a Trainee GP and will be with us until April 2020, when he commences a final hospital rotation for 3 months.  He will return to us in August 2020 for a final year with us as a GP Registrar.

Practice Nurses – We have three Practice Nurses who hold morning and afternoon surgeries Monday to Friday.  Their roles include: General Nursing Care; Immunisations; New Patient Health Checks; Health Education; Patient Advice; Female Health Care, including contraception clinics; Chronic Disease Management such as Diabetes, Respiratory illnesses and Cardiac Monitoring; as well as assisting with our Minor Surgery clinics.

Practice Business Manager - Ms Christina Firmin manages the Practice to ensure the best and most efficient environment possible for patients and staff alike, whilst making sure that the business runs well and in accordance with business and Healthcare guidelines.

Assistant Practice Manager

Vicki is our Medical Insurance Clerk and all non-NHS work is administered by her.  Non-NHS work is carried out by the GPs after they have seen their patients and dealt with the paperwork associated with their appointments.  This means that all private work, such as medical reports for insurance companies and letters to authorities can take a minimum of 10 days to process.  Please also remember that the majority of non-NHS work attracts a charge, so please ask what the fee is when handing in non-NHS work. 

Docman and Workflow Lead - all letters and reports relating to patients' medical records are initially saved onto the patient's record and then actioned by Eve and workflowed to the patient's GP for further action and information. 

Gynae Clinic Medical Secretary & Clerk.

Our Gynae medical secretary Caroline works 3 days a week, producing the letters, reports and referrals for the Tier 2 Gynae Clinic.  She is responsible for arranging all the appointments for this Clinic.

Our Reception Team provide the important first contact for our patients with any general enquiries. They can assist with appointments, standard test results and information on services.

When you call for an appointment, the Reception Team will ask you for a brief description of your symptoms in order to be able to offer you the most appropriate appointment with one of the clinical team. 

Our medical secretary Mandy works Monday to Wednesday from 9am - 2pm.  She produces the letters, reports and referrals for all the doctors, so if you have a query, please call during these hours.

Pharmacists

Giffard Drive Surgery will employ a new Clinical Pharmacist in May 2020, working within the Practice 3 mornings a week.

The Clinical Pharmacist will be assisting the Practice with medication reviews and medication related enquiries, and will consult patients in the surgery and on the telephone.

Clinical Pharmacists are highly qualified health professionals who train to become specialists in medicines. You will continue to receive your supply of medicines from the community pharmacy in the usual way.

Sarah Sneath, who is employed by our local CCG in their Medicines Management Team, works with us to advise and support our doctors and nurses with their prescribing to maintain high qual