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GENERAL PRACTITIONERSDr Robert Alexander Ferguson Dr Simon Richard Marshall Dr Tanya Rachael Webb Dr Louise Rebecca Brotherton THE PRACTICE• The practice is a four-doctor partnership (non-limited). It holds a contract from East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust. The Trust is responsible for commissioning the services provided by this practice. It is also responsible for commissioning services from alternative providers that this practice does not provide. The Trust may be contacted on 01482 650700 or by writing to: East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust • All doctors provide general medical services, maternity, minor surgery and contraception services. Dr Ferguson does NOT provide child developmental checks. Contraception services include: coils (Dr Brotherton); contraceptive implants (Dr Webb and Dr Brotherton); contraceptive injections (practice nurses). • The doctors are available for telephone consultations and queries after morning surgery between 11.30am and 12 noon. • The practice is a teaching partner with the Hull & York Medical School (HYMS) and we also provide teaching and work experience for health care professionals (or those intending to be). Your permission will always be asked for them to attend your consultation. • Patients living within the practice catchment area (see map) who wish to register with us may do so at reception. Those patients who move out of our area will be asked to leave the list. • Patients may express a preference, verbally or in writing, to receive services from a particular professional or type of professional. This preference will be recorded in your records and we will endeavour to comply with it whenever possible. Please note that we cannot guarantee a specific practitioner for an urgent appointment. • We are a dispensing practice and are able to dispense prescriptions for those patients who are registered as living over one mile away from a chemist, also to temporary residents. The dispensary is located next to reception. When seen by a doctor, prescriptions will normally be dispensed within 10 minutes during surgery hours, subject to the availability of the drugs. • Any patient who is abusive
to the doctors, members of staff or any other person on the premises, will be
given one written warning. A further occurrence will result in the patient being
removed from the list. Acts of violence or offering violence will result in immediate
removal from the practice list. PRACTICE STAFFWe employ four part-time nurses, a practice/finance manager, Sarah Gray, an assistant practice manager, Sandy Midgley, and a number of office staff. We have one part-time dispenser and three dispensing assistants. PRACTICE NURSESWe have four part-time practice nurses. All are registered nurses and copies of their registration are held by the practice. They are available during surgery. Appointments are necessary and should be arranged with the receptionists. We also have a triage nurse who deals with requests for 'on the day' appointments during our busy mornings. The practice nurses are fully qualified to carry out: • General health checks/new patient health checks A health care assistant, Helen, is employed to take blood samples, blood pressure and apply routine dressings. Please book an appointment with reception. ATTACHED ASSOCIATED STAFFEast Riding of Yorkshire PCT employs the district nurses, health visitors and chiropodists. It commissions all other associated services who work from within the health centre. District Nurses - Tel 01405 764755 Health Visitors - Tel 01430 441473 (If no one is in the office to take your call, please leave a message on the answerphone on the number above and your call will be dealt with on their return.) A team of district nurses provide all our community nursing care. Health visitors deal with problems relating to growth and development in pre-school children. Midwives - Contact Castle Hill Hospital Tel 01482 624077 (24-hour contact) Monday afternoon clinics at the health centre - appointments made at the health centre.
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