The Practice Team
| Doctors: |
Dr Cubitt,
Dr Sword,
Dr White,
Dr Over,
Dr de Quincey,
Dr Bowen-Simpkins,
Dr Barber
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| Support Staff: |
Practice manager, receptionists,
dispensary, secretary and computer operators
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| Nurses: |
Practice nurses, health care assistants, district nurses,
health visitors and community midwife
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| Visiting Staff: |
Registrars, F2s, medical students
and returners
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The doctors
Dr Terry Cubitt
MA MB Bchir Cambridge 1974 MRCP MRCGP
MRCPCH DCH
Terry joined the practice in 1982 after qualifying from the
University of Cambridge and University College Hospital, London. He did
house jobs at University College Hospital and Hackney Hospital then a year's
medicine at Chase Farm Hospital, psychiatry at the Friern Barnet for six
months and then a year’s GP training at Kentish Town, North
London. He followed this up with a spell at King Edward VII
Hospital in Bermuda, GP locums in New Zealand, and back to London for
obstetrics at St Mary’s Hospital. After he joined the practice he
was Clinical Assistant in diabetes at North Hampshire Hospital for a number of
years and now runs the practice diabetic clinic with Sister Jill Mackenzie. His
particular interest is in diabetes, and he is very
much a generalist. He was Honorary Secretary of the Society for Research
into Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus until 2005, and is on the Committee of the
North East Hampshire Local Medical Committee. He was formerly the Medical Officer at Treloar Trust.
Dr Andrew Sword
MB ChB BSc Manchester 1982
MRCGP
Andrew joined the practice in 1985 as a registrar,
and then went on to become a partner in 1986. He went to St. Andrew’s University
in Scotland, and then to Manchester University, doing house jobs at Manchester
Royal Infirmary, St. Mary’s Hospital, Stockport Infirmary, North Manchester
General Hospital and Salford Royal. His main medical interests are general
medicine, occupational medicine, and obstetrics.
Dr Nicola White
MB BS St George’s London 1981 MRCGP
DRCOG
Nicky joined the practice as a partner in 1995, when she moved to Hampshire. She was previously a
full-time GP in South Wales. She
trained at St George’s Hospital in London and completed her GP training in
South Wales. Nicky is a Medical Officer at Lord Mayor
Treloar School and College. Her special interests are women’s health and
children’s disabilities, and she is also a trainer of medical students.
Dr Jacqueline Over
MB BCh Wales 1989 MRCGP
DCH
Jackie became a partner in the practice in 1995. She trained at the
University of Wales College of Medicine and completed her GP training in South
Wales and Bermuda. Her interests are family planning, gynaecology,
asthma and palliative care. Jackie works part-time and is available in the
practice on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Dr Matthew de
Quincey BA MB ChB Cambridge 1989 DRCOG
DCCH MRCGP
Matt joined the practice in 1997. He did the first half of his medicine at King’s, Cambridge, but escaped to graduate in History of Modern Philosophy and Ethics; then doing the second half (his clinical training) in Edinburgh, and qualified in 1989. He is interested in combining his rigorous old-style medical learning with his
philosophical interests, in pluralism and narrative medicine, and what it is to
be a generalist in medicine.
Dr Emma Bowen-Simpkins MB BCh Wales 1993 DRCOG DFFP MRCGP
Emma qualified in 1993 in Wales, and in addition to her hospital training has worked as a GP in Hong Kong.
Her areas of special expertise are Family Planning, Child & Family Mental Health, and Palliative Care.
Emma is a trainer, and looks after registrars.
Dr Julian Barber
Jules joined the Practice in 2009. He qualified from University College London in 1998. He has spent time working as a GP in Hampshire and Devon, and several years working in hospital medicine in the West Country and New Zealand. His interests are kidney medicine, high blood pressure and diabetes.
The support staff
Practice Manager
Margaret
Lockett is our Practice
Manager. She will be able to help you with any non medical or
administrative aspects of the practice. She is also available to
discuss your suggestions or any problems you may have in relationship to the
surgery.
Receptionists
Julie Dockree is our Reception Manager and is responsible for the smooth
running of the reception team.
The reception team includes... Lisa Beasley, Sarah Brown, Debbie Haden, Debbie Jarman, Lynn Kelly, Melanie Mendus-Edwards.
The dispensing team are Nikki George, Janet Fleetwood, Rasmita Young, Angela Wimshurst, Debbie Jarman and Anthony Williams.
Secretaries
Our frighteningly efficient secretary, Ros deals with all the referrals and some of the
administrative work in the practice. She will be able to help you with any
questions regarding referrals to hospital consultants. She is assisted by Carol Walker.
Our computer operators are Phoebe Bourke, Eunice Burton, Stacie Lee and Anthony Williams.
Practice Nurses
All of our practice nurses are available for general consultation. They can
all undertake smear tests and immunisations etc.
Sister Jill McKenzie SRN - Jill's
special interest is in managing the diabetic clinic, the coronary heart
disease clinic, and the hypertension clinic.
Sister Helen Ellison SRN - Helen's special interest is the management of the asthma clinic and coronary obstructive pulmonary disease clinic.
Sister Sarah Marks SRN - Sarah's particular interest is in the management of our travel
vaccine advice, baby immunisations, and chronic kidney disease.
Nursing Assistants
Kay Larvan is
NVQ-qualified and can do blood tests, ECGs, dressings, 24 hour BP monitoring, spirometry, flu vaccination, teledermy, phlebotomy, and assist with minor ops. Lisa Beasley and Sarah Brown wear two hats! - when not taking blood or performing Nursing Assistant's duties, they can be found working in Reception.
District Nurses
The district nursing team is
attached to the practice. They are responsible for nursing care in the
community and can be contacted via the surgery. Our senior district nurse,
Sister Jane Barker, is also our leg ulcer nurse specialist and special clinics
for this are provided on a Thursday morning.
Health Visitors
Health visitors are registered
nurses with additional community training. The aim of the health visiting
service is to improve the health of the population it works within. The focus of
our work is with families with children of pre-school age. We
can be contacted via the surgery, and can discuss issues within the clinic or at
home. A qualified nursery nurse has recently joined the team and assists us in
our work.
The health visitors run a baby clinic weekly on Tuesday mornings, and are
available to advise on a whole range of issues about your children's wellbeing -
from diet and sleep problems through to potty-training. Feel free to contact
them directly if you think they can help.
Community Midwife
Our midwife, Christine Welch, is attached to the
practice and can be reached via the practice, or by contacting the Labour Ward
at
North Hampshire Hospital,
Aldermaston Road
BASINGSTOKE
RG24 9NA
Tel: 01256 313321 / 473202
Fax: 01256 313098
Christine
runs a clinic once a week, where she sees her patients both for initialising
appointments (when they first announce their pregnancy) and for those already
well through their pregnancy. She is able to answer any questions about your
wellbeing and that of your baby during pregnancy. She will ensure that all the
necessary tests are put in place, and can advise about local antenatal and
parentcraft classes.
Visiting staff
The practice is actively involved in the training of medical students and
doctors coming into general practice. This means that from time to time we have
visiting doctors working with us. We have four trainers - Dr Cubitt, Dr White, Dr Over and Dr Bowen-Simpkins.
Registrars
The practice has been selected to
train hospital doctors in the skills of General Practice. The Registrars
come to us after having completed a minimum of three years in hospital
specialities. Nowadays many of them have a significant amount of experience and
have developed areas of expertise. In order to set out on a career path in
General Practice they must spend a year in a training practice such as ours.
Dr Sarah Loch qualified from Newcastle University medical school in 2004 and has worked in hospital medicine both in England and Sydney, Australia. She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and has just completed her family planning diploma. In the past she has enjoyed working in the Emergency Department, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatrics. Sarah is looking forward to gaining more experience in General Practice under the guidance of Dr Emma Bowen-Simpkins.
Medical Students
Medical students visit the
practice for short periods during their training. Sometimes they will be
observing. Sometimes we may ask your permission to let them take your history
and examine you. If you do not wish to be involved with trainees, this is not a
problem - just let the reception staff or doctor know.
F2 = "Foundation year 2" (the artists formerly known as PRHOs)
All qualified doctors have to do a year's worth of experience before they can become fully registered with the General Medical Council.
F2s will be doing some of their time in General Practice, thus exposing them to the more 'real' environment of general practice and the community. This practice
offers experience to F2s - they'll do surgeries 'dovetailed' in with one of the partners, and with the close supervision that that entails. Whilst the F2s are not yet fully registered, they're all fully qualified and competent to diagnose, and to choose medication,
and are usually very enthusiastic and knowledgeable - albeit sometimes with moral support from us.
These are experienced GPs who have had a period out of practice, usually for
family reasons. They are now working in a training practice with supervision in
order to refresh their skills.