Doctors
Dr Minto Chowdhury (m) MBChB, DRCOG, MRCGP (Manchester 1985). Joined the practice in 1994. |
Dr Ketankumar J Patel (m) MBChB, DRCOG, MRCGP (Manchester 1991). Joined the practice in July 2004 and can speak Gujarati. |
Dr Kalpana Anicatt (f) MS (Gen Surg), DFFP, MRCGP MBBS ( Manipal 1986). Joined the practice in April 2015 and can speak Gujarati and Hindi. |
Dr Hakim Faruq (m) MBchB, MRCGP (Sheffield 2013). Joined the practice in 2023. |
Nursing Staff
Nurse Practitioners
Sister Freda McGaughey RGN, RGM, BSc (Hons) |
Nurses
Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks etc. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes or heart disease and carry out cervical smears. |
Somia Ahmed (f) Practice Nurse |
Mrs Louise Beswick (f) Assistant Practitioner |
Practice Team
Practice Management
Mrs Lesley Patel |
Mrs Deborah Clewes |
The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care. |
Reception
Ms Julie Aspinall |
Ms Victoria Bolam |
Mrs Janette Stott |
Mrs Valerie Ford |
Ms Alison Kiburn |
Mrs Lynsey Withington |
Mrs Alison Heap |
Mrs Donna Smethurst |
Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits. |
Secretaries
Mrs Michelle Marsh |
Healthcare Team
Attached Staff
Arrangements can be made to see other health professionals including, district nurses, podiatrists, dieticians and community psychiatric nurses etc. |
Mr Edward Day MSK Practitioner |
Natalie Jones & Jacqueline McFadden Social Prescribing Link Workers (SPLW) Natalie & Jacqueline are SPLW linked to our practice. They are available to help all patients with social problems such as: Money worries Housing concerns Isolation Mild or long-term mental health problems Help with care needs Family worries Language barriers Addiction/alcohol Looking for work Looking to get back into education Community group activities Please ask a member of staff to book an initial telephone appointment. |
Ms Kiran Dar (f) Practice pharmacists work to support the GP Workforce. In Bolton they work as part of a larger pharmacy team to help support practices in delivering better patient outcomes. In this practice the current role is varied but will focus mainly around medication reviews and medication queries. |
Mr Damon Flannery (m) A Mental Health Practitioner is a first contact practitioner who will see patients with new symptoms of anxiety/depression/mental health. They can offer help, advice and support and can refer on to relevant services if appropriate. |
Mrs Sharon Jeavons (f) Health Improvement Practitioners offer lifestyle advice and support. |