Practice Information
Surgery times |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Health Centre | Saffron | Locks Hill | |
| 01373 301300 | 01373 301300 | 01373 454446 | |
| Monday | 07.00-20.00 | 08.15-13.00 14.00-20.00 |
08.15-18.00 |
| Tuesday | 07.00-20.00 | 08.15-13.00 14.00-20.00 |
08.15-18.00 |
| Wednesday | 07.00-18.15 | 07.00-13.00 14.00-20.00 |
08.15-18.00 |
| Thursday | 07.00-20.00 | 08.15-13.00 14.00-18.15 |
08.15-20.00 |
| Friday | 07.00-18.15 | 08.15-13.00 14.00-18.15 |
08.15-18.00 |
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Doctors:
To manage the 28,500 patients registered with the Practice the GP’s work in 3 teams and you will be offered appointments with any GP in your team:
| Team1 | Team 2 | Team 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Look after patients at the Health Centre and Lockshill | look after patients registered at the Health Centre | Look after patient registered at Saffron Surgery |
| Dr Bungay | Dr Booth | Dr Garmston |
| Dr Cahill | Dr Buchner | Dr Grier |
| Dr Iggulden | Dr Merry (Senior Partner) | Dr Hall |
| Dr Oruz | Dr Powell | Dr Kingston |
| Dr Taylor | Dr Stenner | Dr Lewis |
| Dr Toci | Dr Watson | Dr Shepperd |
| Dr Yilmaz | Dr Vose | |
| Dr Whitehead | ||
| Dr Wilson |
The GP’s are supported by the Secretary Team who are available for all patients to speak to and to liaise with the Doctors regarding any queries you may have. We deal with a wide variety of patient queries, mainly via the telephone but also face to face and we are constantly liaising with the hospitals in the area, so our telephone line can be extremely busy.
Nurse Practitioners:
The Practice has embraced the development of Nurse Practitioner’s who are Registered General Nurses with substantial additional training and able to prescribe medication.
The Nurse Practitioner team operate the Practice’s unscheduled care service which offers walk in, sit and wait appointments and look after the emergency needs of our patients. This service operates at the Frome Community Hospital.
Practice Nurses:
The Practice has a team of Registered General Nurses and Health Care Assistants who provide:
- Asthma, Diabetes and COPD Clinics
- Health checks (to book a health check follow this link to online appointments)
- Blood pressure monitoring
- Advice and support regarding healthy eating, weight loss and stopping smoking
- Cervical smear screening
- “Travel clinic”/services-clinics#travel-advice
- Injections, dressings, ear syringing, blood samples, ECG
- Coronary prevention and hypertension management
- Contraception
- Minor surgery
Other Health Care Staff:
There other Health Care professionals who are based at the Practice but are employed by Somerset Community Health including:
- Community Nursing Team – Our community nurses are a branch of the nursing profession offering healthcare services to housebound patients who cannot attend the surgery but need nursing care and for whom admission to hospital is not necessary or desirable. This help may include:
- Visits from members of the nursing team to give skilled care or specialist treatments.
- Information about and/or referrals to other community services.
- Support if you are caring for another family member.
- Teaching you or a relative ways in which you can lead as independent a life as possible.
- Confidential advice about nursing matters.
- 24 hour access to the nursing service
- The community nurses may be contacted on their direct line, 01373 301322 or 301323. Alternatively you can telephone the normal surgery number, 01373 301300 and ask to leave a message for the Team.
- Health Visitors – The health visiting team provide a universal health promotion and prevention service to all age groups both on an individual and group basis. They provide advice, support and counselling. They have a particular expertise in child development and infant feeding.
You can contact the Health Visiting Team by telephoning 01373 301319, there is an answer phone message facility.
Administration Staff:
The Practice Manager, Michael Whitburn, has overall responsibility for the running of the practice and is supported in this by a team of experienced and highly trained Medical Receptionists, Secretaries and Administrators. If you have any comments or feedback, he can be emailed on michael.whitburn@fromemedicalpractice.nhs.uk
If you have a specific complaint please contact us or speak to the Reception Team Leader when you are in the Practice.
