Practice Staff

Dr Alan Cooper	MB (Hons) DRCOG PhD (Lond) FP Cert Southampton 1980
Dr Adrian Cole	BM DRCOG MRCG FP Cert Southampton 1981
Dr Sam Heal	MBBS DRCOG MRCGP DFFP Royal Free Hospital London 1990
Dr Jonathan Britt	MBBS MRCGP Royal Free Hospital London 1990

Assistant GPs
Dr Sushmi Heal	MBBS DRCOG DFFP Royal Free Hospital London 1997
Dr Vivien White	BM DFFP MRCOG MRCGP Southampton 1997
Dr Bronwen Moult	MBChB MRCGP DFSRH Cape Town 1996
Dr Amanda Sewell	MB(Hons) FRCA MRCGP Southampton 1996

PRACTICE STAFF

Practice Manager

June Thomson
Oversees the day-to-day administration and smooth running of the practice, liaising with the Primary Care Trust on the services we are able to provide to our patients and work with the partners on strategic planning for all aspects of the practice.

Deputy Practice Manager

Sue Atkin
Oversees the secretarial aspects of the surgery and the complaints system. She looks after the day to day running of the practice in the absence of the practice manager.

Administrator

Jill Leigh
Is responsible for certain aspects of the practice administration including co-ordinating pathology reports, liaising with insurance companies over medicals and overseeing the cytology screening.

Receptionists/Secretaries

Our 14 part-time receptionists are here to assist you and deal with your enquiries.

Practice Nurses

We have four part-time nurses:-

Sister Shirley Taylor	- RGN
Sister Sally Lyne	- RGN
Sister Jill Jennings	- RGN
Sister Jackie Houston	- RGN

They can be seen by appointment every weekday. They will also help you with:

Minor injuries and ailments	Removal of stitches
Dressings	Ear syringing
Travel advice and immunisation	Family planning advice
Breast examination

Health Care Assistants

Tina Dooley and Claire Davies can be seen by appointment any weekday. They will also help you with:

Blood pressure checks	Quit smoking clinics
ECGs (at the doctor's request)	Learning disability checks
B12 injections	Dietary advice
Health checks

Health Visitors

Direct line and answerphone - 01489 554990. They are registered nurses with additional community training, working in the area of health promotion but concentrating on the newborn to 16 years age group.

District Nurses

We have a district nursing team attached to our practice. They are responsible for providing nursing care and advice to less mobile patients in their own homes.

They can be contacted via the surgery, where a message can be left and they will return your call as soon as possible, or a message can be left on their answerphone 01489 583727 (Monday to Friday only).

Community Midwives

We have two part-time midwives attached to our practice. They run our antenatal clinics here on Wednesday afternoons and also on Mondays at Fareham Community Hospital.

They organise antenatal classes and also visits mothers and babies during the first 10-14 days after delivery. If you have any ante or postnatal problems, the midwife can be contacted via the surgery, where a message can be left and she will return your call when she next comes in, or you can leave a message on 01489 587444.

Locums

We sometimes have locum GPs working in the surgery to cover sick leave and holidays.

Medical Students

We teach fourth year medical students, who may be in attendance on a Friday morning; you will be informed when you make an appointment. If you are unhappy with this arrangement, please tell the receptionist and a more suitable appointment will be made.

Lockswood Surgery Southampton

THE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS