Whittaker Lane Medical Centre - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Doctors

Partners

Dr Jeff Schryer

(Registered 1985) (Gp Trainer, Bury CCG, Student Educator)

Dr Steve Taylor

(Registered 1989) (GP Trainer)

Dr Ruby Malik (f)

(Registered 2012) (GP Trainer)

Salaried GP's

Dr Daniel Cooke

Locum Doctors

At times locums are used at the practice. We use Doctors that we know and have worked with us in the past. Doctors that have often trained at the practice who many patients already know.

Dr Nkeiruka Afulukwe

ST3 Doctor

Dr Kathryn Cheong (f)

Dr Hassan Shahbaz (m)

ST (Special Training) Doctors

These doctors are completing their training and will have spent at least 4 years working in hospital as qualified doctors prior to working in general practice.

Dr Ali Anjum

ST3 Doctor

Nurses

Sister Debbie Howarth

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Healthcare Assistants

Leanne Morrison

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Practice Management

Nicola Hobson

Practice Manager

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.

Administration

Karen Knight

Kim Richardson

Linda Green

Jennifer Reed

Patrick O'Brien

Robert Crosswell

Emily Tuckerman

Andrea Barnes (f)

Reception

Our receptionists are usually the first point of contact and are here to help you.

They have a lot of information to hand and in most cases will be able to help with your enquiry, ensuring you see the most appropriate clinician.
It is your right to request to talk only to the doctor.
Anything that is discussed with the receptionists or any other member of the team is treated in strict confidence.
You have a right to be treated courteously, and our receptionists also have a right to be treated courteously by you.
We can offer a degree of privacy in separate room if your enquiry is sensitive.
Please respect the privacy of other patients by standing well back from the reception desk until your turn.

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

Attached Staff

The practice has access to a wide variety of professionals including Health Visitors, District Nurses, School Nurses, mental health Team, the carers association and continence advisor.

Also visiting the practice on a weekly basis are:-