Larwood & Village Surgeries - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

We are a training practice and have rotations of foundation doctors (F2s) every 4 months along with GP registrars who are with us for differing time periods.

Doctors

Dr Christopher Stanley (m)

(M) MBBS MRCGP MSc. A graduate of Newcastle University in 1982. GPwSI substance misuse.

Dr Lisa Collins (f)

MB ChB DRCOG. A graduate of Sheffield University in 1985. GPwSI substance misuse

Dr Richard Davey (m)

MBBS. A graduate of London University in 1994. GPwSI palliative care, special interest respiratory disease.

Dr Gerard Austin (m)

MB ChB MRCGP. A graduate of Dundee University in 1992. Specialist interest in diabetes.

Dr Stephen Kell (m)

BmedSci BM BS DCH MRCGP. A graduate of Nottingham University in 1992. GPwSI in dermatology.

Dr Cheuk Lai Tang (f)
MB ChB DRCOG. A graduate of Sheffield University in 1999.

Dr V Nanthakumar (m)

MBBS MRCGP MRCGEd. A graduate of of the Medical University of India in 1997.

Dr C Slater (f)
MBBS DRCOG DFFP A graduate of Newcastle upon Tyne University in 1991.

Dr H Ghaebi (m)

MRCGP A graduate of Tabriz University, Iran in 1997.

Dr S Hussain (f)
MRCGP DRCOG DFFP. A graduate of National University Ireland in 1999.

Dr A Muthu (f)

MBBS MSc (Med Ed) MRCGP MRC Ophth DRC Ophth. A graduate of London University 2000, specialist interest in ophthalmology.

Dr J Greenwood (m)

MB ChB. MRCGP A graduate of Sheffield University in 2006.

Dr K Ruthireswaran (m)

MBBS, MRCGP A graduate of B-Z University in 2002

Dr A Khanna (m)

MBBS, MS (Ortho), MRCS, DRCOG, DFSRH, MRCGP A graduate of Manipal Academy of higher Education, India, 2001

Nurse Practitioners

Stephanie Savage
Lead Nurse

Michelle Wilson

Richard Meades (m)

Jennifer Dollman

Nurses

Lucia Introna

Ann Maddison

Margaret Rawson

Joanna Wright

Caroline Wardell

Katie Reid

Laura Carnall

Andrea Potter

Joanne Huxley

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

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.

Mary Reynolds

Kate Elms

Diane Coleman

Rachel Thomson

Sarah Stanley

Practice Management

Sarah Dale

Practice Manager

Jane Field
Finance Manager

Sharron Wood
HR Manager, Larwood Surgery

Lisa Johnson

Buisness Manager

Liz Driver
Office Manager, Larwood Surgery

Gail Dunn
Office Manager, Oakleaf Surgery

The practice management are 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 management supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Reception

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.

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

Community Staff

Attached to the surgeries are District nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives and Community Psychiatric Nurses.

To leave a message for a district nurse or health visitor please ring: Single Point of Access (SPA) at Retford Hospital on 01777 274422.

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Larwood and Village Surgeries Awarded QPA award

Larwood and Village Surgeries has been recognised for its high quality of care to patients by being awarded the Quality practice Award (QPA) .

The QPA is a standards based quality accreditation process designed to improve patient care, it rewards the commiment of the entire team of staff for providing high quality care for patients within a learning and adaptive environment.

Having met defined criterion in six categories, including being able to respond to patient needs and wants, the practice were able to demonstrate their quality of service in a visit by assessors.

Practice GP, Dr Christopher Stanley said "I am extremely pleased that we acheived the QPA. I am proud of our excellent team of staff that continue to show their dedication to providing a high quality healthcare service"

"We have worked hard to achieve this award over the last two years and remain committed to continually improving services for our patients."

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