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THE
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Dr Keith Ritchie (m) MB BS (London 1980) BSc(Hons) LRCP MRCS DRCOG
Dr Wolfgang Wallat (m) MD MRCGP (Hanover 1986)
Dr Sarah Chase (f) BM BSc (Southampton 1987)
Dr Lourdes Noronha (f) MD (Havana 1983) EAR (Anaesthesia) DFFP DPM JCPYGP)
Dr Carolyn Prior (f) MB ChB (Birmingham 1987) MRCGP DRCOG
Also
Dr Maria Butler (f) MD MRCGP DFSRH
The practice is within the Bexley Care Trust area.
Their address is 221 Erith Road, Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 6HZ
Telephone: 020 8298 6000
The Woodlands partnership is not a limited company.
Please note there are currently no NHS Walk-in Centres in this area..
GP REGISTRARS
These are qualified doctors who are training to become principals in general
practice. Their work is supervised by Dr Wallat and Dr Prior.
THE
PRACTICE STAFF
Practice
Manager and Administrative Staff
The practice manager, Mrs Mena Williams and her deputies Mrs Nikki Patterson and Mrs Susan Archer, are responsible for the administration of the practice and will attend to enquiries of a non-medical nature. Our secretary, Mrs Mary Reddington can deal with any queries you may have regarding hospital referrals.
Reception Staff
Our receptionists will assist you in making emergency or routine appointments
to see a doctor or a nurse. They will also arrange an appointment if you require
a blood test or to be seen at a specialist clinic, organise the issue of repeat
prescriptions, inform you of test results, answer queries and offer assistance.
If you feel your query can be dealt with via the telephone, please ask the receptionist
to leave a message for the doctor. Please note that the doctors do not take messages
after 4.00pm. The receptionists have a hard job keeping patients and doctors
happy. Please help them by being a patient patient!
Nurse
Practitioner
Ellen Tucker RGN BSc (Hons) NP is our nurse practitioner. She is available as
an alternative to the GP and can issue prescriptions.
Practice Nurses
Patricia Coleman RGN Family Planning Diploma, Jenny Kennedy RGN Family Planning, Chris Franke RGN Family Planning and Folly Golding RGN are our practice nurses. Karen Ginman and Cathy Carter are our health care assistants, who assist our clinical team, in particular with dressings, new patient medicals, blood pressure checks etc.
Phlebotomist
The phlebotomist attends the surgery in the mornings to take blood samples. By
appointment only.
ASSOCIATED STAFF
District Nurses
They undertake all varieties of nursing tasks in the home and are particularly
skilled in the care of patients who are seriously ill or handicapped. They are
usually referred to patients by our doctors or by the hospital but can be contacted
directly.
Telephone number: 020 8298 1662
Health
Visitors
hey can be contacted by patients of any age who have health problems or queries.
They are specially skilled in advising patients who have young children. Clinics
are held at the Oval Clinic, in Sherwood Park Avenue, Sidcup.
Telephone number: 020 8300 4918
Community
Midwives
Pregnant patients will be asked to contact the CHOICE midwives (020 8298 6229) but should also make a "booking" appointment to see one of our doctors.
Specialist
Services
We have access to:
• Community Psychiatric Nurses
• Ellenor Nurses
• Stoma Care Nurses
• Incontinence Advisors
• Locality Counsellors
• Advanced Primary Care Nurse
• Parkinson's Nurse
• Community Heart Failure Nurse
• Cardiac Rehab Nurse
• Multiple Sclerosis Nurse
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