| All our practice staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the Doctors. |
GP Extended Healthcare Teams
Our GP practice team now includes a range of healthcare professionals who are highly skilled and knowledgeable in the areas they specialise in and are able to diagnose and treat a variety of health conditions.
Introduction to additional roles in primary care – YouTube
If it is most appropriate for you to see a doctor, you will be offered an appointment with a GP. However, the GP isn’t always the best person for you to see.
Local GP, Dr Mandiratta, explains more about extended healthcare teams in GP practices.
Have you got an appointment with our extended healthcare team? – YouTube
Please see the list below of different roles that make up our general practice team:
- GPs
- Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs)
- Clinical Pharmacists
- Practice Nurses
- Healthcare Assistants (HCAs)
- Diabetic Specialised Nurse
For further information about GP extended healthcare teams, please click here.
Partners
- Mr. Greg Bloom (male)
MSc Education, PGCE, BSc Nursing Studies, DipHe Nursing Studies. - Dr. Dinesh Gunputh (male)
BSc (Hons) MSc MBBS MRCGP. Qual. 2008 British West Indies. - Dr. Bhavna Sood (female)
MBBS MRCGP DRCOG BMedSci. Qual. Nottingham, England 2008. - Dr. Ryan Hobson (male)
MBBS BSc Genetics Diploma Surgical Science MRCGP. Qual. London, England 2007. - Dr. Candice Stedall (female)
MBBS BSc Genetics Diploma Surgical Science MRCGP. Qual. London, England 2004.
- Dr. Martin Stevens (male)
MB ChB MRCGP. Qual. Birmingham, England 2001. - Dr. Matthew Dugas (male)
BSc (hons) MBChB DRCOG. - Dr. Kevin Conod (male)
MBChB. - Dr. Sarah Garsed (female)
MBChC DRCOG MRCGP. - Dr. Amrit Khera (female)
MBChC MSC in Primary Care & Research Methods MRCGP. - Dr. Raj Rani (female)
MBChB.
Doctors
| How can a GP help you? |
+ Assessing, diagnosing & monitoring complex conditions
+ Performing thorough examinations
+ Prescribing medicines
+ Carrying out tests to assist with diagnosis
+ Carrying out emergency care if needed
+ Supporting other members of the primary care team
- Dr A Khera (Female)
MBChB, MSc in Primary Care & Research Methods, MRCGP, PGCert Ed for Health Professionals - Dr R Rani (Female)
MBChB
- Dr P Khera (Female)
MRCGP, DRCOG, DClinDerm - Dr R Khera (Female)
MBBS, BMedSci
- Dr A Sahajpal (Male)
MRCGP, DRCOG, DFFP, MBCHB
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
| How can an Advanced Nurse Practitioner help you? |
+ Diagnosing & treating illnesses & ailments
+ Requesting and interpreting Blood tests, Xrays and ECGs
+ Arranging admission or referral to hospital if necessary
+ Make plans for managing long term health conditions
+ Give advice and information about your health
+ Prescribing medicines
- Tracey Freeman
Practice Pharmacists
| How can a Pharmacist help you? |
+ Providing information & advice about the safe & effective use of medications
+ Monitoring progress with medications & making medication change suggestions if needed
+ Recognising untreated health conditions that could be managed with medication
+ Recognising untreated health conditions that could be managed with medication
- Waqas Janjua
- Hussain Razzaq
Nursing Staff
Practice Nurse
| How can a Practice Nurse help you? |
+ Treating wounds, applying/removing dressings & providing emergency first aid
+ Giving advice & information about health conditions & ailments
+ Taking swabs, smears & samples
+ Carrying out heart tracings or breathing tests
+ Administering vaccinations & infant injections
- Anthea Forsythe
Healthcare Assistant
| How can a Healthcare Assistant help you? |
+ Measuring blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen levels & other observations
+ Carrying out heart tracings or breathing tests
+ Offering advice on managing healthy living & weight loss
+ Supporting the nurses & GPs in their work
+ Taking blood samples
- Adam Wilkins
- Rachel Jones
Diabetic Specialised Nurse
| How can a Diabetic Specialised Nurse help you? |
Clinics are held at the surgery on a monthly basis for diabetic advice and check-up. On Monday and Thursday appointments can be made through the receptionists.
Non-Clinical Staff
Group Practice Manager
- Mr Greg Bloom
Locality Manager
- Mrs Kerry Blakemore
Reception
| How can a Receptionist help you? |
Receptionists are trained to assess your needs so that they can direct you to the right healthcare professional.
To do this they will;
+ Take some general details about why you have contacted the surgery
+ Help navigate you through health care services & systems
The GP is not always the best person to help you.
Receptionists are not ‘being nosey’, they are trying to make sure you receive the right care as quickly as possible.
Our receptionists will take your name on arrival, answer your phone calls, make appointments and handle any enquiries as well as a long list of other clerical duties. They are here to help you but their job is extremely demanding, so please help them by understanding the problems they face when trying to please everyone. They aim to be pleasant and courteous at all times.
They may occasionally need to ask for some medical details if your enquiry can be dealt with by speaking to a doctor on the telephone, but they will always treat what you say with the utmost confidentiality.
- Laura
- Mel
- Gurvinder
- Amanda
- Neeta
- Laura
Housekeeping
- Jasvir
- Saffa
Health Care Team
Community Midwives
| How can a Midwife help you? |
The regular antenatal clinics are held by the Community Midwives on Tuesday mornings. All consultations are by appointment only.
🌍 www.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/our-services/maternity/community/
📞 01922 721172 and ask for the midwifery team at the switchboard
Health Visitors
| How can a Health Visitor help you? |
+ Offering support during the transition into parenthood
+ Providing support & advice on breast feeding, infant feeding & healthy eating for young children
+ Assessing children’s growth & development needs at various stages
+ Promoting the best start in speech, language & communication
🌍 For full details of health visiting clinics run across the borough, please click here
📞 01922 603 074
Community/District Nurses
| How can a Community Nurse help you? |
Our District Nurses work closely with the Doctor in providing nursing care and treatment at home. They are also able to give advice regarding care and convalescence after discharge from hospital.
