Eden Medical Group - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Noticeboard

We would to inform our patients that we shall not be offering extended hours appointments (6.30pm – 8.00pm) on Monday 24^th December 2018 or Monday 31^st December 2018. We will be providing additional extended hours appointments on 27^thDecember 2018 as an alternative.

From January 2019 we will offer weekly extended hours appointments every Monday on normal working days. We will not be providing this service on a Tuesday from January 2019.

Patients are reminded that regular out of hours appointments provided by the Cumbria Health Extended Access (CHEA) service can be booked via our reception team.

We would like to inform our patients that

Dr Paul King will be retiring from Eden Medical Group at the end of December.

We would also like to inform our patients that Dr Mohammad Roshandel will be leaving his position as GP Partner at the end of November 2018.

Dr Roshandel will provide a locum service at the practice for a short period immediately thereafter.

The Partners and Staff would like to wish Dr King and Dr Roshandel their best wishes for the future.

Patients at our practice have a named GP who is responsible for their overall care. If patients wish to know who their named GP is, and if they have a preference as to which GP that is, the practice will make reasonable effort to accommodate this request.

Doctors

--General Practitioners--

Dr Paul M. King (m)

MB, BS, DRCOG, DCH, MRCGP

Dr Susan Rossi (f)
MB, ATLS, DRCOG, DFFP

Dr Sally Hopkins (f)
BSc(MedSci), MBChB,DFSRH

Dr Georgina Coakley (f)

MBChB MRCP MRCGP DCH

Dr Chris Mellor (m)

MBBS

Dr Harriet Cheesbrough (f)

MBChB, DRCOG, DFSRH

Nurse Practitioners

Mrs Anne Hartley - ANP (f)

Mrs Wendy McManus - TRAINEE ANP

Mrs Alexa Taylor - Trainee ANP (f)

Miss Becky Denwood - Trainee ANP (f)

Nurses

Our Practice Nurses hold surgeries each day. Their duties include: management of heart disease, asthma and raised blood pressure, child and adult immunisations, blood tests, ear syringing, dressings, general health checks and much more.

Sister Barbara Oddie (f)

Nurse Rebecca Jones (f)

Nurse Elsepth Henderson (f)

Nurse Karen Hillary (f)

Nurse Mel Walker-Reid (f)

Nurse Jayne Mulraine (f)

Healthcare Assistants

Miss Hannah Carswell

Miss Bronte Armstrong (f)

Practice Management

The day to day management of the practice is organised by our Practice Manager.

Mrs Michelle Palmer - Business Manager (f)

Michelle has worked for the NHS for 5 years as a Business Manager and believes patient service and care is paramount. She also specialises in Human Resource Management and supports and manages the team effectively to ensure practice sustainability in a challenging NHS.

Mr Barrie Hyslop - Operations Manager (m)

Data Protection Officer

Administration

Responsible for day to day smooth operation of the Office/Reception.

Reception

They do a very difficult job. Please remember if you seem to be asked questions, they are carrying out the doctors instructions aimed at making the practice run smoothly and not being nosey. They have to judge the urgency of your request so please give them the necessary information. They are bound by the same rules of confidentially as doctors and nurses.

Community Nurses

They are specially trained and qualified to provide skilled nursing care for all patients in the community. To contact directly telephone (01228) 608809. Outside office hours phone 111.