Monkspath Surgery

THE DOCTORS

Dr Simon Green	MB ChB DRCOG MRCGP	Qualified at Birmingham in 1982 and is the trainer for the practice's registrar. His special interests include aero-medical repatriation. Dr Green is a partner.
Dr Arturo Lupoli	MBBS Dip IMC RCS(Ed)	Qualified at St Thomas' Hospital in 1987. He runs the surgery's diabetic clinic and is a member of the Local Medical Committee. His medical interests are in sports and exercise medicine and pre-hospital emergency care. Dr Lupoli is a partner.
Dr Elizabeth Stokes	MBBS DCH DRCOG DOccMed	Qualified at The London Hospital in 1989. Her medical interests are gynaecology, family planning, paediatrics and occupational medicine. Dr Stokes is a partner and works part time.
Dr Beverley Dickinson	MB ChB DRCOG DFFP MRCGP LLM (Health Law)	Qualified at Birmingham in 1992. Her medical interests include family planning and paediatrics. She is a trainer for the practice’s GP registrar*. Dr Dickinson is a partner.
Dr Joanna Russell	MBBS DCH MRCGP FPC	Qualified at London University in 1989. Dr Russell is a partner and works part time.
Dr Louise Rowe	MBBS MRCGP DRCOG	Qualified at University Hospital of Newcastle upon Tyne 1990. She works five sessions a week. Dr Rowe is a salaried doctor.
Dr Alicia Baker	MBChB	Qualified at Bristol University in 1997. Dr Baker works two sessions a week. She is a salaried doctor.
Dr Shadan Alam	MBBS DRCOG DFFP MRCGP	Qualified from University College London 1997. She works seven sessions a week. She is a salaried doctor.
Dr Neha Sharma	MBChB DRCOG MRCGP PGA (Med Ed)	Qualified at Birmingham University in 1998. She works five sessions a week. She is a salaried doctor.
Dr Tim Marshall	MRCGP MB BS BSc	Qualified at University College London in 2003. He works 8 sessions per week. Dr Marshall is a salaried doctor.
Drs Green, Lupoli and Marshall are male, the other doctors are female. The doctors work in a non-limited partnership.
*A GP Registrar is a fully qualified doctor who wishes to become a general practitioner. The registrar is attached to the practice for periods ranging from 4 to 12 months.

PRACTICE STAFF

PRACTICE MANAGER

Becky Friend

PRACTICE NURSES

Carol Maxwell SRM, SCM
Sally Scott RGN, ENB
Jacky Mastrantone RGN, RM

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANTS

Penny Moore, Anna Cunningham

SECRETARIES

Alison Caughey, Hilary Fine

SCANNING CLERK

Cathy Keeton

ADMINISTRATION CLERKS

Jackie Pawsey, Sandra Close

SENIOR RECEPTIONISTS

am Josie Shaw

pm Beverley Price

RECEPTION STAFF

am Pat Alberici, Gillian Farley, Lesley Stone, Margaret Rhodes

pm Trudy Morris, Anne Ward, Aqsa Rafiq, Maureen Larner

Practice Staff

The practice manager is available to advise you about administration and non-medical aspects of your health care and is also available to discuss any suggestions or complaints you may have.

The practice nurses and healthcare assistants have appointments throughout the day from 8.30am and provide a wide range of services including:

Asthma care	Ear Syringing	Dressings
Family Planning	Cervical Smears	Diabetes Care
Travel Vaccinations	Yellow Fever Vaccination	Advice on Foreign Travel*
Postnatal Checks	Blood Pressure Checks	Smoking Advice
New Patient Checks	Diet and Weight Care	Immunisations

* Please complete travel assessment forms available from reception or by downloading (go to travel documents page) before attending for an appointment.

The practice medical secretaries carry out much of the administration work in the practice. They provide a communication link between the patient, doctor, hospital, insurance companies and other agencies.

The receptionists are your link with the rest of the practice. They will try in every way to help you and advise you on how to get the best from the many services we offer. Should you wish to speak in more privacy, then an interview room is available - please ask.

ATTACHED STAFF

Solihull Primary Care Trust employs the following staff who work from within the practice.

District nurses come into the surgery each day for messages from the doctors and patients. Their prime role is to provide domiciliary nursing care, especially for the elderly and for post-operative patients.

Midwives hold antenatal clinics in the practice once a week as well as visiting expectant mothers in their homes. Most of our pregnant patients have their babies delivered by a midwife from our team.

Contact midwives via their secretary at Solihull Hospital on (0121) 709 0209.

Health visitors have their own telephone line in the surgery and can be contacted on (0121) 711 2133; an answerphone will record messages when they are not available. Their prime responsibility is the care and welfare of the under 5s.

	Well baby clinics are held on Tuesday mornings from 9.00 – 11.30am.
	Postnatal groups are held on Wednesday afternoons from 2.00 – 3.30pm.

Physiotherapists and chiropodists have several clinics in the practice throughout the week. These staff are available after referral from one of the doctors.

TEACHING

We have an active commitment to medical education. Attached to the practice are fully qualified doctors known as registrars, who have several years of hospital experience but are preparing to become general practitioners. Registrars spend up to a year in the practice team.

Video recordings of consultations are occasionally used in training but this is never done without the consent of the patients involved.

Medical students and trainee nurses are also attached to us as part of their undergraduate training. The practice frequently has students from the Medical School at Birmingham University. We are one of 30 practices throughout the West Midlands that have been selected to take part in the radically new undergraduate teaching programme. The doctors involved in teaching are Honorary Clinical Lecturers at the university. All students have access to the medical records as part of the educational process, but are bound by confidentiality in the same way as all other staff. The medical records will not leave the premises in the possession of a student.

Patients are under no obligation to have students present during their consultations. Your consent should always be sought beforehand. If you choose not to participate you can be assured that your wishes will be respected and that your decision will not be held against you in any way.