General Practitioners

Profiles

		Dr H F M Platts Dr Hazel Platts has over 29 years’ experience in General Practice in Rochdale. She has a special interest in both children’s and women’s health. Dr Platts has a long-standing interest in raising the quality of care in General Practice and has gained much experience developing her role with quality issues and complaints. She has become a GP appraiser and is involved with appraising GPs in other practices. Dr Platts is joint clinical lead for Rochdale West Practice Based Commissioning Cluster. As well as her lead role, Dr Platts oversees prescribing for this cluster.
		Dr D J Hudson Dr David Hudson has been a General Practitioner in Rochdale since 1983. He has a special interest in diabetes and oversees the practice diabetic clinic after completing the Warwick University Diabetes Care Course. Dr Hudson is the lead partner involved with the training of medical students attached to the surgery from Manchester University having previously been a Trainer for future General Practitioners. We have taken part in this for several years now and feel it has been very successful for the students who appreciate the help of our patients in their education.
		Dr J S Doyle Dr Stephen Doyle’s special interest is respiratory medicine, looking after asthma and COPD care in the practice. He has obtained his diploma in Asthma Management. Dr Doyle has 22 years’ experience in performing minor surgery and for many years provided an acupuncture service to patients. He also has a further interest in men’s health issues and has responsibility for the well man clinic. Dr Doyle has both an interest and responsibility for the development of Information Technology in the practice. Along with Dr Osborne, Dr Doyle is also an approved GP Trainer, who is also involved in the training of junior medical students and training doctors.
		Dr D C Osborne Dr David Osborne has worked as a GP in Rochdale since 1995. He has been an accredited Trainer of new General Practitioners since 2003. His clinical responsibilities in the surgery are Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension and Stroke. He also undertakes Minor Surgery at the practice and has recently completed a Diploma in Minor Surgery. Dr Osborne is the lead GP for Coronary Heart Disease for Rochdale West Cluster and is one of three doctors within the cluster who undertake minor surgery for other patients within the cluster.
		Dr J J Nelson Dr Jenny Nelson joined the partnership at Ashworth Street Surgery in November 2001 as a part-time partner. She has over 13 years’ experience working within General Practice. Her main interests are women’s health: obstetrics and gynaecology, family, Osteoporosis, HRT and teenage health.
		Dr S V Gadiyar Dr Shalini Gadiyar has worked as a GP for nine years. She trained initially as a paediatrician in this country after qualifying as a doctor in India. She became attracted to General Practice after four years of hospital medicine and since then has gained experience in ENT, Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Her other clinical interests include family planning and dermatology. She also offers contraceptive advice, fits IUDs and implants. She is also involved in child health along with Dr Platts. She is in the process of completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Gynaecology. She will be providing Gynaecology clinics for patients from Rochdale West PBC Cluster for some of the common Gynaecological conditions like mendrahagia, pelvic pain, infertility, procapse and menopausal problems/HRT etc.
		Dr M J Mudalige Dr Mark Mudalige has joined the practice in September 2011 as a full time partner. Dr Mudalige trained at Manchester University and did his hospital jobs in the Rochdale area. He undertook his GP training here at Ashworth St Surgery. Mark is a keen climber and can often be found hanging off cliffs all over the North West. He is also very keen on cycling and walking.

Primary Health Care Team

Practice Team

There are seven doctors, one or two GP registrars, and training doctors who already have hospital experience who are supported by the practice manager, nurse practitioner, practice nurses, health care assistants and a total of 17 reception/admin staff. Also working from the surgery are counsellors, health visitors, district nurses, dietician and community midwives. The receptionists, like all staff, are there to assist you - making appointments, taking requests for home visits and answering other queries. Please be patient if you are kept waiting, or if you feel they are asking too many questions. They have to judge the urgency of the request so please give them the information they require. They are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses.

Practice Manager

The practice manager is responsible for the day-to-day running of the practice. Problems regarding registration or other administrative matters should be brought to her attention if the reception staff cannot help.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Kaye Peacock Kaye Peacock is our advanced nurse practitioner, who joined the practice in March 2002. Kaye completed the MSc Clinical Nursing Course at Liverpool University in September 2001. Prior to that she was a district nursing sister in Bolton.

What is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Who Should See Her?

Advanced nurse practitioners are nurses who specialise in diagnosing and treating minor ailments. They work alongside GPs to offer an alternative point of GP contact for patients. This enables GPs to have more time to deal with patients who have complicated medical conditions.

Advanced nurse practitioners are highly trained to carry out this role and are able to recognise more serious conditions as well as minor ones. Nevertheless, a GP is always on hand to advise the nurse practitioner if needed. Kaye has also been fully trained to prescribe medication.

Kaye can see a wide range of conditions, some examples of which are:-

* Skin problems - eg eczema, acne and rashes
* Contraception
* Infections - ear, throat, urinary, chest and eyes
* Coughs/colds
* Muscular injuries - eg back, neck

Many of these problems come on quickly and the nurse practitioners appointment's are more readily available. We hope this enables patients to be seen more quickly. If you are unsure if your illness should be seen by the nurse practitioner or GP, the reception staff are often able to clarify which would be best, so just ask.

Practice Nurses

Debbie Clubman and Choosita Barton are the surgery practice nurses. The practice nurse team is very highly skilled and undertake regular training to enable them to deliver a high standard of evidence based care to all our patients.

An appointment can be made at reception for any of the following:

Health Care Assistants

In addition to our nurse practitioner and practice nurses, we also have Joanne Holland, Christine Thompson and Daryl Thompson who are our health care assistants. They have been fully trained in phlebotomy and blood pressure monitoring and are currently undergoing their training to assist in the management of health care. This currently includes the following but will become more extensive in the future:

Health Visitors

The health visitors are available for advice, especially with children and the elderly, also to monitor the health and development of children and families.

They run a "well baby" clinic in conjunction with the doctor each Wednesday afternoon. They can be contacted on 01706 702135.

District Nurses

The district nurses service aims to provide high quality nursing care to patients who are housebound. They have an open referral policy and can be contacted at Croft Shifa Surgery Monday to Friday between 8.30 - 9.30am and 2.00 - 4.00pm on 764701. At any other time they can be contacted via their Liaison Department on 764311. Any patients who are able to, are requested to attend the clinic for treatment at Croft Shifa Clinic; appointments can be made by ringing 0161 655 7401.

Midwives

Community midwives provide care and advice during pregnancy and after childbirth.

They attend the antenatal clinic on Thursday 1.30 - 2.00pm for new patients and 2.00 - 4.00pm for re-visits.

Dietician

Our specialist dietician in diabetics works alongside the practice nurse during the diabetic clinic on alternate Tuesday afternoons between 1.15 - 3.45pm.

Post-graduate Training

Doctors who have worked in hospitals for a number of years come to work at the practice for a year before themselves becoming general practitioners. This is valuable work experience for them and also benefits us by stimulating new ideas within the practice.

Teaching Medical Students

This practice is a teaching practice in association with the University of Manchester. Students may be present at your consultation but you will be given notice of this in advance. If you wish to see the doctor on their own please inform the receptionist.