The Bridge Surgery - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Noticeboard

Have you booked your holiday yet?

Please remember to speak to the surgery well in advance of you going abroad for your holidays as some vaccinations need to be given six weeks or more in advance to take effect. We do not stock all vaccinations as they have to be ordered in due to 'shelf-life' and can add time onto the process.

Pick up our revised 'Travel' form from reception or speak to our staff for help and guidance.

Doctors

Dr Giovanni Caranci (m)

MB ChB (Leicester 1986), BSc, DGM, DRCOG, FP Cert, MRCGP

Dr Tessa Franklin (f)

MB ChB (Dundee 1989) DFFP, MRCGP

Dr Ghanem Tayara (m)

MBBS (University of Karachi 1999) MSC DIP

Nurses

Sister Sue Ward

Nurse Tracy Kumar

Nurse Lorraine Mary Hill

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. We have an experienced Nurse Prescriber - Sue Ward, who undertakes triage every morning, and allocates emergency GP appointments. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma and COPD, minor ailment clinics, travel clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Health Practitioners

Dr Muhammud Shafeek Korim

Healthcare Assistants

Marion Lawson

Helen Molloy

Practice Management

Mrs Wendy Goodchild

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Administration

Mrs Lisa Edwards

Mrs Jaydee Lakin

Ms Sharon Lakin

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Carol Phillips

Emma Parr

Yvette Grant

Secretaries

Mrs Bonita Hirst

Ms Sarah Eaton

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.