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

Doctors

Dr Fiona J Henderson (f)
MB BS 1979 LRCP MRCS DRCOG

Dr Colin P Blankfield (m)
MB BS 1980 MRCGP DRCOG

Dr Tessa M Dormon (f)
MB BS 1978 DRCOG

Dr Mark Andrews (m)
MB BS 1980 DRACOG

Dr Rodney Brittan (m)
MB MCh 1975

Dr Gary Parkes (m)
MB ChB 1980 PhD MRCGP DCH DRCOG

Nurses

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. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Sister Val Hardy (f)

Sister Hardy has special experience in womens health and works closely with the doctors to provide advice on contraception, sexual health and the menopause. Sister Hardy is trained to perform routine cervical smears and provide advice on breast self examination.

Sister Hardy also provides detailed travel health advice and is trained to administer all travel vaccines required by the patient.

Sister Jane Purdy (f)

Sister Purdy has special experience in womens health and works closely with the doctors to provide advice on contraception, sexual health and the menopause. Sister Purdy is also trained to perform routine cervical smears and provide advice on breast self examination.

Sister Purdy also provides detailed travel health advice and is trained to administer the travel vaccines required by patients.

Sister Purdy has a special interest in Asthma, Minor Illness and Diabetes and runs special clinics for these problems.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as, blood pressure measurement, new patient checks, ECG's. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Mrs Liane Andrews (f)

Mrs Kay Mardling (f)

Practice Management

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.

Mrs Christine Price (f)

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.

Mrs Kay Mardling (f)

Mrs Liane Andrews (f)

Mrs Jean Caruso (f)

Mrs Rachael Chaplin (f)

Mrs Linda Weston (f)

Mrs Maggie Hornsey (f)

Mrs Cheryl Sayers (f)

Miss Laura Hurlock (f)

Miss Hayley Andrews (f)

Community Midwives

Contact numbers:

Herts: 01707 365160
Essex: 01279 444455 (ext 7103)

Mrs Paula Nobes (f)

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.

Mrs Julia McGrath (f)

Mrs Karen Afford (f)

Further Information

Patient Participation Group

Survey Report