Doctors
Dr Ayotunde Fasae
MB ChB MRCGP Cert
Male
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Special Interests include Dermatology, Diabetes & Minor Surgery.
Dr Aysha El-Syed
MBBS MRCGP
Female
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Special interests include Women’s Health and Family Planning
Dr Joshua Nivern
Salaried GP
MB ChB MRCGP
Male
Dr Aniqa Qazi
Salaried GP
MB BS MRCGP
Female
Non-urgent advice: Teaching/Training
All GPs at the practice participate in teaching medical students from time to time. We hope that you will co-operate with us and help the students to learn about general practice. You will be informed of their presence in advance, and if you do not want them to be present at a consultation, your wishes will be respected. This will not affect your treatment.
Nursing Team
Mrs Charlotte Johnson
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Female
Sister Karen Gardiner-Mackie
Specialist Diabetes Nurse
Female
Sister Nomi Ncube
Practice Nurse
Female
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Manages: Childhood and Travel Vaccinations, Wound Care, Ear Irrigation, Minor Illness, Long Term Condition reviews, Cytology (smear) tests, Injections.
Ann Issott
Healthcare Assistant
Female
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Manages: Blood Tests, Blood Pressure, ECGs, Ear Irrigation, Wound Care, B12 injections, Influenza injections etc.
Terri Cope
Phlebotomist
Female
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Takes blood samples.
Practice Team
Mrs Pat Foster
Practice Manager
Dip.RSA (1994) Cert PCPM (2004)
Female
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Organises the running of the practice. She would be happy to hear your views and suggestions about any of the services offered by the practice.
Mrs Hazel Davies
Assistant Practice Manager
Female
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Supports the practice manager in the day to day running of the practice and deputises in her absence.
Non-urgent advice: Administration
Provide the I.T. support and deal with the administration duties required to run the practice.
Non-urgent advice: Prescription Clerk
Manages the daily requests for repeated medications working under close supervision of the clinical team.
Non-urgent advice: 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 offer the most appropriate appointment with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries. Our Receptionist may ask the reason for your call so they can offer you the most suitable appointment.
Non-urgent advice: Secretaries
Types referral letters, liaises with GPs, hospitals and patients.
Additional Staff
Non-urgent advice: Paramedics
Paramedics working in practice alongside our clinical team, they are responsible for most home visit requests
Non-urgent advice: Pharmacy Team
They deal with medication questions, discharge from hospital changes to medication, medication reviews and advice, safety prescribing audits, medication supply issues
Non-urgent advice: Mental Health Nurse
Deals with anxiety and depression, severe mental health reviews
Non-urgent advice: Chiropody Clinic
A state registered chiropodist holds clinics at the health centre. Appointments are made by Castleford & Normanton District Hospital. You would first speak to your GP or ANP who will assess and refer you to this service.
Non-urgent advice: Advanced Clinical Practitioner – Physiotherapy Triage
Our Receptionist can book you directly into an assessment appointment with an Advanced Clinical Practitioner. This service is for new symptoms of muscular / skeletal problems.
Non-urgent advice: Care Co-ordinator
Support with accessing other services and liaising with patients and clinical staff to ensure a co-ordinated service is provided.
Non-urgent advice: Audiology Clinic
Bringing your appointment with the Audiologist closer to home. You will need a referral into this service.
Non-urgent advice: Social Prescriber
Live Well Wakefield: Social prescribing is for adults aged 18yrs and above offer support for non-clinical matters such as: bereavement, social isolation, mental health, housing, finances and much more.
The service is for all adults (18+), who are Wakefield district residents in need of information, advice and support in coping with everyday life. The team recognise that there are many things that can affect people’s ability to feel healthy and remain independent, so the service focuses on:
- Supporting people to cope with their long-term conditions; or those of someone they may care for; increasing independence to enable and empower people to self-manage their own health and wellbeing
- Reducing social isolation; supporting those who are feeling lonely and looking for social opportunities to get more involved in the community
- Signposting people with social, emotional or practical needs to a range of local services, often provided by the voluntary and community sector
- Promoting an holistic approach to health and wellbeing by focusing on the wider determinants of health and supporting people to access relevant services e.g. housing, welfare advice and employment programmes, as well as health promotion services such as smoking cessation and physical activity.
For further information, please call 01924 255363 or visit the website www.livewellwakefield.nhs.uk