Doctors and Staff

The Doctors

Dr Nicola Jacqueline Mayes	MBBS (St Mary’s Paddington 1988) MSc
Dr Jayalalitha Asokan	MBBS (Madurai, India) MRCGP (2005)
Dr Rajesh Khapra	MBBS (Indore, India 1993) D.Orth FRCS MRCGP 2007
Dr N B Miller	MBBS (London 1986) MRCGP (2010) DipPalMed (Cardiff 2012)
Dr M Alagarsamy	MBBS (Madras Medical College, India 1997) MRCGP (UK April 2006)
Dr Rashmi Ramesh	MBBS (Sri Siddhartha Medical College -2001 India), NMRCGP (August 2010), DFFP

The Practice Team

Practice Manager

Ms Gillian Nodding
Is in charge of administration and organisation of the practice and is responsible for ensuring our service is always of the highest quality.

Also in charge of all the financial aspects of the practice

Practice Nurses

Hold clinics for adult health checks, cervical smears, travel vaccines, asthma, hypertension, CHD, baby and diabetic clinics. They can perform practical procedures such as ear syringing and wound care and injections and can also give advice on health and dietary problems.

Health Care Assistant

Takes routine blood samples, blood pressure checks and ECGs. Also oversees weight management. Advises on weight management.

Office Supervisor

Ensures the smooth running of the reception area.

Secretaries

Ensure all secretarial duties are carried out efficiently.

IT

Work on the input of important computer data and arrange clinics.

Receptionists

Are the patients’ first contact with the surgery. Please help them by giving any information they require to enable them to process your request quickly and efficiently.

Community Nurses

The district nurses perform most of their work in patients' homes, tending to people who are housebound or too ill to leave their homes. Their work involves general nursing duties such as giving injections and dressing wounds as well as assessing and providing more complex nursing needs for more seriously ill patients.

Health Visitors

Health visitors are employed by the NHS Community Trust. They work mainly with the well population and are concerned with the family as well as individuals within the family. A large part of the health visitors time is spent monitoring the growth, development and social and physical health of children under 5 years, and their families. They undertake Well Baby Clinics, Health Promotion and Child Protection work and vaccinations. They are especially involved with breast feeding mothers, isolated and unsupported mothers and mothers with postnatal depression.

Macmillan Nurses

The Macmillan nurse provides help and support to terminally ill patients and their families. They can be contacted via Teesside Hospice (01642 816777)