• Di Waller (Practice Manager), Jani Parsons (Business Manager), Ann Turnbull
  (Medical Secretary), Mary Edginton (Secretary) and Wendy Brown (Computer Data).
  
  We have also added to our team Ruth Brown and Lesley Cocks (computer data).

Practice Nurses

Shani Napier, Sue Garden, Mitch Argument and Jo Tyrrell run daily surgeries and weekly specialised clinics. This provides general nursing care as well as health promotion, family planning, cervical smears, immunisation, travel and other clinics. If they cannot provide a particular service they can usually suggest where to go to get appropriate advice/treatment.

• For more information on nurse clinics please click here.

Health Visitors

• Julie Hyland and Sharon Doar are qualified nurses and midwives as well as health visitors. Julie is also a community practice teacher and has a special interest in providing support for those who have experienced bereavement. Julie also specialises in supporting teenagers.
  
  Sharon specialises in supporting parents of children with eczema and behaviour problems. Both health visitors are smoking cessation advisors and are particularly interested in preventing and advising on obesity issues. The health visitors work closely with their colleagues in facilitating post natal and baby feeding support groups and postnatal depression support.
  
  They can offer researched information on all child and family health issues.
  The health visitors' office and clinic room can be found on the second floor, easily accessed with prams entering from the surgery car park. The health visitors are particularly involved with the family centre that is based at the ACE Centre on Burford Road.
  
  You can contact the health visitors direct on 01608 643350. An answerphone will pick up your message if they are out of the office.
  
  For further clinics please click here.

Counsellors

• Mr Mike Gage and his team are trained counsellors who work independently but have rooms at West Street Surgery where they see individuals or couples to help with personal, marital or other problems. If you ring Mike Gage on 01295 680506 you can make an appointment to see one of the counsellors in the surgery.
  
  This service is not free, though the practice does have limited funds to help people in financial need.

Receptionists

Our receptionists are here to help you. Our senior receptionist is Louise Townsend who co-ordinates the reception team of Annette Pinfold, Pat Cooper, Peta Simmons, Jill Walker, Donna MacKenzie and Pauline Mason. All receptionists have extensive knowledge of the facilities and services available. If you are unsure of anything, do ask and if you wish to speak to them in private please say so.

Pharmacy

Sue Butterworth is the senior dispensor in our pharmacy along with her team of Pauline Coles, Karen Solla and Nicky Gell. We have a dispensor in the surgery Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.30pm and on every second Saturday morning during the practice out of hours duty.

• For more information on obtaining a repeat prescription please click here.

Medical Care Assistants/Phlebotomist

• Chris Clifton and Annette Pinfold hold clinics for taking bloods (phlebotomy), blood pressure, ECGs, foot checks, dressings and new patient checks. Chris examines ears and Annette helps with smoking cessation.

Assistant Doctor

• The partners are supported by experienced GPs who have a long term commitment to the practice but are not partners. We are delighted that Jane Pargeter will continue in a similar capacity but now as an assistant doctor doing three regular mornings a week.

Registrars

• For over 30 years we have been an approved "training practice". Fully qualified doctors in the final part of their training, before becoming independent practitioners, spend a year working at the surgery. They are known as Registrars and are very popular with patients. 
  
  For more information on our training programme for Registrars please click here.

Teaching

• We are approved by Oxford University as a teaching practice and invite medical students to undertake attachments with us. Please do not feel obliged for them to sit in on your appointment if, for any reason, you are not comfortable with this. 
  
  For more information on our teaching programme please click here.