Practice Team

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The practice team at West Street Surgery work with the doctors to provide you with the fullest medical services.

Administration Team

Di Waller (Practice Manager), Jani Parsons (Business Manager), Ann Turnbull
(Medical Secretary), Jane Davis (Secretary/Administrator) and Wendy Brown (Computer Data).

We have also added to our team Ruth Brown and Lesley Cocks (computer data).

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Receptionists

Our receptionists are here to help you. Our senior receptionist is Louise Townsend who co-ordinates the reception team of Annette Pinfold, Peta Simmons, Pauline Mason, Lesley Cocks, Angela Barnes and Vicky Duncan.

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.

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Practice Nurses

Shani Napier, Mitch Argument and Jenny Nolan 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.

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Health Visitors

Our Health Visiting team is based in the Sunshine Health Suite, at the Ace Centre on the corner of Albion Street. The team comprises of Sharon Doar, Melynda Health and Louise Howell, who are all qualified Nurses who have completed specialist training in Community/Public Health. We currently work within the Child Health Promotion Programme (CHPP) supporting children and their families.

Our Community Staff Nurse Ruth Spencer supports the Health Visiting Team to deliver core services, supporting families with children between the ages of 0-18years and delivers packages of care when needed. We work closely in partnership with the General Practitioners from both surgeries in Chipping Norton and offer advice and support to families about many issues including emotional and physical development of children, Post-natal depression, parenting skills, sleep, diet, bereavement, breastfeeding, weaning, teenage pregnancies, ethnic minority groups, domestic abuse and child protection.

The team share the health suite and work closely with other professionals including the Children’s Community Dietician, Children’s Physiotherapist, Children’s Speech and Language therapist, Midwives, Community Paediatrician, Children’s Community Paediatric Nurse who runs a eczema and constipation clinic monthly and School Nurse. Together we deliver packages of care to clients.

The Health Visiting Team run open drop in clinics on Wednesdays between 10am and 11.30 am. You can come along and weigh your child and discuss any heath issues. We also have Peer Support Breast Feeders who are mothers trained with the necessary skills to help mothers with breastfeeding.

The Health visitors also run Post Natal Groups, Weaning Groups and parenting groups working very closely with the staff from the family centre in Chipping Norton.

You can contact the Health Visiting Team direct on 01608 643350. An answer phone will pick up your message if they are out of the office.

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Counsellors

Mrs Anna Pearson and her 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 Anna Pearson on 07796 262 925 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.

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DISPENSARY

Gemma Heritage is the senior dispenser in our pharmacy along with her team of Karen Solla, Liz Lowther, Sharon Escott and Alan Taylor.

We have a dispenser in the surgery Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.30pm and every Saturday morning during the practice out of hours duty.

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

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HEALTH 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. Ruth Brown has recently joined us as a phlebotomist.

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