Whitevale Medical Group - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Doctors

Dr Roger A L Black (m)

MBChB, M. Phil, MRCGP, D. Obst, RCOG, DFM, DFFP

Dr Roger J Hardman (m)

MBChB

Dr Christopher M McClure (m)

MBChB, MRCGP

GP Registrars

The practice is a training practice. We employ a GP registrar who consults for 1 year and also Foundation 2 doctors who consult for 4 months. All training doctors within the practice are fully qualified & part of our team.

Nurses

Sister Christina Shafi (f)

Practice Nurse

Marie Murdoch (f)

Staff Nurse

Our Practice Nurses are responsible for well women, asthma, diabetic, heart, epilepsy and blood pressure clinics. They also advise on travel vaccinations. They also offer advice on diet, weight management and many other health related issues including smoking cessation.

Miss Clare Armstrong (f)

Trainee Practice Nurse

Practice Management

Mrs Dawn McLean (f)

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.

Administration

Margaret Lindsay (f)

Reception

Joyce Kinnear (f)

Ellen Coupar (f)

Lynne Godfrey (f)

Janette Showell (f)

Maureen Roy (f)

Maria Paterson (f)

Heather Guymer (f)

Alison Burns (f)

Receptionist/Typist

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.

Community Nurses

Sister Kay McAdam (f)

Based in Bridgeton Health Centre

Michelle Campbell

Based in Bridgeton Health Centre

Our District Nurses visit housebound patients and provide holistic care to the practice population.

Health Visitors

Angela McArthur (f)

Health Visitor

Carol Coyne (f)

Health Visitor

Our Health Visiting Team offer health advice and support to families with young children. This includes help with parenting and behavioural management and also support women with Post Natal Depression. They provide developmental checks and weighing services at the surgery by appointment. Nursery nurse and health care support workers assist the Health Visiting Team. They can be contacted within the surgery and have an answering machine service available on 0141 406 2319.

Childhood vaccinations are now being carried out without with the surgery, these are now carried out in outreach clinics based in Bridgeton, Townhead, Shettleston, Easterhouse or Baillieston Health Centres.