Ripon Spa Surgery - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Noticeboard

WINTER PRESSURES

Harrogate District Hospital is experiencing unprecedented high levels of admissions and would ask members of the public to only use the A&E Department if emergency medical attention is needed. We would always encourage the public to consider using other services that are available to ensure that patients with emergency conditions can be seen as soon as possible.

For patients with non-emergency symptoms please visit your community Pharmacist for advice or look online for advice at https://www.nhs.uk/pages/home.aspx

If you feel you need medical attention but are unsure where to turn, please contact NHS 111. If you feel that you do need to see a clinician, please consider ringing your GP practice to book an appointment with them or request an appointment at the extended hours Primary Care Hubs in Harrogate (and Ripon if you are a Ripon patient) which are open on Saturday morning. NHS 111 is still available when the practice is closed if you feel you need out of hours non-emergency medical help and advice.

Doctors

Dr CHARLES McEVOY (m)

MA MB BChir Cantab 1996 MRCGP COPD, asthma, minor operations, joint injections, orthopaedics, cardiology prostate/bladder symptoms

Dr PENNY McEVOY (f)
MA MB BChir MRCGP DRCOG DFFP Cantab 1996 COPD, asthma, family planning, sexual health/contraception, kidney disease.

Dr MATT MIELCAREK (m)

MB ChB Dusseldorf 2000, DFFP DRCOG 2004, MRCGP 2006, PGDipENT 2007, minor operations, joint injections, prostate/bladder symptoms

Dr RICHARD SLOAN (m)

B.Med.Sci (Hons) Nottingham 1982 MB BS 1984 DRCOG MRCGP DPD diabetes, dermatology, minor operations, emergency care

Dr ROZZY GREEN (f)
MB ChB Glasgow 1996 DRCOG DFSRH MRCGP MRCS Ed MFAEM MRCP(UK)
Diabetes, sexual health/contraception

Nurses

Nurse Jenny Lamb (f)

RGN
Travel advice, smoking cessation, cervical smears, adult vaccs, sexual health advice, disease management clinics: asthma, heart, chronic kidney disease, respiratory (lung)

Nurse Joanna Taylor (f)

RGN
Travel advice, cervical smears, adult vaccs, baby immunisations, health checks, disease management clinics: diabetes, heart, chronic kidney disease

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Kath Walmsley (f)

Phlebotomy, blood pressure, health checks, hearing tests

Practice Management

Samantha Miles

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

The Adminstration team provide help and support to patients who are enquiring about the progress of a medical report, test result or hospital appointment. They can be contacted on the surgery telephone number 01765 692366, followed by option 3.

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 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 Midwives

Nicola Bellerby

RGN

Community Nurses

Ruth Burton

RGN

Health Visitors

Ms Cat Worrell (f)

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.