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

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ONLINE ORDERING OF REPEAT PRESCRIPTIONS IS NOW AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER FOR THIS SERVICE PLEASE ASK A MEMBER OF STAFF

WE WILL GIVE YOU A LOGIN WHICH YOU WILL USE TO REGISTER. YOU CAN THEN BOOK APPOINTMENTS AND ORDER REPEAT PRESCRIPTIONS FROM YOUR LAPTOP, TABLET OR SMARTPHONE

All Muscular Skeletal referrals are being handled by Healthshare. Please follow this link to for further information and advice options.

Doctors

Dr David Spackman

MB BS (London 1981) MRCGP DRCOG DFFP DOccMed Qualified at Charing Cross Hospital, London, in 1981 and joined the practice in 1987. He has a special interest in Occupational Medicine and works as Medical Officer at Kraft Foods in Banbury.

Dr Emma Haskew

MB BS (Newcastle 1994) MRCGP DFFP Qualified at Newcastle University in 1994, and joined the practice as a Partner in 2002. She has a special interest in Dermatology & Child Health.

Nurses

Jill Blincowe

Jill Jill qualified in 1981 and then as a midwife in 1983. Her working life has mainly been midwifery and then in the later years, Jill was a specialist high risk ante-natal midwife.

Jill has completed many courses and is a trained sonographer and a specialist in diabetes care and sexual health. Jill worked at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury dealing with a variety of medical issues before joining us at Sibford Surgery.

Healthcare Assistants

Vanessa Keene

Vanessa joined us in January 2014 and has been a HCA for 5 years. Vanessa trained in Norfolk and at a more local surgery in Brackley.

Please see Vanessa for blood tests, ear syringing, dressings, flu vaccines and health checks.

Practice Management

Chris Leonard

leonard 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. Chris supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Reception

Sheila Norton

Annette Coleman

Vicky Lay

Vicky Lay

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.

Secretaries

Cindy Hill

Cindy Cindy is our administrator for all patient referrals, her hours in the practice are Tuesday 10am -4pm, Wednesday 12 - 4pm, Thursday 12 – 4 pm and Friday 12 – 2pm. Please contact Cindy for any help for referrals into secondary care.

Community Nurses

The district nurses are available via the surgery to help and advise on health in the home for the frail, elderly and disabled. They can also provide help and advice for carers and liaise closely with Social Services.

District nursing is an independent service which is coordinated out of practice. Please phone them direct on 01608 738190.

Health Visitors

Please telephone 01608 737179 where a message can be left and someone will call you back.

Health visitors offer help and support in the following areas, for example:

Child's growth and development, behaviour difficulties, sleeping, eating, potty training, temper tantrums and teething, breastfeeding, weaning, healthy eating, hygiene, safety and exercise, postnatal depression, bereavement, violence in the family and emotional wellbeing.