The Doctors

GP Registrar

Bridgegate Surgery is a training practice and from time to time the team will be joined by a fully qualified doctor undertaking supervised training to become a fully registered General Medical Practitioner. The training may involve video recording of consultations (for later discussions with the trainer). If at any time you are uncomfortable with this, please notify a receptionist so that we can fully respect your wishes. We will require your consent prior to, and after, any video consultation. If you have any reservations afterwards, we will erase the video record.

Practice Staff

Supporting the clinical work of the doctors, we have three nurses who deal with a wide range of services independently but with access to GPs when required.

Carole Tonks, our senior practice nurse, is a qualified RGN (1989) and worked in coronary care before joining the practice in 1997. Sheldron Woodcock is a qualified RGN (1994) who joined the team in March 2003 and Kerry Muscott is a qualified RGN (1981) who joined us in February 2004.

Their work is varied and includes general health screening, vaccination, travel advice, ear syringing, dressings and injections, as well as specific clinics for cervical smears, asthma, diabetes, weight management and coronary heart disease.

Nursing In The Community

We have a well integrated team of district nurses who work in close liaison with our doctors to provide care at home when it is not possible for you to visit the surgery. There is routine daily contact between nurses and doctors to exchange information and concerns where necessary.

Health Visitor

A health visitor who is based at Retford Primary Care Centre will give help and advice to Bridgegate Surgery patients and she can be contacted through the surgery. She is concerned with the health of the community and, using her specialist skills, training and experience, she will support all age groups, but especially children and their families and patients requiring pre- and postnatal advice.

Midwife

A midwife employed by Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Trust provides care for the practice's antenatal patients. Clinics are held at the surgery between 1.30 and 4.00pm on Tuesdays for new bookings.

Practice Management And Support

The practice manager and assistant manager will be pleased to discuss any non-medical problems and suggestions for improving the service we offer. They are supported by secretarial staff who maintain the computerised patient records and deal with correspondence moving between doctors and hospital consultants as well as the routine administration needed to support the work of the surgery.

In reception we have a mixture of full and part-time staff to provide cover as required.

We operate a separate administration service for patients seeing the nurse, to ensure the proper management of samples taken for hospital investigation. Nurse admin has a direct line: 01777 863457 so that you can telephone the nurse administrator for nurse appointments (all day) and for test results (after 2.00pm).

Our receptionists are fully trained and have a lot of information at their fingertips which could probably answer many of your queries. If you are unsure about the need to consult a doctor or nurse the reception staff will be able to offer advice. You can always speak to a receptionist in private - please ask and a room will be made available. In order to help obtain the best service they may sometimes need to judge the urgency of your request by asking questions. All our staff are subject to the rules of confidentiality you would expect at a doctor’s surgery. A brief discussion will enable them to suggest the appropriate action or offer the most suitable appointment.