Beautiful Location
                                                      Academic Excellence (protocols, guidelines, audits)
                                                      Friendly Staff (always)
                                                      Quite Friendly Doctors
                                                      Easy Access (own motorway service station)
                                                      Dispensing and On-site Pharmacy
                                                      Full out of hours cover
                                                      Bus for patients                                  

                                                      Diagnostic Ultrasound
                                                      

LOCATION

In the Berkshire Downs, North of Newbury and covers an area of  

120 square miles and a population of over 10,000. There is a 

normal age and social class distribution.

DOCTORS

Four whole-time and two part-time partners. Two part-time assistants.

One Registrar and one or two F2 Hospital Doctors

Average list size 2000. 

Special Interests include Diabetes (Dr Wardle)

Family Planning (Dr Dyson)

Ultrasound and RCGP Examiner (Dr Lowenthal), 

PCT Issues (Dr Cave).  

Palliative Care (Dr Davies) 

Dermatology (Dr Finnigan)

Autistic Children (Dr Hunter)
Andrew Wardle and Leslie Lowenthal are trainers.

DISPENSING

The practice dispenses to all its patients. There is also a

Pharmacy on site. This is an integral part of (and owned by)

the practice, and allows us to have a superintendent pharmacist

as part of our primary health care team.

PREMISES

One purpose built site at Chieveley and a branch surgery

at Compton. There are dedicated and fully equipped

consulting rooms for the registrar at both sites.

TRAINING

The practice has been a training practice since 1986 and 

is attached to the Reading Vocational Training Scheme 

which provides a full-day per week day release course.  

The practice also takes on medical students from Oxford.  

Full online access to library databases is available from 

all computer terminals. An intranet enables fast access 

to practice information and protocols.

Link to Local VTS Training Scheme

EQUIPMENT

The practice is fully computerised, using the EMIS System, 

and the 2 surgeries are connected by land line. Desktop 

terminals for all.   Diagnostic 

equipment includes ECG machines, Audiometry, foetal heart 

monitors and an ultrasound scanner which we use for 

simple obstetrics and echocardiography. We also have desktop 

ophthalmoscopes and auroscopes in all consulting rooms.

STAFF

We have a full time Practice Manager, a full complement of

 Reception, Administrative  

and Dispensing Staff, plus a minibus driver (who ferries               

the patients in and medicines out). They form an 

enthusiastic and dedicated team. We have two district 

nursing sisters and a health visitor with full auxiliary 

support. We have five practice nurses, one health care

assistant, one midwife, a community dietitian, an attached

surgery physiotherapist, a smoking counsellor, a

domiciliary  physiotherapist, and a counsellor and substance misuse

counsellor..

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