Office of General Practice
Swindon General Practice Education
Swindon General Practice Education
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Hawthorn
Medical Centre May
Close, Cricklade Road, Gorse Hill, Swindon, SN2 1AF Telephone:
01793 536541
Fax: 01793 421049 Situated
in Gorse Hill, an area of Swindon with a rich ethic mix in the population.
Hawthorn
Medical Centre has a patient list size of 12,500, and is a paperlite practice.
It is a modern purpose built practice which provides a pleasant working
environment. Our Aim The Aim of the Practice
is to provide high quality medical health care for all of our patients in a
friendly, non-discriminating and supportive atmosphere. Confidentiality You can be sure that a visit to the surgery or anything you discuss
with any member of staff will remain confidential. Access to your clinical
information is protected by the Data Protection Act. For further information
please look at the two websites:- Freedom
of Information http://www.foi.nhs.uk/practice?id=6207 Hawthorn
Medical Centre Website Patient
Participation Group. The
Hawthorn Medical Centre has a very active Patient Participation Group which have
just hosted a Diabetic evening for patients and their friends. More than 100
people attended and enjoyed advice given by guest speakers, Matthew Spencer from
the Swindon Diabetic Society and Gail Richards a Diabetic Nurse from the Great
Western Hospital. Our own Diabetic Nurses were also on hand for advice. Five
Doctors from the practice were available for a question and answer session
before light refreshments were served. Following the success of this event we
are now looking for new venues to hold further informative meetings that will
comfortably accommodate more than 100 people. With
the money raised at various functions by the PPG we are hoping to provide new
chairs for the waiting room. Training
Practice The
Hawthorn Medical Centre trains medical and health staff. GP
registrar Hawthorn
Medical Centre has become a recognised training practice. The practice has two
qualified trainers, Dr Janson and Dr Mearns who have been supervising GP
registrars from August 2005. GP
registrars are doctors who are training to specialise in General Practice and
each will spend a year with the practice. Our
first registrar is Dr Katherine Applegate We
also take overseas doctors for short placements (three months) and currently
have Dr Tobias from Germany gaining experience in a UK practice. Paramedic We
are pleased to be offering support to Ambulance staff undertaking the Emergency
Care Practitioner training, and we have been taking students for a two week
period. Staff
Nursing
Staff Sister Debby Goddard,
Senior Sister and Nurse prescriber Sister Sheila Morgan Sister Anita Thomas, Nurse
prescriber Sister Beryl Criag Sister Mary Toner Staff Nurse Margaret Rouse Health
Care Assistants Geraldine Painter Gill Dancyger Lesley Johnson |
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