Doctors
DR ANAND CHITNIS
BSc MB ChB FRCGP DRCOG - Qualified 1987 St Andrews & Manchester
DR VANESSA MANYWEATHERS
MB ChB DRCOG - Qualified 1989 Birmingham
DR ARYAN NEGARGAR
MB ChB - Qualified 1995 Birmingham
DR BINDU NAIR
MBBS MRCP & MRCGP - Qualified India 1989
DR TANIA FEGHALI
BMBS BMedSci DRCOG DFSRH - Qualified 2013 Nottingham
Nurse Practitioners
Nurses
Practice nurses are qualified registered nurses offering services such as family planning, immunisations, health checks and dressings. All of our Nurses have areas of special interest and have a variety of extended roles within the practice enabling them to run clinics for long term conditions such as asthma or diabetes.
TRACEY KNOWLES
Dip HE Adult Nursing
Healthcare Assistants
Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy, blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. Healthcare assistants also carry out ear irrigation, simple dressings and suture removal
They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor request.
Practice Management
The Senior Management team at the Castle Practice comprises of a Practice Manager.
The Practice Managers role is to ensure the day to day running of the Practice, supporting the GP's, staff and other medical professionals with delivering patient services to enhance patient care.
WENDY ADAMS
Practice Manager
Administration
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.
FAYE ANDERSON
Reception Team Leader
Secretaries
Attached Staff
The Health Authority have contacts with relevant trusts to employ District Nurses, Health Visitors, Dieticians, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Psychologists, Physiotherapists, and Chiropodists, as well as the Midwives we have attached to the practice.
Health Visitors
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.