302 Vicarage Road

Birmingham, B14 7NH

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 Dr A T Aftab (f)

Dr A T Aftab (f)

BSc MBBS (London 1998) MRCP MRCGP

Dr S G Aftab (m)

Dr S G Aftab (m)

MBBS MRCGP

Nurse Practitioners

Mrs Andrea McIlwee (f)

Nurses

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Miss Stacey Hadley (f)

Administration

Our trained and experienced receptionist are your first point of contact – they will find a way to help you. The practice has male and female doctors, patients have a choice to see female doctor on Thursday mornings. Womens health problems are best seen by female doctors. Practice nurse works on Tuesday morning and evening, and Wednesday mornings. You can see them for sexual health, family planning, cervical smears and travel vaccinations or other injections. HCA is available on all working days. She carries out routine health checks and gives lifestyle advice. She also supports patients in management of chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart problems.

Practice Management

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. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Mrs Roxanna Aslam (f)
Mrs Susan Williams (f)

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.

Miss Ammrah Sharif 
Mrs Fareen Akhtar
Mrs Christine Shemsan

Community Midwives

Consultations with the midwife are available during opening hours

Community Nurses

The nurse is available for home visits, assessments, wound management and end of life care.

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.