The Leys Health Centre - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

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GP Changes
Please see the "News and announcements" page for further details.

Contact the Practice via the Internet.

You can now contact us via the Web to:

- book appointments

- order repeat prescriptions

- let us know about address changes

Click on the tab opposite for more information on this time-saving new service!

Open Surgery
Open Surgery each weekday morning. If you arrive before 10am you can almost always see a doctor, usually your own. You may have to wait as patients are seen in turn. Open Surgery can be very busy so, if you have complex problems, it would be better to make an appointment.

Out of Hours
We are closed between 6.00pm and 8.30am weekdays and on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. If you need a doctor urgently when we are closed, please telephone Oxford 778244.

Home Visits
If you are too frail or sick to attend surgery, please contact Reception before 10.30am if possible. If you explain to the Receptionist exactly what is wrong, it will help the doctor see the most urgent cases first.

NEW! Job vacancies

Click here for details of current jobs at the practice.

Doctors

Nursing Staff

Practice Team

Healthcare Team

Doctors

Dr Matthew Wilkinson (m)
MB ChB Manch. 1976, DA, DRCOG

Dr Stuart Craig (m)
BA BM BCh Oxon. 1976, DRCOG, MRCGP

Dr Fiona Duxbury (f)
MB BS Lond. 1979, DRCOG, DCH, MRCGP, MSc

Dr Louise Gardner (f)
MB BS Lond. 1985, DCH, DRCOG, MRCGP

Dr Orlagh Bradley (f)
MB BCh Belfast 1982, DCH, MRCGP

Dr Miranda Wynne-Edwards (f)
BMBS BMedSci MRCP nMRCGP DRCOG DFSRH

Dr Andrew J Valentine (m)
BMBS BMedSci MRCGP DPD

Nurses

Practice Nurses work closely with the doctors, providing:

- Health Checks and advice on healthy living;
- Special clinics for long term conditions (see Services Provided)
- Travel advice and vaccinations;
- General nursing care eg dressings, injection etc.

Contact via your doctor or make an appointment direct.

Sister Frankie Brown (f)
RGN

Sister Marie Lloyd (f)
RGN

Sister Belinda Cooper (f)

RGN

Phlebotomists

If you need a blood test, please make an appointment with one of our Phlebotomists who hold sessions most mornings (see Services Provided).

Reception

Our Receptionists are here to help you with appointments, repeat prescriptions, and general enquiries. If you explain your problem, they will be able to help you appropriately. They try hard to be fair to everyone, so please be fair to them.

Community Midwives

Community Midwives are attached to thePractice and are concerned with the wellbeing of all pregnant women registered here. They run antenatal clinics on Thursdays and Fridays, conduct complication-free deliveries and visit mother and baby in the early days after birth.

They can be contacted on the following numbers:
Non-urgent - 220402
Urgent - 221696

Community Nurses

The three District Nurses are involved in all aspects of care in the community, including the long-term sick, disabled, housebound or terminally ill Contact directly or telephone 771449

Health Visitors

The Health Visitors can advise on the health and development of children of all ages, both at home and in the Well Baby Clinics. They are also available to advise on all aspects of family and individual health and may be contacted on 788688. With the exception of Thursday mornings, there is normally a Health Visitor to be seen at the Health Centre, without appointment between 9am and 9.30am.

Attached Staff

Speech and Language Therapy: Two therapists work here on a part-time basis. If there are any concerns about a child’s understanding, use of language, speech sounds, voice or fluency (stammering) contact can be made via your doctor or Health Visitor or you can contact the therapists direct on 788681.

Podiatry:
Our Podiatry (Chiropody) team provide a service for the following groups:

- Those with Diabetes or poor circulation in their legs;
- Those with foot & knee problems affecting their walking;
- Those requiring nail surgery.

Your doctor or other health professional can refer you for treatment.

Further Information

Results of the November 2011 PPG Survey

For quick medical advice online or on the telephone contact NHS Direct

NHS 111 is a new service being introduced to make it easier for you to access local NHS healthcare services