Balmore Park Surgery

The Doctors
In partnership

Dr Roderick Andrew Smith (male)
MA MB BCh (Cambridge 1973) DObstRCOG FRCGP
Dr Graham Paige (male) MB BS (London 1984) DRCOG MRCGP
Dr Samantha Potter (female)
MB BS (London 1991) DRCOG MRCGP
Dr Helen Paige (female)
MB BS (London 1986) DRCOG MRCGP
Dr Andrew Brewster (male)
BSc BM (Southampton 1994) MRCP DRCOG
Dr Jacqueline Payne (female)
BSc MB BS (London 1989) DCH DRCOG MRCGP
Dr Michael Kitching (male)
BSc MB BS (London 1992) MRCGP DFFP DRCOG D.Occ.Med.

Salaried GPs

Dr Miriam Al-Kashi (female) MB BS (London 2000) DCH DRCOG MRCGP

Dr Sarah Morton (female) BsC MB ChB (Leeds 2003) MRCP DRCOG DGM nMRCGP DFFP

GP Retainer

Dr Anna Ziprin (female) BSc MB ChB (Manchester 1992) MRCGP

GP Registrar

The Practice Nursing Team

Louise Mander (Nurse Manager) RGN BA(Hons) RM FPN Nurse Prescriber NARTC Asthma Dip

Rosemary Whitehead RGN NARTC Asthma Dip COPD Dip

Helen Mitchell RGN School Nurse Cert Nurse Prescriber

Maria Cook RGN NARTC Asthma Dip Diabetes Dip

Anne Smith RGN DNDE Diabetes Dip Tissue Viability Cert Asthma Dip COPD Dip

Sally Reeve RGN BA (Hons) FPN RSCN Nurse Prescriber

Madeleine Farmar RGN

Jacquelyn Duncan RGN RMN

Trudy Fidler Nursing Clerical Officer NVQ 3 in Care

The nurses work closely with the doctors and assist them in many areas including travel advice and immunisations, ear syringing, dressings, removal of stitches, injections and treatment of minor injuries.

The Management Team

Mrs Eileen Flood Practice Manager

Ms Elizabeth Harrap Assistant Practice Manager

Mrs Karen Batsford IT Manager

Mrs Anieshka Hayden Finance Adviser

The practice team works closely with Berkshire West Primary Care Trust to ensure that we provide timely and effective care for patients.

The Community Nursing Team

District Nursing Team

Bibi Matthews (District Nurse) BA (Hons) RGN DN ONC Nurse Prescriber

Sue Dermont (District Nurse) RGN BA (Hons) Primary Care Nurse Prescriber

Sally Ellis (District Nurse) DN

Carole Belgrave (Comm. Staff HCA)

Shirley Ivens (Community Nursing Team Secretary)

The district nursing team are based at the surgery and are primarily responsible for delivering nursing care and support to patients confined to their homes, or recently discharged from hospital. Patients and carers can contact the team directly on 0118 948 3414 and they will be pleased to offer advice and support on a wide range of nursing/health issues.

Health Visiting Team

Janet Whittaker RGN Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) BA (Hons)

Jan Mullan (Health Visitor) RGN RHV CPT PG Dip

Helen Oke Staff Nurse RGN

Victoria King (Nursery Nurse) NNEB

A health visitor is a qualified nurse with extra training in child development and working with families in the community. The team are based at the surgery and their main role is to provide help and guidance with healthy living, mental health issues, safety, parenting, child protection, and wider social and community issues. The health visiting team can be contacted on 0118 947 9910.