THE DOCTORS

Dr Janet Armstrong	BSc MB BCh BAO	(Registered 1976)
Dr Jeffrey E Oliver	MA BM BCh MRCP DRCOG	(Registered 1978)
Dr Cherry G Brightwell	MB BS DRCOG DCH DA	(Registered 1983)
Dr Sue J Donnelly	MB BS MRCGP DRCOG DGM DFFP	(Registered 1991)
Dr Pothen Alexander	FRCGP DCH DRCOG	(Registered 1975)

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Practice Manager

Our Practice Manager is Patricia Gander. She is responsible for the administration and smooth running of the practice. If you have any queries, complaints or suggestions, please write to her.

Practice Management

Judith Alexander (IT/Reception Manager)
We have a team of experienced receptionists, secretaries and administration staff. They are here to help you. Please remember they have a busy and sometimes difficult job.

Practice Nurses

We have a team of fully qualified nurses and healthcare assistants.

COMMUNITY NURSING TEAM

The West Sussex Primary Care Trust (PCT) employs community matrons, district nurses, health visitors, midwives and a community psychiatric nurse who work with the practice providing care for our patients.

District Nurses

The district nurses visit those patients in need of nursing care who are too infirm to attend the surgery. They can be contacted by telephone. An answering machine will record your message if they cannot take it personally.

Messages will be collected every day. Telephone: (01293) 600332

Health Visitor

The health visitor is a fully qualified nurse who has had extra training in caring for people in the community. She will assume care of new mothers and infants when the baby has reached 10 days old as well as offering support, advice and information about feeding and also general health and safety of the family. She will also visit other families with children five years and under. The team run baby clinics, parenting groups and baby massage classes. As well as the health visitor, there is a qualified nursery nurse, who is able to offer support and advice on child development.

Telephone: (01293) 600300 ext 3230.

Midwife

The midwife is qualified to give advice and look after you during pregnancy, labour and after the birth (for 10 days). You will see the midwife for a booking appointment at Crawley Hospital (ring (01293) 600338 to book an appointment), where your health and pregnancy will be discussed and a risk assessment completed. Follow-up care will be arranged at the surgery or at a consultant clinic at Crawley if you are high risk.

The midwife runs an antenatal clinic at the surgery (Ifield Drive - Thursday pm or Crow Place - Monday pm). You need to ring the oppropriate surgery to make appointments.

The midwife will arrange and take antenatal classes to prepare you for the birth and afterwards. She can be contacted between 8.30 - 9.30am by ringing Crawley Hospital on (01293) 600300, ext. 3631, or leave a non-urgent answer phone message after 9.30am.