Health care is provided at Durnford Medical Centre by a diverse and varied group of health care professionals.
The list below includes personnel employed to work at the practice, in addition to our permanent staff there are a number of professionals employed within the Middleton Network who provide services from the practice including Paramedics, Nurse Associates, Clinical Pharmacists, Physician's Associates and Social Prescribers.
Durnford Medical Centre is actively involved in education and hosts Medical Students from Manchester University as well as other professional groups
Doctors
Dr M J Judah (m)
GMC No. 3239470 M.B.,Ch.B.,M.R.C.G.P.,D.R.C.O.G. Partner, Qualified Manchester University 1987, Full Time. Senior and Executive Partner Special interests include drug and substance mis-use, primary care rheumatology, minor surgery, travel medicine, family planning and child health surveillance. |
Dr A P Bracegirdle (m)
GMC No. 3277562 T.D.,M.B.,Ch.B.,F.R.C.G.P.,F.Acad.M.Ed.,F.Inst.L.M.,M.C.G.I.,D.R.C.O.G.,D.F.F.P. Partner, Qualified Manchester University 1988, Full Time. Special interests include medical education, minor surgery and musculo-skeletal problems. He is an Associate Dean with Health Education North West, G.P. Educational and Clinical Supervisor, Under-Graduate Community Based Medical Education Tutor, a "Founder Medical Member" of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, a Member of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2011, appointed to Fellowship of the Institute of Leadership and Management in 2015 and awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Educators in 2016. Dr Bracegirdle has previously been a GP Appraiser and performed work for the local CCG |
Dr F J McIntyre (f)
GMC No. 4015006 M.B.,Ch.B.,D.R.C.O.G.,D.F.F.P. Partner, Qualified Manchester University 1993, Part Time. Special Interests include women's health, family planning including coil fitting and child health surveillance. |
Dr L Tran (f)
GMC No. 6141502 M.B.,B.S., D.R.C.O.G., D.F.S.R.H, M.R.C.G.P. Partner, Qualified St.George's Medical School, University of London, 2006, Part Time Special interests include women's health, family planning including subcutaneous implant fitting and child health. Dr Tran also has a specialist interest in dementia having completed a postgraduate course with the University of Bradford. |
Dr A J Caldwell (f)
GMC No. 4127833 M.B.,Ch.B., M.R.C.G.P, F.R.C.G.P., P.G.C.G.P.E. Salaried GP, Qualified University of Liverpool 1994, Part Time. Dr Caldwell has been a GP since 1998 and a GP Trainer since 2006. Special interest in Education, Cardiovascular Disease and Womens Health. She is also the GP Associate Dean for Health Education North West supporting the training of new GP's in the Pennine area. Induction and Refresher Scheme Lead Educator for the North West supporting GP's who are returning to practice. |
Dr Jonti Hudson (m)
GMC No 7489794 M.B.C.h.B, M.R.C.G.P. Salaried GP, Qualified Manchester University 2015, Part Time |
Post Graduate Doctors in Specialist Training (General Practice Specialist Trainees)ST3 (Registrars) A GPST3 General Practice Specialist Trainee (previously known as a GP Registrar), is a fully qualified and registered doctor undertaking the third and final year of specialist training as a General Medical Practitioner (GP). The current ST3s working at Durnford Medical Centre are:
Dr Sadaf Rauf GMC No 7536890 (Female, Full Time) Dr Rauf will be working at Durnford Medical Centre until February 2023 Dr Ian Sampson GMC No 7408908 (Male Part Time) Dr Sampson will be working at Durnford Medical Centre until December 2023
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Nurse Practitioners
Sister Natalie Blair (f)
NMC Number 11G1295E Msc Advanced Clinical Practice – Qualified 2020 Bsc Adult Nursing – Qualified 2011 V300 Non-Medical Prescriber – obtained 2015 Educated to Masters level in clinical practice and able to make autonomous decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients. |
Nurses
Sister Janine Hughes (f)
NMC Number 06F0813E B.Sc.(Community Specialist Practitioner in Practice Nursing), R.G.N., Diploma in Professional Studies. Qualified 2005 V300 nurse Prescribing, Diploma in Asthma, Nurse Mentorship, Currently Undertaking the Bradford Cardiovascular Management Diploma. |
Nurse Sareena Wahab (f)
Nurse Associate NMC Number 21A1363E Dual Registration: Registered Nurse Associate (NMC) and Registered Dental Nurse (GDC). Experience: - Registered Nurse Associate: MRI surgical and medical wards, Primary Care. - Dental Nurse: Practice, Hospital(Max Fax), Emergency Clinics, Dental Triage. - Completion of Primary Care Foundation Programme with HMR, delivered by Dr.Gill Tonge. - Lecturer: Level 5 Nursing Associate and Assistant Practitioner, Dental Nursing. Professional Duties in Primary Care: - Management of Chronic Health disease: Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Hypertension and etc. - Phlebotomy - Blood pressure review - Health Education: Diet and Exercise. - Contraception: Reviews, Pill checks, Depo-provera injection. - Peak Flow and Spirometry - B12 Injection. - Vaccine: Shingles, Influenza, Pneumonia, Whooping cough, Tetanus. - NHS health Checks - New Patient Health Check - Wound Care |
Nurse Anna Carey (f)
Nurse Associate Trained in phlebotomy (blood testing) and physiological measurements including new patient health checks, blood pressure checks, ECG recording and performing immunisations and B12 injections |
Healthcare Assistants
Ms Jamie (f)
Trained in phlebotomy (blood testing) |
Practice Management
Mrs Tracy Waite (f)
Practice Manager Co-ordinates and manages all aspects of the practice. She has worked for the NHS for over 14 years and has a wealth of knowledge. |
Mr Stuart Caldwell (m)
Assistant Practice Manager |
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. |
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.
No health visitors are based at Durnford Medical Centre, they can be contacted via the Durnford Street Clinic, Durnford Street, Middleton on 0161 655 1599 |