Marie Dunn

Qualifications

• AMSPAR Diploma of Practice Management.

Roles and Responsibilities

• As Practice manager I see my role as keeping everyone happy - doctors, staff and patients!!
• I have been with the surgery since 1981 and my role and responsibilities have changed considerably over the years. I find my work interesting, varied, rewarding and sometimes stressful!! We all work extremely hard and it is nice to know that we can all enjoy a laugh together at the end of a busy day.

Our Receptionists and Secretaries are:

• Denise Hayes
• Sheila Mark
• Hazel Craig
• Elaine Morgan
• Linda King,
• Jane Brown, and
• Debbie Lowe

Partners

• Dr Susannah V Howard
• Dr Kay E Elliott
• Dr Tara H Verity
• Dr Dayo Kuku
• Dr Jenny Luckhurst

Other Doctors

• Locums
• GP Registrar

Practice Nurses and Health Care Assistants

• Denise Hayes
• Denise Madden
• Ann Gardner

 Doctors

Our team of Doctors consists of

Partners

• Dr Susannah V Howard
• Dr Kay E Elliott
• Dr Tara H Verity
• Dr Dayo Kuku
• Dr Jenny Luckhurst

Other Doctors

• Locums
• GP Registrar

Dr Susannah V Howard

Qualifications

• MB BS MRCP MRCGP DRCOG
• qualified 1979, London

Background

• I trained at University College Hospital, and worked at hospitals and in General Practice in London before joining Caddington Surgery in 1994.
• I love working here!  As the Senior Partner, it is my job to see that we give the best possible care to all our patients in a welcoming atmosphere.  I am also a GP trainer, responsible for helping GP Registrars to become fully qualified GPs.
• I am married with two teenage daughters.  I enjoy music, mountains and water sports.

Dr Kay Elliott

Qualifications

• MB BS MRCGP DFFP
• qualified 1981, London

Background

• I qualified from St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London in 1981. I am married to Mr Griffiths, Consultant at the L&D; we have two sons.
• I like to unwind by working in my garden.

Dr Tara H Verity

Qualifications

• MB BChir MRCGP DCH DRCOG
• Qualified 1991, Cambridge

Background

• I worked in hospitals and General Practice in inner London before joining Caddington Surgery in 1998.
• I am married with three children.  I enjoy singing, cycling, swimming, art and my involvement with our local church.

Dr Dayo Kuku

Qualifications

• MBBS, DFFP

Background

• I qualified overseas in 1987.  I am married with 2 children.
• I am cheerful and friendly and like to put a smile on your face!

Dr Jenny Luckhurst

Qualifications

• MBBS, DFFP, DRCOG, MRCGP

Background

• I qualified in 1994 from Kings College London.  I have been working as a GP locum since 2000 - including in Caddington and joined as a partner on 1st March 2005.
• My special interests are in ENT and Family Planning
• Outside work I enjoy playing in a local orchestra, singing in the church choir, walking and swimming

GP Registrar

• From time to time have a GP Registrar working with us. A Registrar is a fully qualified doctor with several years' hospital experience, who spends up to a year working in the surgery in order to become a fully qualified GP.

Locums

• on occasions other doctors work with us when our own doctors are unavailable.

We are very pleased that Dr Sarah Miller is helping us out during Dr Luckhurst's maternity leave and will be working in Caddington on Mondays and Fridays.

Practice Nurse Care

Our nurses - Denise Madden (Nurse Practitioner) and Ann Gardner (Practice Nurse) - are available every day, and appointments may be booked in advance. (The receptionist will ask you the reason for your visit so that she can arrange an appropriate appointment.) The nurses offer a full range of preventive health services and general nursing care as well as dressings, removal of stitches and ear syringing.

What is a Nurse Practitioner?

A Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse, who has undertaken several years of added academic and practical learning, resulting in advanced examination and interpretation skills. They are able to see and treat people of all ages. A Nurse Practitioner works closely alongside your doctor, and refers to other doctors and health and social workers as needed.

As well as being involved with direct patient care, Nurse Practitioners are involved in education, Community Health initiatives and research in order to promote quality health care for people.

What services do Nurse Practitioners provide?

A Nurse Practitioner may see patients of all ages during health and illness alongside their General Practitioner. Patients can choose to see the Nurse Practitioner themselves, or be referred by their doctor or other health professional.

The Nurse Practitioner can:

• Obtain medical histories and perform examinations, request and interpret tests.
• Diagnose and treat common health problems, such as infections, minor illness, and minor injuries.
• Diagnose, treat and monitor chronic diseases, such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure.
• Provide contraceptive advice services.
• Offer health and lifestyle advice for adults and children, as well as providing extra support/advice for the over 60s.

Why should I choose to see a Nurse Practitioner?

A Nurse Practitioner can provide:

• individualised care, focusing not only on the present health problem, but the effects these health problems can have on an individual or their family.
• Offer slightly longer appointment times, and arrange on-going and follow up assessments with individuals of any age.
• Explain details of medications, health information/advice, explore peoples worries and concerns about their health and their health care needs.
• Provide information people need to enable them to make individual choices in relation to their health.

Denise Madden

Nurse Practitioner

Qualifications

• RGN BSc (Hons) NP Primary Care Diabetes Cert FP Cert

Roles and responsibilities

• Denise Madden is a highly qualified Nurse Practitioner, a registered nurse who has undertaken several years of extra training so that she can see patients of all ages during health or illness. You may choose to consult her about any medical problem. She works closely alongside the doctors, and is qualified to:

• take medical histories, perform examinations and organise tests
• diagnose and treat common health problems such as minor illnesses and minor injuries,
• diagnose, treat and monitor long term problems such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure,
• provide family planning advice, and
• explain details of medications, give health information and advice, and explore people's worries about their health and health care needs.

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Ann Gardner

Practice Nurse

Qualifications

• RGN

Roles and responsibilities

• Ann Gardner is our asthma nurse specialist and runs the anticoagulant clinic, in addition to providing general nursing care.

Denise Hayes

Qualifications

• Health Care Assistant/ Phlebotomist

Roles and responsibilities

• Denise has passed her NVQ 2 in Health Care Assistance.  This means that she can do ECGs, spirometry, phlebotomy, Blood Pressure checks and New Patient Health Checks - please make an appointment to see her if you need these doing

District Nurses help to care for patients at home.  They assess the nursing needs of housebound patients of all ages, and provide care and support for those patients.  They have special expertise in areas such as wound care and care of the dying.  Though the District Nurses are not based in the surgery, we keep in regular contact with them and our doctors work very closely with them.  If you think you need the services of a District Nurse, please contact the surgery.

 The District Nurses also hold a clinic in the surgery on Friday mornings for dressings, injections, taking out stitches, the assessment of leg ulcers, etc..  Please contact reception to book an appointment.

Health Visitors work to promote health in all age groups and give support to people in their homes, particularly mothers with young children.  They run well baby clinics and carry out routine developmental checks on children.

Our Health Visitor attends the Child Health Clinic held in the surgery every Thursday morning from 10 am to 12 noon, and you may see her then.  No appointment is necessary.  At other times you may contact her by phoning Dunstable Health Centre on 01582 707660.

Rosie Wallis MEd Dip Couns