Dr Ahmad Zia - Mill Street Medical Centre

Dr Ahmad Zia

Staff

Doctors

Dr Hilary Irene Flett

General Practitioner

Dr Flett works part-time at Mill Street and part- time for NHS St Helens CCG

Special interests

Frailty, paediatrics, mental health and addiction therapies

GMC General Medical Council number

3300301

Qualifications

DFFP Diploma Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Medicine

FRCGP Fellow Royal College of General Practitioners

MBChB Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

Dr Vanessa Emma Woodcock

General Practitioner

Dr Woodcock is one of our two GP trainers at Mill Street Medical Centre

Special interests

Women's Health and Medical Education.

GMC General Medical Council number

4449058

Qualifications

MBChB Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

MRCGP Member Royal College of General Practitioners

Dr Zoe Skelland

General Practitioner

Special interests

Mental Health and Women's health

GMC General Medical Council number

4644736

Qualifications

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

Dr Ahmad Zia

General Practitioner

Special interests

Men's Health, learning disability and joint injections

GMC General Medical Council number

6058014

Qualifications

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery 1995

Dr Kate Rutherford

General Practitioner

Dr Rutherford previously training with us and has joined us as a salaried GP GMC General Medical Council number 7038230 Qualifications MBChB Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MRCGP Member Royal College of General Practitioners What does this mean?

GMC General Medical Council number

7038230

Qualifications

MBChB Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

MRCGP Member Royal College of General Practitioners

Dr Caroline Allison

General Practitioner

Special interests

Women's Health and Medical Student Education

GMC General Medical Council number

6078899

Qualifications

MBChB Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery 2003

Dr Anne Burke

General Practitioner

Special interests

Dr Burke is lead GP for patients evident in Care Homes and she also has a special interest in patients with Learning disabilities

GMC General Medical Council number

6096753

Qualifications

MBChB Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery 2004

Practice nursing team

Mrs Margaret Farnworth

Practice Nurse

Mrs Jennifer Skirving

Practice Nurse

Reception & administration staff

Mrs Janette Bonney

Practice Manager

Ms Donna Anders

Reception Manager

Other staff

Ms Anna Haynes

Practice Pharmacist

Ms Haynes is a clinical pharmacist. She runs the anticoagulation clinic, manages patients who are on multiple medications and supports the GPs to prescribe effectively and safely

Services

The practice Clinical Pharmacist runs the warfarin clinic, assisted by the Health Care Assistants.

This service requires a referral by your GP

The practice nurses run the chronic disease management clinics, with the assistance of the Health Care Assistants and overseen by the GPs. If you have a chronic condition, such as asthma, COPD, hypertension, heart disease or diabetes you will be contacted by the practice every year for your annual review. This may include you being requested to get blood tests done before your appointment. Please do not wait to receive multiple reminders before contacting us to make your review appointment. This simply clogs up the clinics and increases the administrative work load for staff who management the recalls. Monitoring your chronic condition is important.

The baby clinics at Mill Street are held at 8 weeks to allow for the 6 week baby check and the first set of immunisations to be completed at the same visit. You will be called for this appointment. Your baby will be seen by both a GP and a practice nurse. Unfortunately the heath visitors are no longer based at Mill Street, but you will have been informed how to access your health visitor at the time of delivery.

The baby clinics at Mill Street are held at 8 weeks to allow for the 6 week baby check and the first set of immunisations to be completed at the same visit. You will be called for this appointment. Your baby will be seen by both a GP and a practice nurse.

The practice nurses run the chronic disease management clinics, with the assistance of the Health Care Assistants and overseen by the GPs. If you have a chronic condition, such as COPD, you will be contacted by the practice every year for your annual review. This may include you being requested to get blood tests done before your appointment. Please do not wait to receive multiple reminders before contacting us to make your review appointment. This simply clogs up the clinics and increases the administrative work load for staff who management the recalls. Monitoring your chronic condition is important.

Dr Hargreaves runs dermatology clinics for both Mill Street patients and also GP registered patients.

This service requires a referral by your GP

The practice offers shared care clinics for patients already under the care of the local Drugs and Alcohol clinic.

This service requires a referral by your GP

Dr Hargreaves and Dr Zia both provide ajoint injection service, including knees, shoulders and elbows. Any GP can refer you to them within the practice for this service. Any GP can assess you and discuss your treatment options.

This service requires a referral by your GP

The practice nurses run the learning disability health check service, with the assistance of the Health Care Assistants and overseen by the GPs. Please advise the reception staff of any specific concerns or needs when making the appointment, so we can adjust appointment times appropriately.

Dr Woodcock is able to fit long acting coils for contraception. If you would like to consider this, please make an appointment to discuss this with her in the first instance to ensure you are eligible to have one fitted.

Minor skin lesions, which fulfil local NHS criteria for treatment, can be removed by Dr Hargreaves for Mill Street patients. Any GP can assess your eligibility for this service

This service requires a referral by your GP

There is a pharmacy available on site, in addition to a wide range of other pharmacists nearby. All our local pharmacies offered advice and support for minor ailments

Facilities

• Disabled parking (yes)
• Disabled WC (yes)
• Wheelchair access (yes)
• Step free access (yes)
• Baby changing facility (yes)
• Children's play area (yes)
• Parent and baby room (yes)
• Car Parking (yes)
• Disabled parking (yes)