For Advice or in an Emergency
Hospital Referrals
Please telephone 0161 427 2049 / 1074. A receptionist is always
available to speak to. If you would like advice from a Doctor or
Nurse you may be asked to call back at an arranged time. When
the surgery is closed you will be directly transferred to the Out-ofHours on-call service.
If you need to be referred to hospital you will be given details by
the practice when the Doctor refers you. If you have any problems
with Hospital services or referrals please contact the hospital
directly.
All out-of-hours emergencies are covered by Mastercall Services.
They can be contacted on 0161 476 2299.
If you have an accident and think that you may have a fracture or
wound that may require stitches/sutures, you should go directly to
the A&E / Casualty Department at Stepping Hill Hospital.
Other useful numbers are:
Stepping Hill Hospital, A&E/Casualty: 0161 483 1010
NHS 111
Repeat Prescriptions
If your doctor feels that it is appropriate for you to have a repeat
prescription you may be given a repeat prescription card. Requests
for repeat prescriptions may then be made either by telephone,
online or by calling at the surgery, giving at least 24 hours notice.
If you send a s.a.e. we will post the prescription back to you.
Prescriptions can be sent direct to the pharmacy under special
schemes – please speak to the local pharmacy for details.
Town Street
Marple Bridge
Cheshire SK6 5AA
0161 427 2049 / 1074
Interpretation Service
If you need assistance at the surgery or hospital please contact
Stockport Ethnicity & Diversity Service on 0161 477 9000.
http://www.MarpleBridgeSurgery.nhs.uk
Complaints and Suggestions
We realise that despite our best efforts occasionally things do not
go as smoothly as we would wish. If you have a problem please
tell our practice manager or one of the doctors so that we can do
our best to sort it out using our “in house” complaints procedure.
If you have any suggestions that you feel would improve the
service that the practice offers we would be pleased to hear them.
Data Protection Information
We adhere to the Data Protection Act 1998.
Details of Primary Care Support
Dr Martin Rodgers (Male)
For further details of Primary Care Support please contact:
NHS England, PO Box 16738, Redditch,
B97 9PT
Patients’ Responsibilities
If you make an appointment please keep it. If this is not possible
please cancel in plenty of time so that this appointment may be
offered to another patient.
It is essential that you let us know of any changes of your name,
address or telephone number.
Please be courteous. The practice will not tolerate any violence or
abuse to any staff member
Marple Bridge Surgery
Tel.No:
Email:
03003112233 (Monday–Friday 8am - 6pm
excluding English Bank Holidays)
England.contactus@nhs.net
BSc (Hons) MD MRCGP DRCOG (Leicester 1983)
Dr M Jane Needham (Female)
MBChB MRCGP DFFP (Sheffield 1990)
Dr Jane L Wright (Female)
MBChB MRCGP BSc DRCOG DFFP (Manchester 2004)
Dr Amy J Sutton (Female)
MBChB DRCOG MRCGP DFFP (Manchester 2006)
Opening Hours
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Surgery Opening Times: Monday-Friday: 07.20 - 18.30
Laboratory Tests and X-ray Results
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Reception: Telephone lines open:
Please note that it is your responsibility to contact the surgery to
obtain the results of your tests and to find out if any further action
is necessary.
Results are available for test requested by the GP after one week
for blood tests & ECG’s or two weeks for X-rays’ unless the
doctor or nurse has advised you otherwise.
Please telephone after 11am for results, as the staff are usually less
busy at this time.
If tests were requested by the hospital then results usually go
directly back to them - please contact the hospital for results if
necessary.
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GP Appointments: Appointments available: 07.20 - 18.00
08.00 - 18.00
Appointments are available at various times throughout this
Period
If you feel you have a medical emergency, appointments
can always be given for the same day, especially for
children.
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Nurses and Health Care Assistants:
08.00 - 17.50
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Ante-natal Clinic: Tuesday only:
09.00 onwards
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Childhood Immunisations: Tuesday only: 13.30 - 15.00
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Travel Clinic: Friday only:
12.45 - 14.45
Dr Constanze Berchtold (Female) (Salaried GP)
State Exam. MRCGP DRCOG DFFP (Wurzburg 1993)
We would like to welcome you to the Marple Bridge
Surgery and hope that this leaflet will help you make the
best use of all the facilities that we provide. Our aim is to
offer a comprehensive range of medical services in a
friendly and efficient manner, and to encourage preventive
medicine by the provision of appropriate screening and
advisory clinics. The Surgery is open Monday to Friday,
except for Public Holidays, offering surgeries by
appointment during these hours.
The Health Care Team
In addition to our GPs, we have a full range of staff attached to
the practice to assist us with your care. These include Practice
Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Practice Manager, Assistant
Practice Manager, reception and secretarial staff.
Practice Nurses
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Clare Crosthwaite, SRN, SCM, Specialist Practitioner
(General Practice)
Lianne Gilson, RGN
Gail Eaton, RGN
Health Care Assistants
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Debbie Appleton
Emma Goldspink
Also working with us in association with the Primary Care Trust
are District Nurses, Health Visitors, Community Midwives, Social
Workers and Community Psychiatric Nurses.
District Nurses offer community nursing. Treatment room
services - dressings, ear syringing etc – can be arranged at the
Memorial Park Clinic, Marple.
Please contact 0161 426 9280 between 09:00am – 12:00am to
arrange an appointment
Health Visitors to help with health matters relating to the underfives and the elderly. Please contact 0161 426 9270 or through the
practice.
Services Offered
In addition to GP appointments the Practice offers the following
services:
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Ante-natal Care
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Asthma / Respiratory Clinic
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Cervical Smear & Mammography Screening
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Child Health Surveillance
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Childhood Immunization and Vaccination
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COPD Clinic / Spirometry
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Coronary Heart Screening
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Diabetes Clinic
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Health Promotion
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Hypertension Clinic
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Minor Surgery
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Family Planning
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Stop Smoking Advice (also available via Stockport Stop
Smoking Clinic, Tel: 0161 426 5085)
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Travel Advice
These clinics/services are all run by appointment – please ask the
receptionist for further details.
Family Planning
Full and confidential family planning services (including the
fitting of coils and caps) are available during normal surgery
appointments. If you require emergency contraception please ask
at reception for an urgent appointment.
Cervical Smears and Mammography
To Register with the Practice
If you would like to register, and live within our practice area
(Marple Bridge, Compstall & Mellor) please call in at the surgery
with your medical cards and details of your present General
Practitioner.
When registered you may see any of the Doctors in our Practice –
we would encourage you to see the same practitioner with an on
going problem for continuity of care. If you have a specific
preference of Doctor please inform the reception staff to record
this.
On registration you should attend for a new patient check with the
nurse, this can be booked at reception when you register.
Routine Appointments
All surgeries are booked by appointment - to make an
appointment, please call at the surgery, telephone between 8am
and 6pm or book online. If your problem is urgent a member of
the Health Care Team will see you on the same day.
Visits
Please try to attend the surgery if at all possible as it takes much
longer for the doctor to see you at home and they may need
facilities which are only available in the surgery. If a home visit is
necessary, please try to let us know as early as possible, preferably
between 8:00am and 9:30am so that the doctors’ visiting rounds
may be planned efficiently. However if you request a visit please
note this request will be assessed by a doctor, and they may
contact you to discuss your condition and make any necessary
arrangements for you to be seen – this could be either at home, if
deemed to be necessary by the doctor and you are genuinely
housebound, or at the surgery if more appropriate. In some cases
you may be advised to go directly to hospital for treatment.
Midwives offer personal maternity care, both before and after your
baby’s birth, with ante-natal clinics held at the surgery.
We are able to offer regular cervical smears and mammograms
based on an automatic recall system. Please ask at reception for
details.
We can advise you about counselling services, marital guidance
and self-help groups.
Foreign Travel
Our Practice Nurses can advise you with regard to healthy travel
and arrange any vaccinations necessary – please remember that
these may need to be started up to eight weeks before your
departure date.
Disabled Access
Training and Education
Health Promotion
Marple Bridge Surgery seeks to deliver an equitable service to all
patients.
We have been selected to be a training practice. From time to time
a fully qualified registered doctor undergoing additional training
for general practice will be working with us.
On occasion we may videotape surgeries to assist us in improving
our consultations, but you would always be asked in advance to
give your consent for this and you would be entirely free to
decline.
We are keen to try and promote good health and would like to
invite any patients who have not been seen within the last three
years to attend for a health check. Please make an appointment
with the nurse.
The Surgery offers unrestricted access for disabled patients.
Equal Opportunity
Online Services
Patients are now able to access Online appointments, order repeat
prescriptions and patient records, please ask at reception for
details.