Handsworth Medical Practice
432 Handsworth Road
Sheffield
S13 9BZ
Telephone: 0114 2697505
Fax: 0114 2698535
www.handsworthmedicalpractice.co.uk
Partners
Dr Afzal Shaikh
Dr Katherine Otten
Dr Victoria Knott
Trainer
Dr Afzal Shaikh
Salaried Doctors
Dr Bilal Khan
Dr Amir Khawaja
The Practice
We are a large inner city GMS practice situated in the South East of Sheffield. We have a main surgery on Handsworth Road and a smaller branch surgery on Fitzalan Road, situated only ½ mile apart. The list size is approximately 8,800, with many generations of families registered. Around 15% of our practice population is from ethnic minorities.
We are fully computerised and are working towards becoming a paper light practice. The clinical system is SystmOne (TPP) and we are also scanning all paperwork on to the system for ease of day to day working.
Our out of hours is covered by the GP Collaborative.
Appointments
All GPs offer booked 10 minutes appointments that are available for up to 6 months in advance. We also offer a daily triage session.
Clinics
All Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Phlebotomy, Pharmacist, Counsellor, IAPT Workers, Diabetic Nurse, Midwife and Physio are pre booked appointments.
Our Team
Dr Afzal Shaikh qualified in Dublin in 1994 and has been a partner since 2000. He is a Programme Director with the Sheffield GPSTP and examiner for nMRCGP. He works full time covering 9 sessions per week.
Dr Katherine Otten qualified in Sheffield in 1995. She joined the practice in January 2005 as a salaried GP and became a partner in January 2006. She has special interests in mental health and women´s health. She works part time covering 5 sessions per week.
Dr Victoria Knott joined our practice in December 2008 straight from finishing her GPSTP training. She works full time covering 8 sessions per week. She has special interests in minor surgery, education, child health and ENT.
Dr Sandra Brinkley joined our practice in June 2009. She is Senior Programme Director of the Sheffield GPSTP. She works part time covering 4 sessions per week. She is already an established trainer with a special interest in Medical Education and mental health.
Dr Bilal Khan joined our practice in May 2010 and works 8 sessions. His particular interests are diabetes/heart disease and care of the elderly.
We employ a Practice Manager, 2 Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistant, Phlebotomist, 2 Secretaries, Reception Supervisor, 7 Receptionists, a Summariser and an IT Support Worker/Data Entry Clerk.
We provide all the usual services including child health surveillance, minor surgery, IUCD, INR monitoring, COPD, Diabetes, Spirometry, H-Pylori and maternity care and are aiming to achieve a high QOF score.
Practice Staff
We aim to offer a friendly supportive training environment. We also believe that in order to learn effectively you need to be happy in your work place and that a sense of humour can be extremely useful. Our staff are very approachable and eager to help in anyway that they can. We pride ourselves on having a good all round working team.
Attached Staff
Community Counsellor
Cognitive Behaviour Therapists
Community Physiotherapist
Community Midwife
Pharmacist
District Nurses
Health Visitors
Diabetic Nurse Specialist
We pride ourselves on having a close supportive working relationship with the local Lloyds Pharmacy at Handsworth.
Training
There is an initial induction period of 2 weeks during which the Registrar will meet and observe members of the health care team and familiarise themselves with working procedures.
We try to offer a period of training which is geared to each individual GPR. The working week will comprise of 7 clinical sessions and 3 educational sessions. The Registrar will be given the opportunity of shadowing either the Trainer or other GPs for an On Call session 1 day a week.
The Registrar will have their own room adjacent to the Trainer, which will have all the usual necessary medical and IT equipment. The computer will also provide access to the practice intranet containing protocols, guidelines, child health, significant events, audits and other weblinks, the clinical system and the internet. The Registrar's appointments will be at least 20 minutes apart, though this will reduce to 10 minutes over time and experience. Facilities for video recording and review are available. There is also access to a excellent well stocked library. The Registrar will be working at both sites to get a feel of both main and branch surgeries.
Refer to Form B and timetable available in the Downloads section opposite - please note the timetable is an example only and is subject to revision.
For further information contact Lynn Martin, Practice Manager.
email : lynnmartin1@nhs.net