Our Staff

Partner GPs

DR ALASDAIR FORBES

MB ChB Aberdeen 1989 FRCGP Trainer / Minor Surgery

Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen. Work days: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.

DR BEN CROCKETT

MB ChB 2006 Aberdeen MRCGP

Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Work days: Monday, Wednesday

DR JILLIAN STEWART

MB ChB 2005 Glasgow MRCGP

Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen and Udny Station Work days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

DR RUTH KILFEATHER

MBChB 2007 Aberdeen

Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Work days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

DR SARAH AL-HASSANI

Mb ChB 2010 University of Glasgow

Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen and Udny Station, Ellon Work days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

DR STUART SHAND

BN (Hons) 2012, MBChB 2012, MRCGP 2022

Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen and Udny Station, Ellon. Work days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday.

Doctors

DR OLAWALE AKINDURO

Dr Akinduro is a doctor at ST3 level of training. Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Work days: Monday, Tuesday, Thurday and Friday

DR PRAVEENA THANGARAJI

Dr Thangaraji is a doctor at ST3 level of training. Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Work days: Monday, Tuesday, Thurday and Friday

DR SOOK TAN

Dr Tan is a doctor at ST1 level of training. Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Work days: Monday, Tuesday, Thurday and Friday

Clinical Staff

MARJORIE SMART

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Marjorie is one of our Advanced Nurse Practitioners and will consult independently, seeing patients with a wide variety of problems. She is a qualified nurse prescriber so can also issue prescriptions for any acute matter in her own right. She specialises in diabetes care. Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Work days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

PENNY GOODLAD

Penny is an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner who triages and consults with, and prescribes for patients. Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Work days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurday and Friday

COREY TOCHER

Corey is a Physician Associate within the practice. He can triage and consult with patients. Physician associates are healthcare professionals who work as part of a multidisciplinary team with supervision from a named senior doctor (a General Medical Council registered consultant or general practitioner), providing care to patients in primary, secondary and community care environments. PAs are part of the government’s medical associate professions (MAPs) grouping in the health and care workforce and have been working in the UK since 2003. For more information, please see: https://www.fparcp.co.uk/about-fpa/who-are-physician-associates Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Work days: Wednesday, Thurday and Friday

Nurses

GILLIAN RILEY

RGN

Gillian heads our highly qualified nursing team. The practice policy is to encourage a healthy lifestyle, and our nurses run many of the screening programmes, which can help to prevent ill health. If you are invited to attend for such tests, please try to attend, as this can prevent complications in later life.

LORRAINE GRAY

RGN

LAURA THOMSON

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Other Members of Clinical Staff

FIRST CONTACT PHYSIOTHERAPIST

The role of First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) in Primary Care is to assess patients with soft tissue, muscle and joint pain and to decide on the most appropriate management pathway. FCPs are Physiotherapists with expertise in the assessment and management of Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. FCPs see patients with MSK conditions as the first point of contact, instead of a GP, and can be accessed directly by contacting the Practice reception. FCPs work at an advanced practice level and are responsible for assessing and diagnosing soft tissue, muscle and joint problems at the practice. They will provide patients with faster access to expert advice for MSK conditions and will decide on the most appropriate treatment plan for the patient to enhance recovery and improve self management. See this link for more information: https://www.csp.org.uk/public-patient/find-physiotherapist/what-first-contact-physiotherapy Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Work days: Monday, Wednesday

PHARMACY TEAM

Our pharmacy team consists of several trained pharmacists. They are available for telephone consultations regarding medication queries, side effect queries, out of stock queries and dosette box queries. One of our pharmacists also specialised in asthma care, and holds telephone and face to face consultations regarding this. Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Work days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIST

Our Psychological Therapist provides therapy through face to face appointments. You must be referred by a clinician to this service via the Health Village. Practice: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Working days: Thursday

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.

Community Nurses

The district nurses provide care for those discharged from hospital and those who require home care. Their multifunctional role includes health promotion, teaching, rehabilitation and palliative care. In consultation with the doctors, they can also refer patients to other community services such as physiotherapy and chiropody if required. Contact the Nursing Team on 01224 551458 There is an answer machine service; please leave your name and telephone number and one of the district nurses will contact you when she returns to the office.

Health Visitors

The health visitors have a major interest in preventive care particularly amongst children, and in addition to our regular services we have separate child development, immunisation and smoking cessation clinics. They also take a large share of the care of our frail and elderly patients and are involved in the provision of the Elderly Screening Service for our over 75 year old patients. Contact the Health Visitors Team on 01224 551451/551452 There is an answer machine service if they are unavailable, please leave a message and they will get back to you.
Page last reviewed: 15 July 2022
Page created: 15 July 2022