Welcome to Blackheath Medical Centre. I am particularly pleased to introduce you to the other members of the team at Blackheath, Mrs Viv McCullagh, Mrs Rebecca Martin, Mrs Kath Humphries, Mrs Penny Angill, Nurse Anne Sage, Nurse Caroline Mellon, Nurse Paula Shanahan, Dr Kirsten Duncan and Dr Shim Pope.
Nurse Mellon previously worked on the Renal Unit at Arrowe Park Hospital and joined the Blackheath team during 2002.
Viv McCullagh, Rebecca Martin, Kath Humphries and Penny Angill manage the office for us and will typically be your first point of contact with the practice. With the help of computer software they play an important role in monitoring patients needing regular lab tests.
Those of you on regular medications can still order your repeat prescriptions by telephone. We have arranged collection services with a number of local pharmacies. For other pharmacies, if you give us some stamped addressed envelopes, we can post your prescription to them. Ask when you order your repeat prescription.
You can also order your prescriptions online by visiting our prescription order form.
We hope you find the various health related calculators useful. The pregnancy calculator gets the most hits every week from users all round the world. A number of other practices from all corners of the UK link to our heart disease risk calculator. In December 2004 we added the World Health Organisation Audit alcohol questionnaire to the site.
Blackheath Medical Centre is a modern building with good car-parking and easy access for patients with mobility problems. I look forward to welcoming you there.
Dr Bennett Quinn.