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| Dr Pickford had a baby boy (Joseph) on 07/06/2011 – mother and baby are doing well. Dr Arul Nambi came to work at Parsons Heath Medical Practice in June 2011. He is providing locum cover for Dr Pickford’s maternity leave for June and July and from August 2011 he joins the practice fulltime and will be replacing Dr Sampson who is reducing the hours he works to 2 days a week from August. Dr Westall who completes her final year of training as a GP in the practice under the supervision of Dr Faerestrand at the end of July will be Dr Pickford’s locum from August till Dr Pickford’s return from maternity leave in November. Dr Nambi’s introduction follows: “I was born and brought up in India. I qualified in 1996 and gained a further postgraduate degree in medicine in 2003. I came to the UK in 2004 and gained further experience in different medical specialities. I completed General Practice Training in Colchester in 2010 and joined Parsons Heath Medical Practice in June 2011. I am married and blessed with 2 children. My special interests are Minor Surgery, Paediatrics, Minor Injuries, Teaching and Training. I also have an Adhoc contract with Colchester General Hospital and have been working in A &E since 2008. Outside work I spend useful time with family and you can find me in leisure world playing badminton at weekends.” Changes to extended hours service From July the extended opening hours service offered by the practice will change. We will open on alternate Saturday mornings from 8.30am to 12.30pm and on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings from 7am to 8am for booked appointments only. Telephone calls to the surgery during these extended hours will continue to be answered by the out-of-hours emergency service and not by the surgery. Patients booking an extended hours appointment will be given a separate telephone number to call to use if they need to cancel their appointment at very short notice. This number can only be used during the extended hours period, your call will not be dealt with if you ring this number at any other time and the number is only to be used to cancel appointments during extended opening hours. Anyone who turns up at the surgery without an appointment will need to contact the out of hours service if their need is urgent or else phone or return during normal opening hours. To make appointments, get test results, collect prescriptions and make any queries you will need to contact the surgery during normal opening hours. There is no walk in service. |
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