The Partners are pleased to announce that our merger with Boxwell Road Surgery has been approved from 1st July 2018. The combined surgery will be known as Berkhamsted Group Practice. Our clinical systems will be combined on the afternoon of Friday 27th July and patients of both practices will be able to see a clinician at Boxwell Road or at Milton House from Monday 30th July.
MB BS DCH - Lead GP for Diabetes
Dr Bunker usually works on Monday and Wednesday mornings and all day on Tuesday. She is based at our Milton House site.
MB ChB 1991 University of Sheffield - Lead GP for Safeguarding Adults and Children.
Dr Finn usually works Mondays and Wednesdays and is based at our Boxwell Road site.
MB BS(London) DRCOG MRCGP - Lead GP for Child Surveillance, Kidney Disease & Prescribing
Dr Knowlden usually works on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and is based at our Milton House site.
MB ChB 2000 University of Birmingham - Lead GP for Dementia
From 2019, Dr Bevan usually works on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and is based at our Boxwell Road site.
MB ChB MRCGP (2001), Lead GP for Minor Surgery
Dr Smith usually works on Mondays and Thursdays, with Minor Surgery and Joint Injection clinics provided on Tuesdays and Fridays.
MB ChB 2009 University of Edinburgh
Dr Beck usually works Tuesdays and Thursdays and is based at our Milton House site.
MB BCh 1999 University of Wales - Lead GP for Palliative Care
Dr Pattinson usually works on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays and is based at our Milton House site.
MB BS 2003 The Royal Free and University College London Medical School
Dr Khan usually works on Tuesday mornings, Wednesday and Friday and is based at our Milton House site.
MB BS 2012 Kings College, London
Dr Davda usually works on Tuesdays and Thursdays and is based at our Milton House site
MB BS 2000 University of London
From 2019 Dr Cutler will be working at the surgery on Wednesday and Friday and will be working at both of our sites.
Rachel joined us in October 2012 having previously worked in nursing homes, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and more recently running hospital diabetic clinics for patients in the Dacorum area.
She specialises in diabetic care and will now be running the clinics previously run by either Dr Bunker or Dr Knowlden. She is a qualified nurse prescriber and is able to treat and prescribe for (if necessary) a whole variety of conditions.
Lead Nurse Katie joined in March 2018. A very experienced practice nurse, Katie provides Asthma checks, Family Planning, Travel Vaccinations and Warfarin monitoring.
Doreen has worked for us for over 5 years and provides a wide range of patient services, including blood taking, dressings, ECG's, New Patient Checks and NHS Health Checks.
The Practice Manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology.
The Practice Manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
Practice Manager
Daniel joined the surgery in April 2016 and is responsible for the overall management of the practice.
Patient Services Manager
Yvonne joined us in January 2011 starting as a member of the Patient Services Team. She became the Practice Administrator in 2013 and was appointed our Patient Services Manager in February 2016. She is therefore now responsible for the Patient Services Team, the provision of all non clinical services for patients and is the first point of contact for patients with any complaints they may have.
Shari is the Surgery's Deputy Practice Manager. She has been with the surgery since April 2016. Usually based at our Boxwell Road site, she runs a monthly walk-in clinic to sort out patient problems such as accessing Online Services.
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.