Amersham Health Centre

• Dr Alan Dellow
• Dr Simon Thompson
• Dr Nicola Bennett
• Dr Clare Gabe
• Dr Andrea Wood
• Dr Sarah Marshall

location

Amersham is an attractive town set in the Chiltern Hills but is only 40 minutes from central London by road or rail. There are excellent schools and sports facilities locally. Although house rental is expensive this should be covered by the grant which is available.

the surgery

The building was purpose built in the 1970s and has been extensively renovated. As our Registrar you will have your own spacious consulting room. Clinical staff includes two whole time partners, four part time partners, a nurse-practitioner, two minor illness nurses, four practice nurses, a health care assistant, and attached teams of district nurses and health visitors. The practice runs clinics for Diabetes, Asthma and COPD, Hypertension and CHD, Child Health, Minor Surgery, Family Planning, and Smoking Cessation.

training objectives

We are committed to making the training year an enjoyable one for you and ensuring that you are supernumerary to the practice's needs. We take pride in offering exceptional standards of care, reflected in the attainment of a high Quality points score, and want you to experience General Practice at its best. You will be encouraged and helped to take the College membership examination.

the trainer

Alan Dellow has practiced in Amersham since 1982 and was appointed as a trainer in 1996. He obtained Fellowship (by assessment) of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1998 and was appointed to the panel of examiners of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2000. In 2003 he obtained a Masters Degree in Medical Education (Dundee University). He is director of the Minor Illness training programme for nurses which the practice runs in collaboration with London South Bank University.

the training programme

After an initial two week induction period you will see patients with 20 minute appointment times. When you are ready, appointment times are increased to 10 minutes with a free 10 minute catch-up period every hour. Tutorials occupy the whole of one morning every week. There is a joint surgery with the trainer for one hour a week and de-briefing sessions with the partners after every morning surgery. The varied skill mix at the Health Centre provides you with many learning opportunities and you will be able to attend the partners' weekly business meetings, monthly Primary Health Care Team meetings, and regular half day training sessions for the whole team. You will be encouraged to present a session in the Minor Illness training programme.

computer system

The practice uses VISION, a windows-based programme, and has been 'paperless' since 2001. You will be given ample training at the beginning of your attachment.

on-call

To meet the Oxford Region requirements, our Registrar joins a trainer for approximately 12 Harmoni sessions during the year, none over-night.

updated December 2004

Contact details

Mrs Joyce Hayes, Practice Manager at:
Amersham Health Centre
Chiltern Avenue
Amersham
Bucks
HP6 5AY
Tel: 0870 890 2513
Fax: 0870 890 2514