Principal GP
Dr Kiren Kaur
MB BCh 1995 National University of Ireland
Salaried GP
Dr Vivienne Birch
MB ChB 2010 University of Manchester
Practice Staff
Business Manager
Debra Pryce
Debra has over 25 years of experience as a practice manager and joined the practice in 2015. Debra is available 4 days a week and is happy to deal with any of your queries about the practice.
Principal GP
Dr Kiren Kaur
MB BCh 1995 National University of Ireland
Salaried GP
Dr Vivienne Birch
MB ChB 2010 University of Manchester
Practice Staff
Business Manager
Debra Pryce
Debra has over 25 years of experience as a practice manager and joined the practice in 2015. Debra is available 4 days a week and is happy to deal with any of your queries about the practice.
Practice Manager
Rebecca Gadeke
Rebecca joined the practice in October 2021 and has worked in general practice for the last 5 years. Rebecca is here to engage with patients and ensure staff are trained to the highest level in order for us to offer you the best service possible.
Practice Nurses
Rachel Birch
Rachel joined the team at Moorside in December 2021. She brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge in chronic disease management including diabetes, asthma and COPD to name but a few. She is also able to treat minor ailments and is able to prescribe independantly as necessary.
Sarah Jones-Holt
Sarah joined the team at Moorside in September 2022. She is a very experienced practice nurse dealing with chronic disease management and treatment.
Rachel and Sarah work closely together covering many clinics including childhood immunisations and vaccinations, cervical smear sampling and travel vaccinations
Health Care Assistant
Claire McGiffen
Claire has recently moved from reception/phlebotomy role to become our full time health care assistant.
She will be performing patient reviews such as new patient health checks, hypertension reviews and rheumatoid arthritis reviews, alongside B12 injections, pnuemonia and shingles vaccinations and bloods. She is trained to take blood from children and adults.
Community Paramedic
Sue Richardson
Sue has worked as a paramedic with North West Ambulance Service for around 30 years. She brings with her a wealth of clinical experience to be able to support and triage patients. Sue's role is new to our practice and we are looking forward to developing her role.
Clinical Pharmacist
Sofia Kousar
Sofia started working for the surgery in early 2023. She looks after the majority of our medication requests, hospital requests, medication reviews etc. In such a short time Sofia has become an assett to the practice.
Pharmacy Technician
Tariq Mehmood
Tariq joined the team in early 2023, Tariq's main responsibilities are prescription administration, medication changes, hospital discharge reviews amongst other medication related tasks.
First Contact Practitioner
Chris Holloway
Chris is a highly experienced and able to assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients with muskuloskeletal issues. Chris gives the patients immediate access to physiotherapy, as oppose to the traditional process where a patient would have to be consulted by a GP first. Chris is able to treat, review, refer ptients without having to see a GP first.
Secretary and Referrals administrator
Joanne Weston and Diane Titterington
Joanne and Diane will deal with all referrals and referral queries, they both work very close with all the practice team to ensure all referrals are dealt with efficiently.
Administrator
Beckie Peel
Assists the practice manager on recall of all patients with chronic diseases, ensuring they have regular monitoring. She also oversees data quality within the practice.
Receptionists
Debbie Coyne, Lauren Sealey, Diane Titterington, Angelis LaVantae and Carole Whittaker.
Our reception team are highly trained and multi skilled and will ask you for a brief reason for your contact with the surgery, this is so they can signpost you to the most efficient person/service to deal with your query or problem. Please remember you may not always need to see a doctor so please accommodate this request. Our reception team receive excellent feedback from our patients and are always happy to help you.
Please be reassured that our reception staff have been trained to help you access the healthcare you require and to assist you upon your contact with the practice, the training includes patient confidentiality, GDPR, patient safety, safeguarding, customer services, signposting, red flags, Information governance and are also trained in basic life support.
Practice Manager
Rebecca Gadeke
Rebecca joined the practice in October 2021 and has worked in general practice for the last 5 years. Rebecca is here to engage with patients and ensure staff are trained to the highest level in order for us to offer you the best service possible.
Practice Nurses
Rachel Birch
Rachel joined the team at Moorside in December 2021. She brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge in chronic disease management including diabetes, asthma and COPD to name but a few. She is also able to treat minor ailments and is able to prescribe independantly as necessary.
Sarah Jones-Holt
Sarah joined the team at Moorside in September 2022. She is a very experienced practice nurse dealing with chronic disease management and treatment.
Rachel and Sarah work closely together covering many clinics including childhood immunisations and vaccinations, cervical smear sampling and travel vaccinations
Health Care Assistant
Claire McGiffen
Claire has recently moved from reception/phlebotomy role to become our full time health care assistant.
She will be performing patient reviews such as new patient health checks, hypertension reviews and rheumatoid arthritis reviews, alongside B12 injections, pnuemonia and shingles vaccinations and bloods. She is trained to take blood from children and adults.
Community Paramedic
Sue Richardson
Sue has worked as a paramedic with North West Ambulance Service for around 30 years. She brings with her a wealth of clinical experience to be able to support and triage patients. Sue's role is new to our practice and we are looking forward to developing her role.
Clinical Pharmacist
Sofia Kousar
Sofia started working for the surgery in early 2023. She looks after the majority of our medication requests, hospital requests, medication reviews etc. In such a short time Sofia has become an assett to the practice.
Pharmacy Technician
Tariq Mehmood
Tariq joined the team in early 2023, Tariq's main responsibilities are prescription administration, medication changes, hospital discharge reviews amongst other medication related tasks.
First Contact Practitioner
Chris Holloway
Chris is a highly experienced and able to assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients with muskuloskeletal issues. Chris gives the patients immediate access to physiotherapy, as oppose to the traditional process where a patient would have to be consulted by a GP first. Chris is able to treat, review, refer ptients without having to see a GP first.
Secretary and Referrals administrator
Joanne Weston and Diane Titterington
Joanne and Diane will deal with all referrals and referral queries, they both work very close with all the practice team to ensure all referrals are dealt with efficiently.
Administrator
Beckie Peel
Assists the practice manager on recall of all patients with chronic diseases, ensuring they have regular monitoring. She also oversees data quality within the practice.
Receptionists
Debbie Coyne, Lauren Sealey, Diane Titterington, Angelis LaVantae and Carole Whittaker.
Our reception team are highly trained and multi skilled and will ask you for a brief reason for your contact with the surgery, this is so they can signpost you to the most efficient person/service to deal with your query or problem. Please remember you may not always need to see a doctor so please accommodate this request. Our reception team receive excellent feedback from our patients and are always happy to help you.
Please be reassured that our reception staff have been trained to help you access the healthcare you require and to assist you upon your contact with the practice, the training includes patient confidentiality, GDPR, patient safety, safeguarding, customer services, signposting, red flags, Information governance and are also trained in basic life support.