Fell Tower Medical Centre is a teaching Practice where qualified Doctors are trained to become General Practitioners. Doctors are also at the practice on a placement to gain experience of General Practice as part of their ongoing training. If you have an appointment with the GP Registrar we may occasionally ask your permission to video record your consultation. The recordings are strictly confidential and will be used for training purposes only. If you do not wish to have your consultation recorded please inform the receptionist.

Our medical receptionists and secretaries are here to help you. To ensure that they can assist you as efficiently as possible they may need to ask for further details or check information in your medical records when you telephone the surgery. They are bound by the same rule of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses.

A district nursing team is attached to the Practice. The nurses are primarily available to give nursing care to patients in their homes at the requests of the doctors. Contact the team by leaving a message on Tel: 0191 443 4418.

We have a team of health visitors who are closely involved in the health care of patients, particularly children and expectant mothers. The Health Visitors have a wide range of skills and expertise and are happy to discuss any concerns you may have about your own or you family’s physical and emotional well-being. The Health Visitors are based at the surgery and can be contacted by leaving a message on Tel: 0191 487 3617. The health visitor clinic is held at surgery on Thursday afternoon for Childhood Immunisations, attendance by appointment only.

The Practice has an attached midwife who carries out antenatal clinics and will see a patient at any time during her pregnancy and post-natal period. She can be contacted via the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Antenatal Department Tel: 482 0000. The antenatal clinic is held at surgery on Wednesday afternoon, attendance by appointment only. If you become pregnant please contact the surgery who will put you in touch with midwife for you first appointment.

The mental health nurse and counsellor are closely involved with the Practice and see patients by referral from the doctors.