BSc MB ChB MRCGP

Dr Andrew Johnson became a Partner at Marple Cottage Surgery in 1999, following 18 months in the sunshine of Western Australia where the first of his two daughters was born.

His interests include chronic diseases such as hypertension (blood pressure), heart disease, asthma and COPD. He also performs a variety of minor surgery procedures.

Having played competitive sport all his life Dr Johnson also has a major interest in musculoskeletal (bone and joints) medicine, from sports injuries and prevention of these to arthritis.

He is also currently doctor to the Manchester City FC Academy.

For non-urgent matters you can email Dr Johnson at andrew.johnson6@nhs.net

MB ChB MRCS PGDIP MRCGP DFSRH

Dr Al-Ausi trained at Manchester University before undertaking surgical training in London and Bristol.  When his sons were born he switched to General practice to spend more time with his family, which brought him back to the Stockport area.  He was a registrar at Marple Cottage Surgery in 2010 before becoming a partner when Dr Wells retired in 2013.

With his surgical background in mind he has taken over the Vasectomy Service in Stockport, and has an interest in Family Planning.  Furthermore, he continues to practise minor surgery procedures.  Otherwise his main responsibility is leading the clinical development at Marple Cottage.

Dr Al-Ausi enjoys cycling and still rides his bike to work as often as he can.

For non-urgent matters you can email Dr Al-Ausi at maher.al-ausi@nhs.net

BMBS MRCGP

I studied at Nottingham University and qualified as a Doctor in 2007. In my final year of medical school, I spent 6 weeks working at a small hospital and rural clinics in Fiji. I have travelled around the UK a bit with my training. I spent one year working in Charing Cross Hospital in London doing jobs in colorectal & vascular surgery and respiratory & acute medicine and then moved to West Wales where I spent a year completing my foundation training.

I then moved to Cardiff and did hospital medical training for 2 years in jobs including gastroenterology, cardiology, respiratory, endocrinology and infectious diseases and during this time completed my MRCP (Membership of Royal College of Physicians).

I then decided settle in the Stockport area to do GP training. During my time at Stepping Hill I have done obstetrics and gynaecology and paediatrics.

Following my GP training placement at Marple Cottage Surgery, between 2012 - 2014, I took a permanent GP role at the practice from July 2015.

For non-urgent matters you can email Dr Wise at sam.wise@nhs.net

MBChB MRCGP DFSRH

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I attended Manchester University and qualified in 2009. I have worked in the Manchester area since University and have worked in a variety of specialities. I completed my GP training in 2014 and I worked as a GP in Rochdale for 2 years until moving to Marple Cottage in August 2016.

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For non-urgent matters you can email Dr Wyatt at antonia.wyatt@nhs.net

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I Having grown up in the Stockport area, I studied medicine at the University of Birmingham, qualifying in 2012.  I left for South London to begin my training before moving back to the North West to start GP training. 

I will be completing my GP training in July 2018. 

Dr Ronjan Bhattacharya will be joining the practice in February 2018 for 6 months as part of his GP training programme.

BA (Hons) MSc

After qualifying as a Registered General Nurse in 1989 where she worked in critical care, renal medicine and in industry Catherine moved into general practice in 1997.

For two years Catherine was a practice nurse before studying for an MSc at Liverpool University, and thereafter worked in several practices in Cheshire as a Nurse Clinician whereby she can treat patients with acute medical problems and also people who have on-going long term conditions (eg high blood pressure, heart problems, diabetes and COPD).

In 2004, Catherine joined Marple Cottage Surgery as a Nurse clinician, where she sees patients with acute medical problems and is able to prescribe medication as a GP would do, and also manages our diabetic, asthma and COPD.

Catherine is also an Executive Nurse at Bury CCG.

In 2002, Sarah attained the Diploma in Nursing from Manchester University and spent 18 months working on the Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit at Stepping Hill Hospital.

Sarah joined Marple Cottage Surgery in 2004 because she wanted to work in general practice, where health promotion is primary prevention and allows her to form strong patient relationships.

Sarah is the Asthma Lead at the practice having completed the asthma diploma from the National Respiratory Training Centre.  

Sarah provides a wide range of nursing services including cervical smears, health promotion and screening, children’s vaccinations and travel vaccinations.

In 2006, Joanne joined the practice nursing team as a healthcare assistant, which involves offering appointments for blood tests, blood pressure checks, 24hr blood pressure monitoring, spirometry, ECGs and general health screening.

Joanne also takes an active role in smoking cessation and infection control management at the practice.

LLB

After training in law, followed by roles in management, sales and marketing, I joined Marple Cottage Surgery in 2003. My role involves managing the smooth running of the practice, ensuring that all patients receive a professional, efficient and clinically sound service, along with providing strategy and business planning for the development of the practice.

I am Northwest Practice Manager Lead for the NHS Alliance,
and help arrange training and development events for practice managers

If you would like to contact me please email johantaylor@nhs.net 

Informatics Manager

Kathryn joined Marple Cottage Surgery in 1991 and has been involved in health informatics since the practice we first started holding the patient records on computer in 1993.

The role of Informatics Manager covers managing the general practice administration, to all aspects of health informatics, including clinical coding, summarising medical records, clinical audit, training, disease register management and electronic patient record management. Kathryn completed a Diploma in Information Management and Technology (Health) in 2000.

As part of her Clinical Governance and Information Governance role, Kathryn works with the team to ensure that we maintain the highest level of data quality in the practice with specific emphasis on information to support patient care.

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.

Our practice midwife is Julie Holowko. The practice is covered by a team of midwives operating in the Stockport area, which means it might not always be Julie you see when you visit the surgery for your appointment.  When you find out that you are pregnant, if you let the surgery know or email Julie directly, she will telephone you to arrange your first appointment to see her at around 10 weeks into your pregnancy.

Julie holds an antenatal clinic once a week at the surgery on Wednesday afternoons. Please make your appointments between 13:30 - 16:30.

The District Nursing Team in Marple work alongside the surgery to provide care and services to the Marple population who are housebound and unable to attend the surgery for such care.

The District Nursing team are based at:

Marple Clinic
Memorial Park
Marple
Stockport
Cheshire
SK6 6AX

Tel: 0161 426 1012

Fax: 0161 474 4136

The District Nurses are usually required as a result of a hospital attendance, for example; dressings, removal of stitches and regular injections. To arrange to see a District Nurse please contact Marple Clinic on the details above.

The Treatment Room Service is based at: 

Marple Clinic
Memorial Park
Marple
Stockport
Cheshire
SK6 6AX

Tel: 0161 426 9636*

*You can make an appointment by telephoning: 0161 426 9636 between 9.30am and 16:00pm - Monday to Friday.  See leaflet below for further information.

District Nurse Treatment Room Service Leaflet

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

Our health visitor team work from Marple Clinic in the Memorial Park where they offer Well Baby/Child Health Clinics and child health promotion clinics. They can be contacted below:

The Health Visitor team are based at:

Marple Clinic
Memorial Park
Marple
Stockport
Cheshire
SK6 6AX

Tel: 0161 426 9280