The Doctors
Dr Michele Legg |
MB BS BSc (Hons) Neuroscience (Reg 01.08.1994 London) |
Dr Natasha Rittmeyer |
MB BS nMRCGP (Reg 01.08.2004 London) |
Dr Daniel O'Neill |
BM (Reg 2004 Southampton) |
Dr Richard Loach |
MB BS DRCOG MRCGP (Reg 01.08.1990 Southampton) |
Dr Hafiz Aladin |
MB ChB University of Birmingham (2010) |
Dr Daisy Clark |
MB ChB 2014 Keele University (2014) |
Dr David Neehall |
MBBS (UWI 91),MRCOG,MRCGP,MSc (Dist.) Obstetric Ultrasound (Imperial), Diploma Fetal Med. (Kings) |
Practice Staff
Practice & Operations Manager
Mr Patrick Legg is our Business Manager. He manages the business and finances of Tower House Surgery.
Miss Sarah Dugdale is our Operations Manager. She handles the administration and running of the practice.
If you wish to make an enquiry, comment or a complaint about the administrative or non-medical aspects of your health treatment, please contact the surgery either by calling (01983) 817200 or emailing IWCCG.Towerhouse@nhs.net
Receptionists
Our receptionists are here to help you. They will be your first contact with the practice. They may ask you for more details about your appointment or home visit. This is to ensure that we can assist you and ensure that you see the right person. They are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses. One of our practice nurses may be able to see and treat you sooner than a doctor.
Practice Nurses
Our practice nurses see patients by appointment. They take part in all the screening programmes. They also do ear syringing and blood pressure checks. They also do cardiograms, cervical smears, coil fittings, and microsuction. They can offer advice on many health topics. They help with all the small operations. They are competent at doing health checks. They also run the annual flu clinics.
Nurse Pratitioners / Healthcare Assistants
Our nurse practitioners can help with coughs and colds, chest and sinus infections. Ear and/or eye infections. They can treat cellulitis and wound infections.
The practice's healthcare assistants also see patients via appointment. The surgery will see all new patients for a health checks. They help the practice nurses in many clinics. They do ECGs. They also do NHS health checks. And they do blood pressure and glucometer tests. They also help with oral and vaginal swabs. They treat head lice and threadworms. They also help with athlete's foot, eczema, chicken pox, and scabies. They also help with urine infections and piles.
All new patients to the surgery will be seen for a health check. They assist the practice nurses in several clinics, and are involved in undertaking ECGs, NHS health checks plus blood pressure and glucometer tests.
Community Nurses
The local community nurse team is based within the Practice, however, they are part of the Island’s wider Community Nurse Team. The IOW NHS Trust manages the wider team. They will care for, treat and give advice to patients who are housebound. You may contact them directly at (01983) 552533. At other times, an answering machine is on. It's for non-urgent messages.