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Welcome To Reedyford Health Care

We are a reasonably large, friendly General Practice in Pendle that aims to provide high quality care to the people of Nelson, Barrowford, Colne, Brierfield and Fence.

We are actively involved in training GPs and run some specialised clinics in addition to offering routine family medical care.

Appointments can be made with any Doctor - not just the one with whom you are registered. Some GPs have particular areas of expertise. You may wish to consider the list below when deciding who to see.

Doctor	Area Of Special Interest
Dr Pearson	Diabetes, Women's Health, Sexual Health and Family Planning.
Dr R Chowdhury	Chest Problems, Minor Surgery (lumps and bumps), Joint Injections. Training.
Dr Berry	Mental Health, Depression, Anxiety, Addictions, Sleeping Tablet Reduction. Training
Dr Ashworth	Minor Surgery (lumps and bumps), Skin Diseases and Moles, Joint Injections. Training
Dr Espino	Sexual Health and Family Planning, Diabetes.
Dr Naylea (Choudry)	Sexual Health and Family Planning, Diabetes.
Dr Nabilah (Chowdhury)	Sexual Health and Family Planning, Diabetes. Child Development.
Dr J Bartlett	Sexual Health and Family Planning, Musculoskeletal Medicine.

Some of our doctors are fluent in other languages.

Dr Rut Espino - Spanish
Dr Nabila Chowdhury - Bengali , Urdu & Czech

Using the Doctors Time Effectively - Help Us To Help You

GP appointments are booked to last 10 minutes. Longer appointments can be arranged for complex problems or if there are many problems to be discussed. Please ask about this when booking an appointment. We would be grateful if you would bear this is mind when deciding on what you would like to discuss with the GP or nurse at your appointment.

Making a list of the questions you would like to ask is a good way on making sure that you get the most out of the appointment. The doctors do not mind if you bring along a list of questions that you would like answering but bear in mind the length of the appointment (usually 10 minutes). Please do not save up many problems for a single consultation as this can lead to the surgery over-running and delays for the following patients.

Repeat medicine requests are best handled by the reception in the usual way or online via the Emis repeat prescription form as this allows the doctor to have more time to spend with you and helps us to run to time.

Wear loose fitting clothing or short sleeves if you are going to need your blood pressure to be taken. It is helpful if the area of your body to be examined is clean and easily accessible.

Surgery Times

Appointments to see a GP or nurse are available at both surgeries each day between 8.30am and 6.00pm and can be arranged for you depending on GP/nurse availability and patient demand.

NB: The surgeries close every Tuesday from 12.30 till 2.30pm for staff training.

Late Evening and Saturday Morning opening

Since September 2008 the surgery has been open for one late evening per week and saturday mornings. For more details, please ask at our reception desks.