Practice Team - Betts Avenue Medical Centre

The Practice team

The practice has been providing services continously since 1948 and serves patients from Scotswood in the west of Newcastle to Gosforth in the north. We provide a full range of general medical services to patients including chronic disease management and minor surgery.

Dr David Black MBBS 1981, MRCGP1985, DRCOG 1984, FP Cert 1984	Dr Margaret Bone MBChB 1983, MRCGP 1987, DRCOG 1983	Dr Adam Podogrocki MBBS 1987

Dr Neil Kerry MBBS 1985,FRCS 1989, MRCGP 1991,DRCOG 1990	Dr Michaela Symon MBChB 1994	Nurse Angela Wall

Nurse Maggie Bell	Nurse Michelle Cairns

The practice is managed by Julie Wade who is responsible for all administrative and managerial arrangements and is supported by a skilled administrative team.

Please note Dr Podogrocki does speak some east european languages. Please ask at reception for further information. Telephone translators can be arranged via 'language line' for most languages spoken. Please inform the receptionist when you book an appointment if you would like to use this service.

Health care assistants (HCA)

We have 2 Health Care Assistants at the Practice, Christine Luke and Claire Firth. The HCAs provide additional assistance and support to the Doctors and Nursing staff. They are trained in taking blood samples, smoking cessation, blood pressure as well as new patient registration and assistance with minor surgeries. They will ensure the practice has all the relevant background information we require in order to provide your care.

Teaching and Training

Our practice is involved with the teaching and training of other health care professionals and people intending to become health care professionals:

Registrars

A Registrar is a Doctor who is fully qualified and experienced in Hospital work and wants to gain experience in medicine in the Community. They help us by bringing a fresh approach and the most up to date ideas and we hopefully help them to enjoy the different world of General Practice.

Students

Students from many different disciplines may visit the Practice. Your rights to privacy and confidentiality will always be respected. If you do not want a student to be present during your consultation please tell the Doctor or Nurse and it would be helpful if you could let the receptionist know at the time the student appointment is offered to you.