Practice Staff


General Practitioners

Dr A K Gupta (male)

MBBS MS FRCS (Ireland) DFFP

Dr M Gupta (female)

MBChB (Manchester) nMRCGP (2014) DRCOG DFSRH

Dr N Gupta (female)

MBChB (Hons) (Manchester), nMRCGP (2015) FHEA


We also train resident doctors at the practice called FY2 and GPST doctors. They are qualified doctors who are on rotation with our practice for 4-6 months at a time.


Practice Manager

The Practice Manager is responsible for the smooth running of the practice and will deal with any queries or problems that you may have.


Practice Nurse

The practice nurse undertakes chronic disease management e.g. asthma checks, blood pressure and vaccinations and screening.


Health Care Assistant

The HCA carries out blood tests and ECGs.


Clinical Pharmacist

The clinical pharmacist undertakes a wide variety of consults e.g. medication reviews, blood pressure checks, flu vaccines, advice on a limited number of medical conditions


Mental Health Practitioner

The mental health practitioner can discuss and advise on a wide variety of issues relating to mental health.


Receptionists

The receptionists are here to help you. If you have any queries about test results, hospital appointments, ambulance bookings or anything you are not sure about, please telephone the surgery in the afternoon for advice. 


Medical Students

We are involved in training undergraduate medical students from The University of Manchester and University of Lancashire.

These are people who are training to be doctors. They might see you to take a history or carry out a brief examination. They will not diagnose or prescribe and you will always see a GP during the appointment. They are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as other practice staff.

You can refuse to have the student present in the consulting room - please let reception know.



Attached Staff


Health Visitors

The health visitors are family visitors and experts on child health care. They conduct visits to the under fives at home and also some older children.

The health visitors can be contacted on 01254 283030.

www.blackburn.gov.uk/health/health-visitors


District Nurses

The service is to help people who are over 18 years of age and who are housebound i.e. permanently or temporarily confined to their place of residence due to illness or disability and are unable to use any form of transport as a means to access central clinics for treatment.

The district nurses can be contacted on 01282 805989.


Midwives

Midwives can be contacted at the Blackburn Birth Centre on 01254 733434.

To book in with a midwife, please call 01282 804512 (Mon-Fri 9am-12pm) or self refer online on elht.nhs.uk/badgernet


Social Prescribers

Social prescribers are non-medical professionals who connects patients to local community groups, activities, and services for practical, social, and emotional support.

Named Accountable GPs

GP Practices allocate a named accountable GP to all patients, including children.

All patients at Springfenisco Healthlink patients have been allocated to Dr A K GUPTA in Darwen and Dr N GUPTA in Blackburn.

It is important that you are aware that this is purely an administrative exercise and does not change the way in which we operate or affect your ability to make an appointment or speak with any of the GPs in the practice.

All new patients registering with the practice will be allocated within 21 days of registration.

Team Work

We operate in an increasingly technological age with new systems, increased demand and new ways of working.
Whilst we embrace these changes and improvements, we continue to focus on making sure that we do not lose sight of the importance of people.
Our patients are the focus of our attention. To the best of our ability, we are here to provide you with a high standard of patient care and services.
We know that sometimes “pills and treatments” can be required, but we also understand the power of a smile and respect for all!

Equality and Diversity

The practice and its staff will not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age.
Please click below for our equality and diversity statement

ZERO TOLERANCE Policy

The NHS operates a zero tolerance policy with regard to violence and abuse and the practice has the right to remove violent patients from the list with immediate effect in order to safeguard practice staff, patients and other persons.

Violence in this context includes actual or threatened physical violence or verbal abuse which leads to fear for a person’s safety. In this situation we will notify the patient in writing of their removal from the list and record in the patient’s medical records the fact of the removal and the circumstances leading to it.

Please also be aware that repeatedly not attending booked appointments or repeated instances of being late may also lead to removal from the practice register.