At The Jalal Practice we treat all patients and their families with respect, we ask that all our patients and relatives do the same with all our staff. The reception staff will triage your call when calling into the practice to book you with the correct clinician for your concern. The reception staff are required to do this so that you can get the best possible care.
We are not a training practice currently, we do fully encourage PCN working and training for all staff.
We are aware that at busy times waiting on the telephone can be frustrating, and at times of illness people can be worried and upset, however we hold a zero tolerance policy on abuse to any staff. Shouting, foul language or aggressive behaviour is not acceptable and can result in us asking you to leave the practice.
Doctors
Dr Zia Jalal (m)
(Senior Partner) MbChB
I have been at this practice since 2014.
I also do minor surgery at the practice.
Dr Atifa Jalal (f)
MbChB, MRCGP
I joined the practice in 2014 and enjoy the variety of work general practice has to offer. I am the practice safeguarding lead and also run the baby clinic with our practice nurse.
Nursing Team
Karen Perrins (f)
Practice Nurse
Practice Nurses have a wealth of experience in managing Chronic Diseases such as Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease. They provide a wide range of services including routine health checks and annual treatment reviews. They are also experienced in other practice nursing specialities such as smear tests, contraception advice, immunisation for babies and adults, travel vaccinations and other routine injections and procedures.
Miss Alexandria Shires (f)
Healthcare Assistant
Alex has a long history in general practice. She is supportive in her approach to a wide range of tasks including taking bloods, blood pressure, smoking, weight management, flu and pneumococcal vaccinations, B12 injections, health checks and much more!
Practice Management
Nousheen Chudhary (f)
Practice Manager
The Practice Manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as ensuring the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The Practice Manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
Experienced Care Navigators
Experienced Care Navigators 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. Experienced Care Navigators 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.
Tania Begum (f)
Experienced Care Navigator Manager
Mallory (f)
Experienced Care Navigator
Hazera
Experienced Care Navigator
Kirsten
Experienced Care Navigator
Sadiah
Experienced Care Navigator
Ikra
Experienced Care Navigator
Jarin
Experienced Care Navigator
Healthcare Team
Physician Assistants
Miss Ramish Ali (f)
Physician Associate
Ramish Ali is is a medically trained, generalist healthcare professional, who works alongside doctors and provides medical care as an integral part of our multidisciplinary team.
Physician associates are practitioners working with a dedicated medical supervisor but are available to work autonomously with appropriate support.
What do Physician Associates do?
Physician associates work within a defined scope of practice and limits of competence. They:
- take medical histories from patients
- carry out physical examinations
- see patients with undifferentiated diagnoses
- see patients with long-term chronic conditions
- formulate differential diagnoses and management plans
- perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- develop and deliver appropriate treatment and management plans
- request and interpret diagnostic studies
- provide health promotion and disease prevention advice for patients.
Currently, physician associates are not able to:
- prescribe
- request ionising radiation (e.g., chest x-ray or CT scan).
Pharmacists
Mr Mohammed (m)
Pharmacist
Community Midwives
Contact number 0161 652 5811
Community Nurses
Contact number 0300 323 0464
The District Nurses also run clinics at several Health Centres throughout Oldham, including the Integrated Care Centre.
Health Visitors
Contact number 0161 770 5283
The health visiting team can be contacted via Oldham Right Start Team.
Surgery & Clinic Times
Surgery Times
| Days | Dr A JalalGP clinic | Dr Z JalalGP clinic | Ms Ali (Physician Associate) |
| Monday | No Clinic | 1530-1730 | 0900-1700 |
| Tuesday | 1000-1200 | No Clinic | 0900-1700 |
| Wednesday | No Clinic | 1530-1730 | 0900-1700 |
| Thursday | No clinic | 1530-1730 | 0900-1700 |
| Friday | 1000-1200 | No Clinic | 0900-1700 |
Clinics
| Days | Karen Perrins Practice Nurse | Alexandria Shires HCA | Baby Clinic |
| Monday | No Clinic | 0900-1300 | no clinic |
| Tuesday | No Clinic | 0900-1300 | no clinic |
| Wednesday | 0930-1730 | no clinic | no clinic |
| Thursday | No Clinic | 1100-1600 | no clinic |
| Friday | 0900-1430 | no clinic | 1230-1430 |
| Saturday | no clinic | no clinic | no clinic |