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Surgery Contact Details.
Address	Abersychan Surgery Old Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7BQ
Telephone	01495 772239
Fax	01495 773786
Email	webmaster@abersychan.demon.co.uk
Website	www.abersychan.demon.co.uk/

Location and Practice Area

Abersychan is situated in North Torfaen. It is within easy reach of both Abergavenny and Newport allowing for access to both Postgraduate Centres at Nevill Hall and Royal Gwent Hospitals. Our practice area extends from Blaenavon in the north to Sebastopol in the south. We have branch surgeries in Trevethin and Garndiffaith that provide excellent care to some of Wales most deprived communities. Our main surgery is based in the village of Abersychan.

Partner Profiles Abersychan has 8 partners. A short profile is presented below for each partner.
Peter Davies	Senior Partner: Special interest in Assessment for Disability Payments
Douglas Dare	Course organiser Gwent VTS GP assistants scheme organiser Royal College of General Practitioners Examiner GP trainer Police surgeon Gwent LMC member Torfaen LHG Member
Has Joshi	Course organiser Gwent VTS Royal College of General Practitioners Examiner Chairman of RCGP Quality Committee GP Trainer Gwent LMC member Minor operations
Diane Edwards	GP trainer Women’s and Children’s Health
Francisco Machado	GP Trainer Welsh New Principals Course Organiser Diabetes Cardiovascular Medicine
Stephanie Balboa	Child Health Media “doc” LHG Member
Geraint Jenkins	Recently appointed. Was a GPR at Abersychan Child Health
Deborah Evans	Recently appointed. Was a GPR at Abersychan Womens and Child Health

GP training at Abersychan

Abersychan has a long tradition of providing GP training for registrars based in North and South Gwent. For a number of years we have been able to accommodate two registrars at the same time. Despite the practice having four GP trainers, all members of the primary health care team are involved in GP training.

Regular educational meetings take place “in-house” and the practice is preparing for “Fellowship of the RCGP by Assessment”. A number of partners are completing their personal professional development portfolio.

GP registrars have on average 3 hours protected teaching time per week. Particular interest within the practice includes:

Communication skills
Information technology
Reflective learning
Evidence Based Medicine
Minor operative techniques

GP registrars are able to call upon the experience of two RCGP examiners in preparation for the MRCGP entrance exam.

For further information regarding educational resources at Abersychan please visit our website.

GP registrar duties
GP registrars are a valued part of our practice team. A typical weeks duties are presented below

Each surgery is booked at no less than 10 minute intervals for a maximum of one and a half hours. At the end of surgery all doctors may need to do house calls. One afternoon per week the GP registrar shares the on-call with a partner. Saturday morning surgery is shared with a partner. The Practice uses Deputising Services for out-of-hours cover, but the Registrars are exposed to an adequate amount of experience in managing General Practice emergencies under supervision as stipulated in the regulations.

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Monday	Surgery 9 to 10.30	Surgery 2 – 3.30
Tuesday	Surgery 9 to 10.30	Half Day
Wednesday	Surgery 9 to 10.30	Surgery 4 – 5.30
Thursday	Surgery 9 to 10.30	Half Day/Half day release
Friday	Surgery 9 to 10.30	Surgery 3 – 4.30
Saturday	7 – 12 on call. One in Five Saturdays with one partner

Visiting our practice

If you are interested in finding out more about Abersychan or would like to visit our practice please contact our practice manager, Raymond Mills.

Abersychan Surgery 2002