GP of the Year 2011 Awarded

to
Dr. M. Salahuddin of Gladstone Medical Centre
By
Royal College of General Practitioner, Mersey Faculty

Dr Salahuddin a GP in Rock Ferry since 1982 has been awarded GP of The Year 2011 by Royal College of General practitioner, Mersey faculty. Gladstone Medical Centre is part of "Wirral Health Alliance consortium"

This award was in recognition of his dedication and relentless work for the Rock Ferry/ Tranmere community and his voluntary work for the under privileged and affectees of natural disasters in the UK and abroad.

The Practice is also been short listed for 3 prestigious awards at the National Level.
1) GP of the Year - Dr M Salahuddin
2) Clinical Care- Long Term Condition -Mental Health
3) Innovator of the Year 2011 - IT usage.

The Practice dates back to the early days of NHS, starting as a corner shop practice, with run down premise, inadequate staff and providing basic primary care. In 1982 the local press reported it as one of the worst Practices in the area. Over the last 25 years this practice embarked on a relentless improvement and development of both the premises and services. Dr. Salahuddin joined the practice 25 years ago missing the haydays of the shipbuilding industry.

The premises developed with numerous extensions and refurbishment into a very spacious and open plan surgery.

• The practice changed its image from the second highest prescriber to receive a Beacon Practice award for 6 years running (awarded by the then Prime minister of the country).
• The practice became a pioneer in providing in house self funded services such as Teenage Advisory Clinics, welfare benefit Advisor, over 75 clinics, chiropody services, counselling and bereavement service, the list goes on.
• The practice boasts of one of the best IT usage for the patients pioneering online appointment system and prescription requests and test results.
• There is an Extensive training and teaching program in place, in fact a number of Health authority and PCT staff started their career and were trained at this practice.
• The development and improvement has continued and last year the practice developed a dedicated service for the patients with Mental illness.

Dr Salahuddin still devotes time for voluntary services both in the country of his birth and his adopted country UK, across any religion and knowing no political boundaries.

In UK he worked with the Christian Forum and in Pakistan he has worked with various voluntary organisation in the earthquake hit areas of Pakistan, and helped set up a small clinic in Rawalpindi for the Afghan refugees.
On his holidays he provides consultations to poor people of his hometown village.