Our Staff

Doctors

DR FIONA NEWMAN

Partner - MB ChB MRCGP DFSRH PGC MedEd.

Areas of interest: All areas of General Practice, family planning/women's health, Safeguarding, Palliative care. Other roles; Senior Partner, GP Trainer.

DR MANOJ BULCHANDANI

Partner- MBBS,DNB (Medicine), MRCGP

Areas of interest: Medicine and all aspects of General Practice. Other Roles: GP Trainer, Significant Events lead.

DR MEERAJ SHAH

Partner - MbChB, MRCGP, PGcert Med Ed

Areas on interest: Learning Disabilities, Dementia and Mental Health. Other roles: GP Trainer & Mentor, Undergraduate Tutor, GP Workforce Lead, GP Support team.

DR ANTHONY SMITH

Partner - BMedSc (Hons), MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, Adv Dip Primary Care Mental Health.

Areas of interest: Cardiovascular disease, mental health. Other roles: GP Trainer.

DR JOHANNA BERGIN

Partner

DR SAMIA HASSAM

Salaried GP - MBChB (Hons), MRCGP, DRCOG.

DR SOPHIE BARFORD

Salaried GP

DR FIONA MCLEOD

Registrar

DR EMMA MEAD

Salaried GP- MBChB MRCGP DRCOG PGCert Med Ed

Areas of interest: Women's Health, Medical Education.

DR CLAIRE HORDER

Salaried GP

DR RANIA EL-BELTAGY

Salaried GP- MBChB, MRCPCH, MRCGP

Areas of interest: Children's Health

DR HANNAH THEOBALD

ACP

"ACP’s are highly trained professionals who have a nursing background. As ACP has the ability to work across subjects and has the advanced knowledge and skills to look after your care as a whole.

HANNAH HEMMING

Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Qualifications: 1st BSc (Hons) Nursing degree, Working towards MSc Masters at the University of Worcester. Areas of interest: Emergency Medicine, and all areas of General Practice.

My role as a trainee ACP is to use my varied knowledge and skills to take on a more holistic approach when caring for patients. My role as an ACP is to manage your care in partnership with you and your carers. I am able to listen to your concerns and in partnership with you, make decisions on the next steps to make sure you get the care you need. As an ACP I am able to discuss treatment options, order tests, organise medications and work out the best treatment plan with you"

Nurses

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

ELAINE JAMES

Specialist Nurse Practitioner - RN, Dip.N, Bsc (Hons)

Areas of interest: Diabetes, Heart Disease & Hypertension. Other roles: X-pert Diabetes Educator with County Team.

AMELIA KEELEY

RN, BSc (Hons)

Areas of interest- Respiratory

JENINE HORGAN

RN, BSc (Hons), GradDip

Areas of interest: Treatment room, Nursing Care, Diabetes and Respiratory.

HELEN GIUGNO

RN 1st Class Bsc (Hons)

Areas of interest: General nursing care, treatment room. Background in Emergency care, trauma, acute and chronic wound care management.

KATIE WILLIAMS

RN, BSc First Class (Hons)

Areas of interest: General nursing care, treatment room.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

SERENA THOMPSON

Runs the Hypertension clinic with support from Elaine and Amelia. Amongst her many roles, Serena also performs NHS health Checks, DOAC appointments, New Patient Checks and Vaccinations.

BETH DALY

SAMANTHA ROSE

Roles in Phlebotomy, ECG's, Vaccinations, B12 injections, Wound dressing.

CLAUDIA ROYSTON

Phlebotomy, vaccinations, b12's, wound checks, DOAC, health checks ,new patient health checks, ECG's.

Practice Management

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that 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.

MICHELLE HALLAHAN

Practice Manager

JESSICA BETHEL

Deputy Practice Manager

KAY BETTERIDGE

Operations Manager

Reception

Receptionists 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. Receptionists 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.

REBECCA WILSON

Reception Manager

IT

CHLOE BRADSWORTH

Data and Systems Co-ordinator

Secretaries

Our medical secretaries are relied upon by the GP's, medical staff, and patients to keep office operations running smoothly. In addition to performing administrative and supportive functions, they must know medical terminology and be familiar with various medical procedures and business practices. They must have computer skills in order to accurately and efficiently process patient information, including payments and insurance claims. They manage the office, clinical system, e-referral system and patient records, and support the GP's schedule. They also support and prepare medical reports and transcribe and type medical reports.

Administration

We have other members of admin staff who perform other important roles such as data input, scanning and patient registration.

Pharmacists

SAMEEHA GULAM-HUSEIN

Sameeha is a pharmacist based within the surgery itself working as part of the clinical team alongside the GPs and nurses. The main purpose of her role is to help the team deliver high-quality care to patients by making full use of her clinical skills. This will be achieved by dealing with any medication or prescription queries, liasing with community pharmacies, undertaking medication reviews and ensuring that repeat prescriptions are updated after patients have been discharged from hospital.

RUBY DAVIS

Prescription Clerk- Supporting clinicians in the management and preparation of prescriptions and liaising with community pharmacies and patients about their prescriptions. Ruby assists patients on medication ordering and maintaining accurate records of dispensing transactions.

Community Midwives

The community midwives work in association with the doctors, providing care during pregnancy and immediately afterwards.

Community Nurses

The district nurse team provide nursing care to patients who are confined to their own homes. You can phone them direct on 01527 488350.

Health Visitors

Health Visitors are Registered Nurses with a further qualification which equips them with knowledge and skills to deal with children aged 0–5 years, support women antenatally, new parents, families, people experiencing bereavement, provide counselling and health promotion. The Health Visitor role includes caring, advising, supporting and educating individuals, families, groups and the community on health related issues. You can contact your health visitor on 01527 488771. Our current Health Visitor lead is Debbie Steadman.