Our Team

Doctors

Dr Julie E Tarn

BSc Hons (StA), MB BChir (cantab) MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH, Diploma (Epilepsy Care)

GP Partner
Female

Special interests: Sexual Health, Women’s Health, Joint Injections, Minor Surgery and Epilepsy.

Dr Jacqueline Wright

MB ChB, MRCGP

GP Partner
Female

Special Interests: Diabetes, Women’s Health, Medical Education

Dr Tom Higgs

MBBS(Lond), MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH

Salaried GP
Male

Special interests: Men’s Health, Sexual Health, Contraception, and Mental Health.

Dr Katherine Hunter

MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, BCs(Hons)

GP Retainer
Female

Special Interests: Women’s Health, Sexual Health

GP Registrar

Pharmacist

Nurse practitioners

Mr Philip Batch

Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Male

Special Interests: Joint Injections, Minor Surgery, Men’s Health

Practice 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.

Mrs Sharon McDonagh

Asthma/COPD/Diabetes

Mrs Pauline Lukeman

Hypertension/Diabetes

Mrs Sarah Delorme

Mrs Margaret Jefferies

Asthma/COPD/Diabetes

Healthcare assistants

Ms Shirley Hammell

Laura valentine

Health Care Assistant
Female

Practice manager

The practice management team 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 management team supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Mrs Dianne Blacklock

Administration

Mrs Nicola Hamilton

Finance Manager

Mrs Fiona Dawson

Office Manager

Mrs Cheryl Irwin

Secretary
Female

Miss Andrea Lockhart

Secretary

Mrs Ellen McDowell

Medicine Manager

Mrs Gillian Rudd

Coding Manager, Medicine Manager

Mrs Lynda Byers

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, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.