Our Staff

Doctors

  • DR KIRSTIN RICHARDSON

    Female

    Partner MB ChB MRCGP DFFP (Glasgow) 1996

    Surgeries - Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

  • DR ZEENAT RAHMAN

    Female

    Partner MBBS,MRCP,DRCOG,MRCGP 1989

    Surgeries- Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday

  • DR TIRU MATLA

    Male

    Partner MBBS MRCGP DFFP 1999

    Surgeries - Thursday & Friday

  • DR SIMON COOMBER

    Male

    MB BS MRCGP (Newcastle) 1984

    Surgeries - Monday & Tuesday

  • DR EMMA SWARBRICK

    Female

    MBChB MRCGP (Dundee)2000

    Surgeries - Monday & Tuesday

  • DR SARAH COOKE

    Female

    BM BS MRCGP DCH DFFP (Nottingham) 1989

    Surgeries- Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

  • DR DARREN SIMPSON

    Male

    Surgeries- Monday,Thursday & Friday

  • DR CATHY ALLISON

    Female

    Surgeries - Wednesday & Thursday

Nurse Practitioners

  • LISA CLARKE

    Female

    Advanced Nurse Practitoner

    Surgeries- Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday & Thursday

  • CAROLYN PINE

    Female

    Advanced Nurse Practitoner

    Surgeries Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

Pharmacy Team

The pharmacy team deals with all medication queries from new medication to discharge medication and medication reviews to ensure safe prescribing.

  • DOHA BEN-HAMED

    Female

    Pharmacist

    Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

  • SOPHIA AZAM

    Female

    Pharmacist

    Monday & Tuesday

Nurses

Our Practice Nurses provide chronic disease management; cervical smears; childhood vaccinations; smoking cessation; travel vaccines and advice and contraceptive services. There will be a charge for some travel vaccines such as Hep B.

  • LINDSEY LEWIS

    Female

    Nurse Manager

  • JEANETTE DODDS

    Female

    Practice Nurse

  • CHLOE JUSTICE

    Female

    Practice Nurse

  • JESSICA WANDLESS

    Female

    Trainee Nurse Associate

  • PAULA OWERS

    Female

    Practice Nurse

    currently on maternity leave

Healthcare Assistants

Our Healthcare Assistant carries out new patient checks; takes blood and offers routine blood pressure checks as well as doing some elements of the chronic disease management.

  • CATHERINE FRY

    Healthcare Assistant

  • VICTORIA TAYLOR

    Female

    Healthcare Assistant

Practice Management

The team consists of the Practice Manager, Operations Manager and Reception Supervisor. There is also A QOF Manager and Nurse Manager

  • ELAINE HENDERSON

    Female

    Practice Manager

  • TRACEY CARMICHAEL

    Female

    Operations Manager

  • EMMA BEARE

    Female

    Data Manager

  • COURTNEY WATSON

    Reception Supervisor

Administration

A team of around 12 administrative staff ensure the smooth running of the surgery.

Community Midwives

The Midwives attached to our Practice provide specialist ante-natal care in the surgery and post-natal care at home.

Community Nurses

The Community Nurses (District Nurses) attached to our Practice provide wound management; continence care and assessment; palliative/terminal care; catheter care. They work both in the surgery and in the home. The District Nurses are not based in the surgery. To contact a District Nurse call 0191 2380044 Out of Hours 0845 6080320.

Health Visitors

The Health Visitors attached to our Practice provide a range of services for children and their families including child health surveillance, immunisations and well baby clinics. Their telephone contact number is 0191 2968401.
Page last reviewed: 08 July 2025
Page created: 20 November 2019