Meet the Team

Our Doctors

Dr G A Lees (m)

Senior Partner
MBChB, DRCOG, FP Cert, (Leeds 1985)

Dr Lees is Caldicott Guardian for the Practice  and is responsible for ensuring that all personal confidential data is handled legally, ethically and responsibly.

Working days Monday Tuesday and Thursday. Dr Lees has a mixture of pre bookable and book on the day appointments.

Dr Grant Syme (m)

GP Partner

Dr Syme works Monday Tuesday Thursdays.

Dr Syme has a mixture of pre bookable and on the day appointments.

Dr Aaron Clark (m)

GP Partner

Dr Clark is responsible for reviewing our Care Home patients and holds monthly MDT meetings with our frailty teams.

Dr Clark works Tuesday Thursday Friday. Dr Clark has a mixture of pre bookable and book on the day appointments.

Dr Emma Wareing (f)

GP Partner
MBchB, MRCGP

Prescribing lead for the practice.

Normal working days Tuesday Wednesday and Friday. Dr Wareing has a mixture of pre bookable and book on the day appointments.

Dr Lisa Millard (f)

Salaried GP

Long term retainer GP.

Usual working days are Monday and Wednesday. Dr Millard has a mixture on pre bookable and book on the day appointments.

Dr Sarah Cawthra (f)

GP Partner
MB, ChB, DRCOG, MRCGP

Dr Cawthra is our GP Trainer responsible for training GP Registrars in General Practice.

Dr Cawthra holds weekly MDTs for our Care Home patients and monthly ward rounds to review our patients.

Working days Tuesday Wednesday and Friday.

Dr Nathanial Wright (m)

Salaried GP

Sessional GP working Monday afternoons with a mixture of on the day and routine bookable appointments.

Dr Rachel Baxfield (f)

Salaried GP

Dr Baxfield is currently on maternity leave.

Dr Anthony Walmsley (m)

GP Partner

Dr Walmsley’s working day are Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Friday.

He has a mixture or pre bookable and on the day appointments.

Dr Jo Callaby (f)

Salaried GP 

Dr Callaby is attached to our Practice and Dr Cawthra, our GP Partner, is their trainer. The GP registrar is a fully qualified doctor who is likely to have a lot of experience of hospital medicine.

Dr Callaby’s working days are Monday, Tuesday tutorial, Wednesday and Friday. She has a mixture of pre bookable and on the day appointments.

Philippa Crabtree (f)

GP Partner

GMC 7135216

Currently working Tuesday Thursday and Fridays

Our Nurses

Joanne Kendall (f)

Nurse Practitioner

Further Info

General Nurse Practitioner.
Diabetes degree, Diploma in treatment of Asthma, Adult Nursing.

Usual working days are Wednesday and Thursday.

Diane Palframan (f)

Nurse

Further Info

Registered nurse with an interest in respiratory medicine and general nursing duties, including child immunisations.

Jayne Townend (f)

Nurse

Further Info

General Nursing duties and diabetes care.

Nicola Larkin (f)

Nurse

Further Info

Nicola Larkin specialises in Respiratory Diseases and General nursing duties.

Nicola is currently on annual leave.

Ikraam Hassan (m)

Nurse

Further Info

Ikraam Hassan Practice Nurse available for general nursing duties with an interest in diabetes care.

Working days Monday and Wednesday.

Mrs Roisin Fox (f)

Nurse

Further Info

General nursing duties.

Working days Monday Thursday Friday.

Health Care 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.

Michele Birch (f)

Health Care Assistant

Further Info

Working days Monday Wednesday and Thursday.

Paula Fawcett (f)

Health Care Assistant

Care Coordinator

Sharon Hodgson (f)

Care Coordinator

Further Info

Responsible for our frail and elderly patients and co ordination of care home MDT.

Medical Secretaries

Mandy Knowles (f)

Medical Secretary

Further Info

Mandy is a Medical Secretary responsible for patient referrals and co ordination of repeat dispensing. Liaising with hospitals for appointment queries and follow ups.

Debbie Hynes (f)

Medical Secretary

Further Info

Debbie is a Medical Secretary responsible for patient referrals and co ordination of repeat dispensing. Liaising with hospitals for appointment queries and follow ups.

Practice Management

Mrs Linda Thompson (f)

Practice Manager

Further Info

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.

Karen Barron (f)

Assistant Practice Manager

Further Info

Assistant Practice Manager responsible for training of new staff.

IT administration and responsible for the Practice in the Practice Manager absence.

Administration Team

Mrs Eve Hodgson (f)

Team Leader

Reception Team Leader.

Responsible for the smooth running of reception. Staff training and appointment rotas.

Jackie Smith (f)

Workflow Admin

Responsible for clinical coding of documents electronically.

Hayley Parker (f)

Workflow Admin

Responsible for clinical coding of electronic patient documents.

Charlotte Chadwick (f)

Admin Assistant

Admin Assistant to the Practice Manager and Assistant Manager.

Responsible for IT and training of new members of staff.

Wanda Cross (f)

Workflow Admin
Screening Co-ordinator

Responsible for clinical coding of patient electronic documents.

Coordinator for cancer screening.

Reception Team

Our Reception Team are responsible for the day to day running of reception and completion of administration tasks.

Lucy Crowther (f)

Receptionist

Mrs Pam Roberts (f)

Receptionist

Phoebe Crowther (f)

Receptionist

Hannah Cundall (f)

Receptionist

Lesley Crowe (f)

Receptionist

Marion Carroll (f)

Receptionist

Samantha Crowther (f)

Receptionist

Further Info

Deals with requests for information from 3rd parties and medical records.