Staff

Doctors

  • DR ASHISH KSHETRAPAL

    MBBS. MS. MRCGP. DRCOG

  • DR REBECCA CREASE

  • DR HEATHER PRENTICE

GP ST3 Doctors

We are an accredited training practice and for many years have been involved in the postgraduate training of fully qualified doctors who wish to enter the specialty of general practice. You may on occasions be asked for permission for your consultation to be video recorded. This is entirely your choice.

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.

  • CHLOE LOWE

    Practice Manager

Nurses

Our nursing team provides services including chronic disease management, sexual health, dressings, injections, vaccinations, blood tests, cervical cytology, baby immunisations, travel health advice etc. Please make an appointment at our reception.

  • LUCY OTTO

  • SARAH RUSHTON

Healthcare Assistants

  • LEESA TRANTER

    Leesa has worked at the Practice since 1994, she has an NVQ Level 3 in Care. She can perform the following:- Blood tests, blood pressure, ECG's, simple dressings, NHS Health checks, Flu vaccination, Pneumococcal vaccination, Shingles vaccination, New Patient Health Checks, Anticoagulation monitoring.

Administration

  • MICHELLE EVANS

    Prescription Administrator

  • EMMA HOLMES

  • KATHRYN KING

Reception

Receptionists are asked to collect brief information from patients: 1 – to help doctors prioritise phone calls and house visits, 2 – to ensure that all patients receive the appropriate level of care, 3 - to direct patients to see the nurse or HCA, signpost to the appropriate service or other health care professional rather than a doctor where appropriate. Reception staff, like all members of the team, are bound by confidentiality rules. Any information given by you is treated strictly confidential. The practice would take any breach of confidentially very seriously and deal with accordingly. You can ask to speak to the receptionist in private away from reception.However if you feel an issue is very private and do not wish to say what it is then this will be respected.

  • SOPHIE EVESON

  • KIM BALLANTYNE

  • JACEY HAWORTH

  • DONNA HORNBY

  • HEATHER PELTER

  • CAMILLA TAIT

  • MICHELLE HOLMES

  • MICHELLE O'NEILL

Secretaries

  • JENNY DAVICO

Community Nurses

Phil Hunter and his team can be contacted on 402556. They provide home nursing services mostly for the housebound, elderly, chronically sick and people who have had recent operations. Evening and weekend telephone NHS DIRECT 111 and leave a message on the answer machine.

Health Visitors

We no longer have a named health visitor who is based at our practice and sees all of the children that are registered with us. Health visitors are now locality based – where you live will depend upon which health visitor you see. If you need to speak to a Health Visitor you can telephone Atkinson Health Centre on 845946. Alternatively, you can phone the surgery and we will advise you who your health visitor is and how you can contact her. Non urgent messages can be left at the surgery.