Practice Staff

Doctors

DR ZAFAR CHOWDHURY (M)

MRCGP

GP Partner

DR AMANDA STAFFORD (F)

MB ChB, MRCGP, DFFP

GP Partner

DR SHANEELA IBRAR (F)

MBBS, MRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG

GP Partner

DR NIRUBAN RATNARAJAH (M)

GP Partner

GP Partner

DR KATIE HILTON (F)

MB ChB, MRCGP, DCH, DFSRH (Special interests: menopause and HRT, family planning, sexual health & diabetes)

Salaried GP

DR KATE OUTTERSIDE (F)

MB ChB, MRCGP, MRCP, DCH, BSc (Hons)

Salaried GP

DR ROBYN RITCHIE (F)

MB ChB University of Manchester 2011

Salaried GP

DR KATHERINE MILLNER (F)

MB ChB 2013 Manchester, MRCGP 2018

Salaried GP

DR TASNEEM BHUTAWALA (F)

Salaried GP

DR TRISTAN BROWN (M)

Nurse Practitioners

TRACY FLITCROFT (F)

Tracy is an Advanced Practitioner: MSc Advanced Practice

ZAK BUX (M)

Zak is a trainee Advanced Practitioner and is also an experienced Pharmacist.

SORAYA MANNION (F)

Soraya is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner who works alongside the Clinical team to assess and treat acute and minor illness.

HAYLEY PETRYNA (F)

Hayley is a trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner, experienced minor illness Nurse and a prescriber. She works alongside the Clinical team to assess and treat acute and minor illnesses.

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 annual reviews. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

HOLLY HEYES (F)

Holly is an experienced nurse who is new to Practice Nursing. She will be undertaking training to upskill her in areas which are new to her, ie, Cytology. She will be supported by the experienced clinical team.

MELISSA CRITCHLEY (F)

Melissa is a Practice Nurse with a range of skills, for instance, chronic disease management, produce health care plans and will soon be able to undertake smear tests.

NATALIE BRETHERTON (F)

Natalie is an experienced Assistant Practitioner and is currently undertaking her RGN Nursing qualification.

SHAN GUEST (F)

Shan is an experienced Practice Nurse and Nurse Prescriber, who specialises all chronic diseases, Family Planning and Contraception implants and removals.

LOUISE WELSBY (F)

Louise is an experienced Assistant Practitioner who supports the Clinical team with their daily work and carry out many tasks such as vaccinations, phlebotomy, blood pressure measurement, learning disability checks, health promotion and lifestyle advice.

JANE JONES (F)

Jane is an experienced Health Care Assistant and assists the Clinical team with procedures such as phlebotomy, BP checks, lifestyle advice.

Health Practitioners

SAMANTHA BELL (F)

Samantha is an experienced Paramedic. She assists the duty team with assessment and treatment of acute medical problems and carries out home visits.

MICHAEL COOK (M)

Michael is a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner, who is available for patients to book an appointment with. He has a wealth of experience and knowledge and is able to refer patients and prescribe.

MATTHEW WOOD

Matt Wood is a Mental Health Practitioner

RACHEL GLENNON (F)

Rachel is an experienced paramedic who works across the farnworth and kearsley primary care network to deliver acute primary care.

CHERYL SCOFIELD (F)

Cheryl is an experienced Paramedic who works across the Farnworth and Kearsley PCN. She supports our Clinical team with acute care and minor illness.

HARRY THEOCHAROUS (M)

Musculo-skeletal Practitioner - dealing with initial presentations of joint, muscle or bone problems.

JOHN PAUL EDNEY (M)

Musculo-skeletal Practitioner - dealing with initial presentations of joint, muscle or bone problems.

TYLER O'NEILL (M)

Tyler is a Social Prescriber who works across the Farnworth and Kearsley PCN. He supports patients by navigating them to appropriate help with social issues.

JAYNE SPOTWOOD (F)

Jayne is a Social Prescriber working across Farnworth and Kearsley PCN who supports patients by navigating them to appropriate help with social issues.

Pharmacists

MICHELLE KERSH (F)

Michelle is an experience Primary Care Pharmacist and prescriber and is available to book telephone consultations with. She carries out medication reviews, arranges prescriptions, medication changes and answers prescribing related questions.

APRYL YAP (F)

Apryl is an experienced Pharmacist that works across the Farnworth and Kearsley PCN. She undertakes complex medication reviews and is available to book an appointment with.

KRISTY DUMBARTON (F)

Kristy is a Medicines Management Technician who undertakes our drug safety work. She works alongside our Pharmacy and Clinical team to manage prescribing within the Practice.

EMMA BOOTH (F)

Emma is a Medicines Management Technician working acoss the Farnworth and Kearsley PCN. She works alongside our Pharmacy and Clinical team to manage prescribing within the Practice.

Practice Management

NATALIE KAKOULLIS (F)

Business Manager: Advanced Certificate in Primary Care Management (Business and Finance), AMSPAR Diploma in Practice Management, Diploma in Business Performance and Coaching and Patient Safety Leader. Natalie has been a long-serving member of the practice since 1995. She has been Practice Manager since 1999 and has now moved into a new role of Business Manager. She is responsible for managing the business and finance aspects of the practice and leading other managers at all sites to ensure we maintain high standards.

LAUREN GILBERT (F)

Practice Manager: Lauren is our Practice Manager and has completed her Amspar Diploma in Primary Care Management. She is responsible for operational aspects of the Practice, such as making sure that the right systems are in place and processes are being followed to ensure we provide high quality patient care and meet CQC requirements. She is also responsible for Information Governance, GP and other allied health professional training, human resources, health and safety, complaints, 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 services to enhance patient care.

DIANE RAVALD (F)

Assistant Practice Manager: Diane is our experienced Assistant Practice Manager who supports the Practice Manager with the organisation of the Practice. She assists with recruitment and induction of new staff, staff training and is also the Complaints and Infection Control Lead.

Administration

Our Administration team consists of Tina, Jean and Donna. They deal with a variety of Practice administration including audit and reporting, patient registrations, I.T, some financial aspects of general practice and trainees and students placed at the Practice.

Reception

Marie, Helen, Jacinta, Helen, Carol, Jen, Fiona, Debbie, Susan, Annmarie, Carolyn, Emma, Caroline, Rebecca, Michelle, Emma, Lorraine & Jennifer Our Medical Receptionists are the initial point of contact for enquiries and have additional medical training to help them navigate patients to the right person within a safe timeframe. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. They manage all appointments and they also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions, giving test results and dealing with patient enquiries. They are also trained to chaperone examinations, should the patient or GP request this. They are required to ask certain questions in order to deal with a request in the most appropriate way, however, all information provided will remain strictly confidential. They are here to help patients and support the Clinical team and we appreciate them being treated with kindness and courtesy.

MARIE BRETHERTON (F)

Marie is our experience Reception Office Manager. She organises the reception team on a day to day basi and is supported by Fiona (Senior Receptionist).

Secretaries

Alison, Emma and Leanne. Our Secretaries provide an efficient service to patients who need to be referred to a specialist. They also deal with other patient administration including access to medical records, medical reports and private medical examinations.