Meet the team

Meet our fantastic healthcare team! We are here to take care of you and make sure you feel comfortable. Our team includes skilled doctors and friendly staff who all work together to help you stay healthy.

Our doctors work in a partnership and as a group. Although you are registered with a named doctor, you may see any of the doctors in the partnership. However, we encourage you to remain with one GP for routine appointments to improve continuity. 

Dr Jayne Palin (f)

Partner

University of Leeds Medical School 1990 MBChB DRCOG MRCGP DipFP

Dr Neelima Sharon Sharma (f)

Partner

University of Dundee 1998 MBChB DRCOG MRCGP DFFP

Dr Samir Shah (m)

Partner

University of Manchester 2001 MBChB MRCGP

Dr Wendy Lake (f)

Partner

University of Liverpool Medical School 1998 MBChB MRCGP (Distinction) DFSRH DipOccMed

Dr Claire McAuliffe (f)

Partner

University of Livepool Medical School 2007 MBChB Hons DRCOG MRCGP DFSRH

Dr Nicola Knight (f)

Partner

University of Cambridge 2009 MBBChir MA (Hons) cantab MRCGP

Dr Christopher Henderson (m)

Salaried Doctor

University of Glasgow 2014  MBChB

Dr Jahnavi Samanuru (f)

Salaried Doctor

Dr Andrew Shoukry (m)

Salaried Doctor

Nurse Practitioners

Liz Williams (f)

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Nicola Leach (f)

Advanced Nurse Practitioner 

Paul O'Brien (m)

Advanced Nurse Practitioner 

Nurses

Sister Karen Murray (f)

RGN Specialist Practice Nurse

Sister Amanda Poole
Nurse Alex Lines
Nurse Laura Fletcher

Practice nurses are highly qualified nurses with extended skills. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks . The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes and carry out cervical smears. Click on the following link for more information:

Services Delivered by our Practice Nurses

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support GPs and practice nurses with their daily work and also 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.

Practice Management

Mrs Adina Cadman

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, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology.

Reception

All our Receptionists are trained Patient Advisors who 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. Patient Advisors make most of the patient appointments with the GPs, ANPs 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. They work under guidance from the Partners.

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

Attached Staff

Our GPs are supported by a team of Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants and Pharmacy Technicians who deliver a range of services. In addition we have a team of health visitors, school health advisors and midwives attached to the practice. Together, these disciplines offer a considerable level of expertise to the community.

The practice also offers the services of a dietician, a chiropodist, a physiotherapist, a smoking cessation advisor, a mental health care team and an alcohol dependency counsellor. Your doctor can advise you on the procedure for making use of these services.

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