Our Staff

Doctors

  • DR MARK HAINSWORTH

    MB.Ch.B., Auckland 1984, M.R.C.G.P., D.R.C.O.G. (N.Z.), D.F.F.P.

    Dr Hainsworth’s interests include asthma care to British Thoracic Society standard, family medicine and childcare, also minor surgical procedures performed in the health centre.

  • DR DAVID CLARK

    MB.Ch.B., Cape Town 1990, M.R.C.G.P., D.R.C.O.G., D.F.F.P., D.C.H.

    Dr Clark’s interests include general family medicine, and he has a particular interest in coronary heart disease.

  • DR AMY DOWER

    BM Southampton (2011) M.R.C.G.P. DGM

    Dr Dower has recently joined us a newly qualified GP. She is settling into her new role and will no doubt prove popular over the coming months. Her current interests are Care of the Elderly, Palliative Care and Family Medicine.

  • DR LOUIS CLACK

    MBBS University of London, 2018, M.R.C.G.P

    Graduated from Barts and the London Medical School in 2018. Dr. Clack has interests in general family medicine, paediatrics and occupational medicine.

Nurse Practitioners

  • MATT BREWER

    Advanced Nurse Practitioner

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

  • REBECCA WILDING

    Nurse Lead

    Nurse prescriber Rebecca trained at Addenbrookes Hospital in 1986, working in Intensive care, Coronary Care and General practice over the past 39 years. Interests include Diabetes and Respiratory Care to British Thoracic Society standard.

  • PHILIPPA OVAL

    Practice Nurse

    Nurse prescriber since 2015. Philippa trained at Kings College Hospital London in 1986. She has been a practice nurse since 2000. Philppa is competent and confident to deal with Asthma/COPD, diabetes and contraceptive advise.

  • GEMMA SUTTON

    Practice Nurse

    Gemma trained at the University of the West of England in 2007. She has worked in the acute setting for her career, in various acute trusts. She has recently taken the step into Primary Care as a practice nurse. 

Healthcare 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.

  • BEVERLEY LORD

  • JULIE CRICK

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.

  • LOUISE BISSETT

    Practice Manager

  • SARAH HUTCHINGS

    Operations Manager

Administration

  • SUZANNE SQUIRRELL

Reception

Receptionists/Care Navigators 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. Receptionists book most of the patient appointments with the GPs and Nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as registering new patients, processing patient deductions and dealing with general enquiries.

  • KAY PRATT

  • SUE KING

  • JILL PEARL

  • SUSAN DOGGETT

  • REBECCA UPSON

  • CLARE CHAPLIN

  • HELEN NEWMAN

  • SANDRA SADLER

Secretaries

Our secretaries perform many clerical tasks vital to the smooth running of the practice. They type referral letters and keep in touch with hospitals and consultants regarding patients’ appointments.

  • ANNA SHIRESS

  • NICKI STONE

Dispensers

We issue medicines directly to patients from our own dispensary and employ fully trained dispensers. Our dispensary manager Katie is responsible for the smooth running of the dispensary and will help with any queries you may have. The surgery runs a computerised repeat prescription system and deals with many prescriptions each day.

  • KATIE SIMMONS

    Dispensary Manager

  • VIV VAN DEN BOOGAARD

  • SHARON JAMES

  • SALLY ROBERTS

  • EMMA LONGMAN

  • CHERYL SALISBURY

  • OLIVIA SIMMONS

  • JACKIE MORRIS

Domestic Engineers

Cleaning Team

  • THERESA PIGGOTT

  • SUSANNE POOLE

Community Midwives

The community midwife team run a clinic here once a week. Their valuable help enables us to deal with many problems without referral elsewhere.

  • JOANNE WILKINSON

  • AMANDA GARDNER

  • JOANNE BUTLER

  • CHARLOTTE GARDNER

South Rural Primary Care Network Staff

  • SARAH FIELD

    Clinical Pharmacist

  • SHARON JESSOP

    Clinical Pharmacist

  • POLLY CROSS

    Paramedic

  • EMILY SHEARMAN

    Pharmacy Technician

  • MICHELLE MATTHEWS

    Medication Monitoring Co-Ordinator

Page last reviewed: 27 June 2025
Page created: 21 September 2020