Partners
Dr Avanti Sulakshana
Partnership Doctor
MBBS 2000 (London), BSc, DFFP, DRCOG, MRCGP
Female
Dr Chandra Gurram
Partnership Doctor
MRCS 2006 (Edinburgh)
Male
Dr Kate Randall
Partnership Doctor
MBBS 2005 (London), MRCGP BPharm (Hons)
Female
Dr Saleh Ahmed
Partnership Doctor
MBA, MRCGP (2016), MBBS, BMedSci (Honours)
Male
Salaried Doctors
Dr Valerie Adaba
Salaried Doctor
MBBS 2008(Nigeria), MRCGP 2022
Female
Dr Dilan Joshi MSc
Salaried Doctor
BMBS,MRCGP,PGCertMedED
Male
Dr Rachel Donaldson Bsc 2003
Salaried Doctor
MBChB 2005 ( Glasgow)
nMRCGP 2010
Female
Nurses
Gill Leighton
Lead Nurse
Female
Julia Goodman
Minor Illness nurse
Female
Joy Trudgill
Practice Nurse
Female
Dawn Howard
Practice Nurse
Female
Gemma Starkey
HCA
Female
Stevie Holliman
Phlebotomist
Female
Practice Team
Joanna Penlington
Practice Manager
Female
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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.
Lou Mardle
Deputy Practice Manager
Female
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A deputy primary care practice manager supports the practice manager by overseeing day-to-day operations, including staff management, patient services like appointments and records, and ensuring the practice complies with regulations. Key responsibilities include managing staff rotas, maintaining IT and clinical systems, supporting recruitment and training, and deputising for the practice manager as needed.
Rebecca Beswetherick
Reception Lead
Female
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Receptionists 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 make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses.
Selina
Medical Secretary
Female
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Medical Secretaries are responsible for all matters relating to patients’ letters, making hospital appointments, and general enquiries.
Additional Staff
Naomi Milton
Dispensary Manager
(Barton Only)
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Our dispensary covers patients from Barton and the surrounding villages and the staff are here to help you with ordering and managing medication queries.
They may need to ask you further details when you telephone to ensure that we can assist you appropriately, they are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses.
The receptionists at Gooseberry hill are able to help you with your prescription requests and can deal with any problems you may have.
They may need to ask you further details when you telephone to ensure that we can assist you appropriately, they are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses.
The receptionists at Gooseberry hill are able to help you with your prescription requests and can deal with any problems you may have.