Practice Staff

Doctors

DR ZAFAR CHOWDHURY (M)

GP Partner

DR AMANDA STAFFORD (F)

GP Partner

DR SHANEELA IBRAR (F)

GP Partner

DR NIRUBAN RATNARAJAH (M)

GP Partner

DR KATIE HILTON (F)

Salaried GP

DR KATE OUTTERSIDE (F)

Salaried GP

DR ROBYN RITCHIE (F)

Salaried GP

DR KATHERINE MILLNER (F)

GP Retainer

DR TASNEEM BHUTAWALA (F)

Salaried GP

DR TRISTAN BROWN (M)

Salaried GP

DR MEGAN STEWARD (F)

Salaried GP

DR AISHAH LATIF (F)

Salaried GP

Nurse Practitioners

TRACY FLITCROFT (F)

Tracy is an Advanced Practitioner: MSc Advanced Practice

ZAK BUX (M)

Zak is an Advanced Care Practitioner and is also an experienced Pharmacist and prescriber. He works alongside the medical team to diagnose and treat minor illness.

SORAYA MANNION (F)

Soraya is an Advanced Care Practitioner and prescriber who works alongside the medical team to assess and treat acute and minor illness.

HAYLEY PETRYNA (F)

Hayley is a Advanced Care Practitioner and a prescriber. She works alongside the medical team to assess and treat acute and minor illnesses.

Nurses

Practice Nurses are qualified 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 Practice Nurse who delivers chronic disease reviews, cytology and immunisations, amongst other nursing responsibilities.

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 medical team and carries out tasks such as vaccinations, blood tests, chronic disease reviews, blood pressure, learning disability checks, health promotion.

JANE JONES (F)

Jane is an experienced Health Care Assistant and assists the medical team with things such as blood test, blood pressure checks, learning disability reviews.

LEIA JONES (F)

Leia is one of our Practice Nurses who is able to provide chronic disease reviews, vaccinations and will soon be able to undertake smear tests.

Health Practitioners

SAMANTHA BELL (F)

Samantha is an experienced Paramedic and prescriber. 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.

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.

TYLER O'NEILL

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

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

Pharmacy Team

MICHELLE KERSH

Michelle is an experienced Pharmacist and prescriber. She carries out medication reviews, arranges prescriptions, medication changes and answers prescribing related questions.

APRYL YAP

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

KRISTY DUMBARTON

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.

LAUREN ANTONI

Lauren is a Medicines Management Technician working on behalf of Farnworth and Kearsley PCN. She works alongside our team to manage prescribing within the Practice.

LADEN KASIM

Laden is an experienced Pharmacist that works on behalf of Farnworth and Kearsley PCN. She undertakes complex medication reviews and is available to book an appointment with.

EMMA BOOTH

Emma is a Medicines Management Technician working on behalf of Farnworth and Kearsley PCN. She works alongside our team to manage prescribing within the Practice.

Practice Management

NATALIE KAKOULLIS

Natalie is our 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 is an experienced NHS Manager and is responsible for overall management of the business, finances and supports our managers at all sites.

LAUREN GILBERT

Lauren is the Practice Manager (Amspar Diploma in Primary Care Management). She is mainly responsible for the general running of the Practice, monitoring services to ensure we meet CQC requirements, managing staff, IT, complaints and Health and Safety.

DIANE RAVALD

Assistant Practice Manager: Diane is our experienced Assistant Practice Manager who supports the Management team with the organisation of the Practice. She assists with staff management and training and is also the Complaints and Infection Control Lead.

Administration

Tina, Jean and Donna. Our Administration team deal with a variety of Practice administration including audit and reporting, patient registrations, information technology and trainees and students placed at the Practice.

Reception

Marie, Fiona, Helen, Jen, Jacinta, Helen, Sue, Ann-Marie, Lorraine, Carol, Jennifer, Caroline, Catherine, Nicola, Sophie, Teegan and Megan. Led by their managers Marie and Fiona, our team of trained 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, order prescriptions and deal with patient enquiries. They are also trained to be present during physical 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. They are here to help patients and support the medical team and we appreciate them being treated with kindness, courtesy and patience.

Secretaries

Allison, Leanne, Emma and Trudi. Our secretarial team deal with referrals to other services, processing hospital letters and practice documents and requests for reports and medical records.