Meet the Staff

Doctors

Dr Amparo Garcia-Ferrer (Female)
Senior Partner
LMS 1995 Valencia T(GP)

Dr Vidya Parajulie (Female)
Partner
MBBS 1990 Calcutta
MRCP 1998
MRCGP 2006

Dr Carolyn Rigby (Female)
Partner
MBBS 1989 Newcastle
MRCGP 1994

Dr Mohamed A.S Ahmed (Male)
Partner
MBBS 2006 Khartoum
MRCGP 2016

Dr Jennifer Standen (Female)
Partner
MBBS 2008 Imperial College London
MRCGP 2018

Dr Aminu Umar (Male)
GP
MBBS 2011 Nigeria
MPH 2016 Dundee
PhD 2020 Liverpool
MRCGP 2022
Interest: Teaching, Research

Dr Ali Ali (Male)
GP
MBBS 2008 Sudan
MRCGP 2023
Interest: Teaching

We are also a training practice so we usually have at least two GP Registrars with us, along with 3rd year medical students on Wednesdays and 5th year students for 3-weekly placements.

Our current GP Registrars are:
Dr T Morrell
Dr D Awujo
Dr J Awe

Pharmacist
Calum Plenderleith

Nurses

Angel Caballero-Diaz
Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Angela Mahon
Practice Nurse
RGN, Diploma in Cardiovascular Disease Care

Angela deals with wound care, ear syringing, childhood immunisations, foreign travel advice and vaccinations, smears and contraception advice.

Jacqueline Ferry
Practice Nurse
RGN, Chronic Disease Management, Asthma, COPD, CHD

Jacqueline deals with wound care, childhood immunisations, foreign travel advice and vaccinations, smears and contraception advice.

Lisa Gardner
Health Practitioner
RCN Registered from Teesside University

Lisa deals with ear irrigation, diabetic & hypertensive reviews, healthy heart checks, ECG & blood pressure readings, wound care & suture removals, spirometry and certain injections.

Michelle Turner
Nurse Associate

Michelle deals with diabetic and hypertensive reviews, healthy heart checks, ECG and blood pressure checks, wound care, suture removals, spirometry and certain injections.

Emily King
Phlebotomist

Book an appointment with Emily for blood tests.

Admin

Practice Manager
Mrs Catrina Lowe

Catrina is responsible for all the financial and organisational aspects of the practice.

Deputy Practice Manager
Mrs Deanne Laundrie

Deanne is also our secretary so will deal with your hospital referral needs.

Operational Manager
Mrs Joanne Coaker

Jo oversees all the invites for chronic diseases, all recalls, appointment book, child imms.

Reception/Admin Team
We have a team of experienced staff helping the smooth running of the practice. Our receptionists are fully trained, very experienced and act under strict instruction from the doctors. They have a lot of information at their fingertips and can answer many of your queries. Anything you tell them will be treated in absolute confidence. The team is:

Jess (Team Leader)
Emily
Kerry
Nikhil
Annmarie
Chloe
Ashleigh
Niamh
Hannah
Carolyn
Gemma

External Staff

Midwife
Dawn Hatton