Our Staff

Doctors

DR HELEN THORNTON

MBBS ( Newcastle 1993) MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH, DFFP, LOCIUT

GP Partner and PCN Board Member Dr Thornton is a partner with a special interests in women's health and population health. She is registered to fit contraceptive coils. She is the practice lead for research, safeguarding, finance and disease monitoring.

DR JOHN GREEN

MB BS (Newcastle 1996) MRCS (Eng) MRCGP DFFP

John is a GP Partner, GP trainer and is involved in GP appraisal. He joined the practice in 2003. He works 3 days per week in practice and has clinical interests in Men’s Health, mental health and chronic persistent symptoms.

DR ALTHEA CARR

MBBS (Newcastle 2002) MRCP MRCGP DFFP

Althea grew up in Edinburgh and went to University in Newcastle, graduating in 2002. She completed her GP training locally in 2009 and has worked in the North East since. She enjoys all aspects of General Practice with particular interest in Care of the Elderly and contraception. She performs joint injections and is registered to fit contraceptive coils and implants. Althea is one of our GP partners.

DR REBECCA KENYON

MB BS 2009 University of Newcastle upon Tyne MRCGP DFFP Rebecca is one of our GP partners at Prudhoe Medical Group.

DR MICHAEL FABRICIUS

BSc MBBS (London 2006) MRCS (Eng) MRCGP Mike qualified from the University of London in 2006. He worked as a surgeon in the South-West of England and in research at Newcastle University before he joined the Northumbria GP training scheme in 2016. Mike provides a minor surgery service and also therapeutic joint and soft tissue injections. Mike also offers a weekly one-stop vasectomy clinic at the surgery. Mike is one of our GP partners.

DR RACHEL DREW

Rachel has recently joined Prudhoe Medical Group as one of our GPs.

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.

HEATHER BOBA

RGN (Registered General Nurse)

Lead nurse for Diabetes & also provide child imms, cardiovascular, smear services.

MICHELLE ORTON

Michelle is our nurse lead for Asthma and COPD. She also provides cervical cytology screening, weight monitoring and childhood immunisations.

JULIE HANSON

Julie is a multiskilled practice nurse. She is our nurse lead for childhood immunisations and carries out research on behalf of the region.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement, new patient checks and assisting with minor surgery. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

MARY GOWLAND

JILL LEE

Practice Management

EMMA STEPHENSON

Reception

Our friendly reception team provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide useful 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. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions, dealing with prescription queries, dealing with patient records, carrying out searches and practice audits.

BEV SHEPHERDSON

Secretaries

Our secretaries are able to help you with your queries about referrals outside of the practice e.g. hospitals, physiotherapy etc. as well as medicals and reports that you have requested for outside agencies.

Community Midwives

MANDY ROBSON

Community Nurses

Community Nurses are based predominantly at West Wylam Health Centre where they normally provide particular patients clinics.

JENNY TINLIN

Community Matron

KARLEIGH ORMSTON

RACHEL RITSON

HAZEL WILLOW

KATHRYN HEALEY

KATIE HUNTER

KAREN PATTISON

VICKI REYNOLDS

SARAH ANFIELD

JO MCDERMOTT

VICKY DOOLAN

ALISON SHORT

ROBERT COLEBY

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. Our health visitors are assisted by a nursery nurse and student health visitors.