Our Staff

Doctors

  • DR MELANIE WALSH (F)

    MB BCh BAO (Queen's Belfast 1991), DRCOG, FPCert, MRCGP

    Working days: Monday AM & PM, Tuesday AM & PM & Wednesday AM & PM

  • DR JOANNE MURRAY (F)

    BM,BS (Nottingham), MRCGP (1997)

    Working days: Wednesday AM & PM, Thursday AM & PM and Friday AM & PM

  • DR NIDGHTTA ANJAN (M)

    MBBS, MRCP (UK), MRCGP

    Working days: Wednesday AM & PM, Thursday AM & PM and Friday AM & PM

  • DR ANITHA RANGASWAMY (F)

    MBBS, MRCOG, DFSRH, MRCGP, PGCE

    Dr Rangaswamy leads on Women’s health & family planning, minor surgery, urgent care and prescribing. She is a GP trainer. Working days: Monday AM & PM, Tuesday AM & PM, Wednesday AM & PM.

  • DR DAWN WEBSTER (F)

    MRCGP (2001), DRCOG (1998), DFFP (1999), McChB (1996)

    Dr Webster enjoys all aspects of General Practice but particularly children and young people. Dr Webster became a partner at the practice in April 2020. Working days: Monday AM & PM, Tuesday AM & PM, Wednesday AM and Friday AM & PM

Practice Management

The Management team 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 and their team support the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also help to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

  • TRACY COTTAM (F)

    Practice Manager

  • DANIELLE LONGDON (F)

    Deputy Practice Manager

  • DIANE BAILEY (F)

    Clinical Co-Ordinator

GP Speciality Trainees, Foundation Drs & Students

As a training practice we play host to variety of medical professionals at various stages of their medical education.

  • DR DHARMENDRA DESAI (M)

    Male

  • DR SAARA ZAFAR (F)

    Female

  • DR HAMZAH ROKER (M)

  • DR RUMAISA PATEL (F)

    GP Speciality Trainee

  • DR SUNITHA BETHIREDDY (F)

    GP Speciality Trainee

Salaried GPs

Salaried GPs are fully qualified GPs who are responsible for providing medical care and services to the practice population, managing a clinical caseload and dealing with a diverse range of health needs.

  • DR VEENA THANGARAJ (F)

    Salaried GP

  • DR FAHIMA SHAKIR (F)

    Salaried GP

  • DR PREETHI GANANATHAN (F)

    Salaried GP

Pharmacists

  • LUKMAAN MAHAMROOT (M)

    Practice Pharmacist

Pharmacy Technicians

  • FOZIA IQBAL (F)

    Pharmacy Technician

  • ANEESA DAYMA (F)

    Pharmacy Technician

  • CARLY MYRES (F)

    Pharmacy Technician

  • MICHELLE WALKER (F)

    Pharmacy Technician

Advanced Clinical Practitioners

Advanced Care Practitioners are highly trained nurses or paramedics who can independently prescribe medication, depending on your needs. They can see patients with undiagnosed problems; they can perform medical examinations, make a diagnosis, treat patients and/or refer patients. They work with patients to develop strategies to improve their health and to prevent illness through health education and counselling. They work closely with the doctors and other members of the nursing team.

  • SURESH MACHADO (M)

    Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Nurses

The Practice Nurses are specially trained Registered Nurses who carry out vaccinations and smear tests, give family planning advice, conduct pregnancy tests, perform routine and follow-up medical reviews, give health education advice, promote all aspects of healthy living, advise on travel medicine, assist with minor surgery and run disease management clinics. They can also carry out home visits on the instructions of the doctors. They are available during surgery hours by appointment.

  • JULIE VAN MEIRLO (F)

    Practice Nurse

  • ALICIA HOLDEN (F)

    Practice Nurse

  • DIANE JONES (F)

    Practice Nurse

  • AIMIE BELL (F)

    Practice Nurse

Health Practitioners

  • COURTNEY KELLY (F)

    Nurse Associate

Reception

Our reception and administration team provide an important link for patients within the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide 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 and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits. The reception team consists of: Ellie, Nadine, Olivia, Aime, Jess, Tracy, Shanley, Matthew, Harriet, Amy and Lisa

  • BRENDA LEE (F)

    Reception Supervisor

  • AIMEE-LYNN OGDIN (F)

    Practice Administrator

Secretarial Team

Jenny & Zoe

Document Management Team

Maria, Susan & Helen

Community Nurses

Community Matrons, District Nurses, Palliative Care Nurses and Diabetic Specialist Nurses. Contact 01772 777447.

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. The Health Visiting Team can be contacted on 0300 247 0040 and option 1 for the Preston area.