Meet the Team

Doctors

Dr Helen Eastwood (f)

BSc (Hons) 2004 MBBS 2010 MRCGP  

GMC Number 7085113

Dr James de Souza (m)

MBBS 2017

MRCGP                 

GMC Number 7559976

Dr Louise Baker (f)

MB ChB 2000 MRCGP DRCOG DFSRH

GMC Number 4712372

Dr Catherine Ofiaeli (f)

MBBS 1997 MRCGP Practical Dermatology (PgDip)

GMC Number 5208958

Dr Melanie Denton (f)

MBChB 1990 MRCGP

GMC Number 3333147

Dr Dan Petrie (m)

MB ChB 2005 (University of Sheffield) MRCGP 

GMC Number 6118917

Dr Lindsay Hopkins (f)

MA MB BChir (Cantab 2008) MRCGP (2013) DRCOG DFSRH

(Retainer GP)

Dr Sophie Reiter (f)

MbChB 2014 DRCOG MRCGP  DFSRH

GMC Number 7459233

Teaching and Training

Wansford & Kings Cliffe Practice is a training practice for General Practitioner Registrars and doctors in training. These are fully trained doctors with a wealth of hospital experience who are being trained for the Primary Care setting.

Training may involve shared surgeries with another doctor and video surgeries. The reception staff will inform you if the consultations are being filmed. Please say if you would prefer not to be filmed.

Our registrars are currently:

Dr Edward Appiah-Kubi (m)

ST3

Dr Ashreetha Moses (f)

FY2

Nursing Team

Our nurses consult on a range of clinical matters including cervical smears, dressings, removal of stitches, and ear syringing. They also run a number of specialised clinics. Nursing Team Healthcare Services.

Practice Nurses

Ali English (f)

Diabetes Specialist and Research Nurse

Deborah Firth (f)

Practice Nurse

Jia Foster (f)

Practice Nurse

Carina Marshall (f)

Practice Nurse

Elise Mintern (f)

Nurse Practitioner

Michelle Medson (f)

Cardiology Specialist Nurse


Health Care Assistants

Health Care Assistants support the nursing team with tasks such as: Blood tests, Electrocardiograms (ECG), Urine testing, Uncomplicated dressings, Repeat Spirometry, Stable warfarin, Flu vaccinations.

Michelle Finney (f)

Health Care Assistant


Phlebotomist

Madihah Rehman (f)


Research Team

Dr Rhiannon Nally (f)

Dr Sophie Reiter (f)

Dr Amrit Takhar (m)

Lorraine Archer (Cardiology Specialist Nurse) (f)

Sam Wright (Research Nurse) (f)

Dispensing Staff

Our dispensing team consists of 8 members of staff, all are trained to National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 or are working towards this qualification.

Emergency Care Practitioners

You can speak to an Emergency Care Practitioner for advice and guidance on how to access the care you need, without unnecessary delay. She will make sure that you see the right person, at the right time, utilising the wide range of resources we have available.

She can either offer you advice over the phone or arrange a same day appointment for you. This could be with herself, the On Call Doctor or another Practitioner. If you are housebound, or terminally ill we can also arrange a home visit for you.

Our Emergency Care Practitioner is:

Sarah-Jane Turner (f)
Independent Prescriber

Sarah-Jane Turner is also able to offer basic life support training. This is independent of the practice.

Community Team

To provide greater flexibility of care within the community, we share a district nursing team with the Oundle Practice.

Gill Ballard (f)
District Nurse

Margaret Whiteway (f)
Health Visitor

Carla Goodridge (f)
Midwife

Practice Team

Kirstie Lawes (f)
Practice Manager

Annette Johnson (f)
Deputy Practice Manager

Our Practice Manager oversees the business and administration side of the practice. Along with the Doctors, our Practice Manager responsible for the development of the Practice for the benefit of our patients. She is also responsible for staff management, dealing with general enquiries and problems or complaints.


Reception and Administration

Our receptionists can help you with day to day enquiries, appointments and general administration. If they are unable to respond to your enquiry immediately, they will make sure that all the relevant details are recorded, so that the duty doctor can respond appropriately. In this situation you will be asked to contact the surgery later in the day, so that the doctor’s comments can be passed back to you.

If you have any suggestions or ideas to improve our service, please let us know.