Our Staff

GP Partners

DR NICK WARE

MB BS BSc DRCOG MRCGP, Qualified 2001, London.

Dr Ware is qualified to provide guidance to GP Registrars. Registrars are fully-trained Doctors who already have much experience in all branches of medicine, who may be attached to the Practice for up to eighteen months to gain experience and final qualification in General Practice.

DR JULIA DALTON

BM MRCGP DFRSH DCH, Qualified 2001, Southampton.

DR NINA ABEL

BM BS MRCGP, Qualified 2007, Nottingham.

DR TESSA CHAMBERS

BSc MBChB DRCOG MRCGP, Qualified 2011, Edinburgh

DR PENNY MILSOM

MBBS, MRCGP, DFFP, DRCOG, DMH, Qualified 1997, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Salaried GPS

DR JULIE BURTON

MB ChB

DR LAURA GARNHAM

MB ChB

DR CHRISTINE ISAAC

DR LUCINDA UDENSI

DR SYLVIA ADENIYI

DR ANDREW TAIT

MBBS BSc (Hons) PgCERT

Nurse Practitioners

ANITA PEAKE

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

HELEN HODGES

Paramedic Practitioner

Paramedic

ASHLEY BULPITT

VERITY ROBERTS

Trainee GP

DR MATTHEW WHITEHEAD

DR SAKEENA ALNATEI

Pharmacists

JULIA NICHOLLS

ANTHONY HABGOOD

Pharmacy Technicians

SHARON HUNT

KATY GRIFFIN

Nurses

The Practice Nurses provide general nursing services and run a number of Clinics. Please see our Clinics and Services section for full details.

LISA ELLIOTT

RN

TWINKLE PATELIA

CAROLINE MCDONALD

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare Assistants support Practice Nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement, INRs, ECGs and New Patient Health Checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or Doctor requests one.

MANDY TAYLOR

SARAH GLASS

STACY MILLIN

LAUREN DOWNS

LESLEY WOODHAMS

ANNETTE MARSHALL

Practice Management

JO OSBORN

Practice Manager

The Practice Manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the Practice such as ensuring the right systems are in place to provide high quality patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises, equipment and information technology. You can contact the Practice Manager by phone (01249 812141) or email: bswicb.northlandscalne@nhs.net The Practice Manager is supported by an Administration Manager. Together they work with the Doctors and other healthcare professionals to monitor and deliver patient services and develop pathways to enhance patient care.

ZARA LANE

Operations Manager

MELANIE GRAHAM

Patient Services Manager

NATASHA PROVIS-MOORE

Management Assistant

Reception

Our receptionists provide an important link for patients with the Practice and are your initial contact in the surgery or by telephone for any enquiries. They can provide basic 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 Doctors and Nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions, dealing with prescription enquiries, registering patients and managing patient records.

Secretaries

Our Practice Secretaries deal with correspondence and referrals to hospitals. In their role as PAs (Personal Assistants) to the Doctors, they form an important link between Doctors and patients and other healthcare professionals/organisations.

Community Midwives

Midwives are based at the Greenways Unit at Chippenham Community Hospital where you can contact them on 01249-456434.When you see your doctor for the first time in a pregnancy you will automatically be put in touch with the midwives.

Specialist Nurses

Specialist Nurses are fully-trained Nurses who have extra training to help with the special nursing problems that can happen with Cancer, Asthma, Eczema, Diabetes, problems with continence, etc. MacMillan Nurses are Specialist Nurses who help patients and their families with serious illnesses like cancer. They are based at Dorothy House in Winsley.You can contact them on 01225 722988. Your Doctor, Consultant, Practice Nurse or District Nurse will request them to contact you if they can help.
Page last reviewed: 27 May 2026
Page created: 14 November 2023