Our Team
GP Partners
Dr Amy Gall
MBBS MRCGP DRCOG
GP Partner
Female
Amy joined the practice in September 2004 and became a Partner in August 2008. Amy works in the practice on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursdays. In addition to this work she … [continue] Dr Amy Gall
Dr Lucy Hudson
MBBS MRCGP
GP Partner
Female
Lucy joined the practice as a salaried GP in July 2013 and became a partner in August 2015. Lucy works on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. She oversees the management of … [continue] Dr Lucy Hudson
Dr Polly Chadwick
MBBS MRCGP
GP Partner
Female
Polly joined the practice as a salaried GP in February 2016 after training here in 2015. She became a partner in June 2018. She is the lead doctor for diabetes … [continue] Dr Polly Chadwick
Salaried GPs
Dr Nicola Hampton
MBBS MRCGP DRCOG
Salaried GP
Female
Nicola joined the practice as a salaried GP in October 2001. She works on Monday and is the GP in the baby clinic on Tuesday afternoons and she also offers … [continue] Dr Nicola Hampton
Dr Alison Craig
MBChB MRCGP
Salaried GP
Female
Alison is currently on maternity leave. Alison joined the practice in January 2018 as a salaried GP. She works on a Monday and Thursday. Alison has an interest in medical … [continue] Dr Alison Craig
Dr Lizzie Schofield
Salaried GP
Female
Lizzie is currently on maternity leave. Lizzie studied medicine in Yorkshire and relocated to the North East to train as a GP. She joined the practice in January 2022 and … [continue] Dr Lizzie Schofield
Dr Esther Chan
MBChB, MRCGP, MRCP
Salaried GP
Female
Welcome to Dr Esther Chan. Esther joined the practice in September 2022 and she works on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sessional GP
Dr Mobasher Choudhary
Sessional GP
Male
Mobasher joined the practice in October 2022 as a locum to provide temporary cover during the maternity leave of our GPs.
Practice Managers
Bethany Cave
Practice Manager
Female
Bethany joined the Practice in December 2022 as the Practice Manager. She manages the business aspect of Heaton Road Surgery. Bethany works on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays at the … [continue] Bethany Cave
Kay Bainbridge
Assistant Practice Manager
Female
Kay become the Assistant Practice Manager in December 2022. She manages the patient services aspects of the Pracice. Kay has worked at Heaton Road Surgery since 2019. Kay works Monday … [continue] Kay Bainbridge
Pharmacists
Madeleine Yong
Practice Pharmacist
Female
The clinical pharmacists role includes medication reviews for long term health conditions such as asthma, COPD, diabetes and CHD. Madeleine carries out health checks and can advise on the management … [continue] Madeleine Yong
Karen Stokoe
Practice Pharmacist
Female
Karen joined our surgery in May 2018. Pharmacists are qualified healthcare professionals trained over 5 years to become specialists in medicines and how they work. Karen has also completed further … [continue] Karen Stokoe
Practice Nurse
Hannah Atkinson
Practice Nurse
Female
Hannah joined the Practice in January 2023. She deals with a range of conditions and health concerns. She sees patients in the surgery for vaccinations, management of long term health … [continue] Hannah Atkinson
Healthcare Assistant
Rachelle Wilde
Healthcare Assistant
Female
Rachelle is the a Health Care Assistant at the practice. Her role includes taking blood samples, performing ECGs, diabetic foot checks, NHS health checks, blood pressure monitoring and information gathering … [continue] Rachelle Wilde
Elizabeth McMaster
Healthcare Assistant
Female
Elizabeth McMaster is one of our Healthcare Assistants. Their role involves: taking blood samples, doing blood pressure checks, ECGs, diabetic foot checks, Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring, NHS Health Checks and … [continue] Elizabeth McMaster
Attached staff
Mary Riley
Care Home Nurse Practitioner
Female
Mary is a the practice’s care home/frailty nurse practitioner. She works full time, however her work is divided between Heaton Road Surgery and another GP Practice in the East PCN … [continue] Mary Riley
Tracy Bell
Social Prescribing Link Worker
Female
Tracy joined the team in December 2020 as the practice Social Prescribing Link Worker. She receives referrals from the practice team to work with all patients who require support outside … [continue] Tracy Bell
District Nursing Team
District Nursing Team
We have a District Nursing Team attached to the Practice. Most of their work is to provide care to our patients in their own homes during spells of illness when … [continue] District Nursing Team
Health Visitors
Health Visitors
The health visitor team focus on children, especially on prevention & health education. You can contact any member of the health visitor or school nursing team directly on 0191 … [continue] Health Visitors
Prescription Clark
Liz
Prescription Clark
Our prescription Clark is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of prescription requests and supports the practice medicines management team.
Medical Receptionists
Jeannie
Medical Receptionist
Our receptionists are trained to Care Navigate, as part of this it has been agreed they should ask patients for a “brief description of the problem”. This is so our … [continue] Jeannie
Christine
Medical Receptionist
Our receptionists are trained to Care Navigate, as part of this it has been agreed they should ask patients for a “brief description of the problem”. This is so our … [continue] Christine
Stephanie
Medical Receptionist
Our receptionists are trained to Care Navigate, as part of this it has been agreed they should ask patients for a “brief description of the problem”. This is so our … [continue] Stephanie
Shannon
Medical Receptionist
Our receptionists are trained to Care Navigate, as part of this it has been agreed they should ask patients for a “brief description of the problem”. This is so our … [continue] Shannon
Rachel
Medical Receptionist
Our receptionists are trained to Care Navigate, as part of this it has been agreed they should ask patients for a “brief description of the problem”. This is so our … [continue] Rachel
Layla
Medical Receptionist
Our receptionists are trained to Care Navigate, as part of this it has been agreed they should ask patients for a “brief description of the problem”. This is so our … [continue] Layla
Jade
Medical Receptionist
Our receptionists are trained to Care Navigate, as part of this it has been agreed they should ask patients for a “brief description of the problem”. This is so our … [continue] Jade
Ann
Medical Receptionist
Our receptionists are trained to Care Navigate, as part of this it has been agreed they should ask patients for a “brief description of the problem”. This is so our … [continue] Ann
Maureen
Reception Team Leader
Maureen is the Team Leader for the reception team. Our receptionists are trained to Care Navigate, as part of this it has been agreed they should ask patients for a … [continue] Maureen
Lily
Apprentice
Our receptionists are trained to Care Navigate, as part of this it has been agreed they should ask patients for a “brief description of the problem”. This is so our … [continue] Lily
Care Coordinators
Anne
Safeguarding Care Coordinator
The Safeguarding Care Coordinator has a key role in supporting our Safeguarding Lead GP to protect our most vulnerable patients.
Louise
Primary Care Coordinator
The coordinators’ role supports the practice to improve access to services, provide advice and information whilst ensuring health and care planning is timely, efficient, and patient centred. The role includes … [continue] Louise
Ali
Primary Care Coordinator
The coordinators’ role supports the practice to improve access to services, provide advice and information whilst ensuring health and care planning is timely, efficient, and patient centred. The role includes … [continue] Ali
Secretary
Taylor
Practice Secretary
The Secretary role supports the GPs and patients in a range of administrative duties. The role’s focus is on ensuring referrals for patients are sent to the appropriate service in … [continue] Taylor
Business Administrator
Megan
Business Administrator
The Business Administrator’s role is responsible for undertaking a wide range of administrative duties. Our Business Administrator processes private medical reports, partial information requests and subject access requests.
Records Clark
Maria
Records Clark
Our Records Clark manages patient’s medical records by summarising, scanning and retrieval of notes.