Doctors
Dr Amy Gall
MBBS MRCGP DRCOG
GP Partner
Female
Amy joined the practice in September 2004 and became a Partner in August 2008. Amy is taking the lead on behalf of the practice in the Primary Care Network to … [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 a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. She oversees the management … [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
Dr Nicola Hampton
MBBS MRCGP DRCOG
Salaried GP
Female
Nicola joined the practice as a salaried GP in October 2001 and has surgeries on Tuesday and Friday mornings. She is the GP who works in the baby clinic on … [continue] Dr Nicola Hampton
Dr Alison Craig
MBChB MRCGP
Salaried GP
Female
Alison joined the practice in January 2018 as a salaried GP. She works on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Alison has an interest in medical education, and teaches our medical … [continue] Dr Alison Craig
Dr Catriona Hall
MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, FRSH
Salaried GP
Female
Catriona joined the practice in May 2019 as a salaried GP. She works on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. She is palliative care lead for the practice. Areas of special … [continue] Dr Catriona Hall
Dr Hayley Wallace
MBChB MRCGP DRCOG
Salaried GP
Female
Hayley joined the practice in January 2020 as a salaried GP. She works on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. She has an interest in women’s health and sexual health.
Dr Sarah Acey
Sarah joined Heaton Road Surgery as a salaried GP in February 2021. She works Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the practice.
Dr Chrissie-Mary Oates
Salaried GP
Dr Chrissie-Mary Oates (female) Chrissie-Mary joined the practice as a salaried GP in August 2021. She works Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at the practice.
Dr Lizzie Schofield
Salaried GP
Female
Lizzie studied medicine in Yorkshire and relocated to the North East to train as a GP. She joined the practice in January 2022 and works on a Wednesday and Thursday … [continue] Dr Lizzie Schofield
Attached staff
Tracy Bell
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
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
Diane Trenholm and Lyndsay Stephenson Our health visitors are based at the surgery and you can contact them directly on 0191 2823319. Our health visitor team focus on children, especially … [continue] Health Visitors
Practice nurses
Victoria Billington
Community Practice Nurse
Vicky deals with a range of conditions and health concerns. She sees patients in the surgery for vaccinations, management of long term health conditions, annual reviews and family planning . … [continue] Victoria Billington
Additional healthcare staff
Rachelle Wilde
Rachelle is the a Health Care Assistant at the practice and she has worked within the NHS for around 4 years. Her role includes taking blood samples, performing ECGs, diabetic … [continue] Rachelle Wilde
Karen Stokoe
Practice Pharmacist
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
Elizabeth McMaster
Healthcare Assistant
Our Healthcare Assistants are valuable members of our nursing team. They are able to take blood samples, do blood pressure checks, ECGs, diabetic foot checks, Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring, NHS … [continue] Elizabeth McMaster
Practice managers
Rebecca Graham
Practice Manager (Business Services)
Rebecca joined the practice in 2014 working in the reception team before becoming operations assistant in 2017. In 2018 she became the operations manager. She manages the business related aspects … [continue] Rebecca Graham
Grace Bonner
Practice Manager (Patient Services)
Grace joined the Practice as Practice Manager for Patient Services in August 2021. She has 25 years experience in General Practice. Grace manages all IG and GDPR aspects of the … [continue] Grace Bonner
Practice staff
Julie
Medical Receptionist
Gemma
Medical Receptionist
Megan
Administrator
Liz
Prescription Clerk/HCA
Louise
Primary Care Coordinator
Kay
Primary Care Coordinator
Maureen
Reception Team Leader
Denise
Medical Receptionist
Evie
Medical Receptionist
Maria
Records Clerk
Alison
Medical Receptionist
Taylor
Practice Secretary