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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 (female) Chrissie-Mary joined the practice as a salaried GP in August 2021. She works Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at the practice.  

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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