Our Team

Doctors

Dr Linda Ogundele

MbChB

Salaried GP
Female

Dr Simon Shearer

MB ChB, DRCOG, MRCGP, FP Cert, MSc (Palliative Care), MSc.GP, Cert GP Post Graduate Education Qualified 1980 Manchester

GP Partner
Male

Dr Sarah Taylor

BMBS MRCGP

GP Partner
Female

Dr Deborah Clift

BMedSci, BMBS, MRCGP, PGCert MHE

Associate GP
Female

Advanced Clinical Practitioners

Advanced Clinical Practitioners are experienced, registered healthcare professionals who come from a range of professional backgrounds such as nursing and pharmacy. Advanced Clinical Practice is characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a masters level degree that encompasses the four pillars of Advanced Practice: Clinical practice, Leadership and management, Education, Research Advanced Clinical Practitioners can assess patients with diagnosed and undiagnosed problems, perform physical examination, request appropriate investigations, prescribe/treat conditions and, when needed, refer patients to specialist services.

Miss Nikki Wisdom

RGN DipHE Nursing, BSc (Honours) Nurse Practitioner, Independent Prescriber, MSc Advanced Practice

Clinical Nurse Manager

Miss Clare Denham

RGN DipHE Nursing, BSc (Honours) Nurse Practitioner, Independent Prescriber, MSc Advanced Practice

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Mrs Rachel McCarron

RGN DipHE Nursing, PGCert Evidence Based Practice, Independent Prescriber, MSc Advanced Practice

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Mrs Donna Emery

RGN BSc (Honours), Independent Prescriber, MSc Advanced Practice

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Mrs Tina Park

RGN DipHE Nursing, BSc (Honours) Nurse Practitioner, PGCert Leadership and Change, Independent Prescriber, MSc Advanced Practice

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Mr Sean Dutton

MPharm, PGCert Pharmacy Public Health, UAD Practice Development, Independent Prescriber, MSc Advanced Practice

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Mrs Jenny Price

RGN DipHE Nursing, Diploma in Adult Nursing, Diploma in Respiratory Disease Management, Diploma in Care of Adults with Diabetes, currently working towards MSc Advanced Practice

Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Mrs Natalie Egboh

RGN BSc Nursing, MSc Nursing, Specialist Community Public Health Nursing, currently working towards MSc Advanced Practice

Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Clinical Pharmacists

The Clinical Pharmacists work as part of the general practice team, to improve value and outcomes from medicines and consult with and treat patients directly. This includes providing extra help to manage long-term conditions, advice for those on multiple medicines, enhancing medication safety and medication advice for colleagues. They also review communication from hospitals and amend medication as needed ready for patient requests.

Mr Matthew Robinson

BSc (Hons) Pharmacy, Independent Prescriber, Diploma in COPD

Clinical Pharmacist

Mr Sean Dutton

MPharm, MRPharmS, PGCert Pharmacy Public Health, UAD Practice Development, Independent Prescriber, MSc Advanced Practice

Clinical Manager

Mrs Sadeya Callaghan

BSc (Hons) Pharmacy, Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, Independent Prescriber

Clinical pharmacist

Mrs Helen Dutton

MPharm, Independent Prescriber

Clinical Pharmacist

Mr Raymond Lee

BSc (Hons) Pharmacy, MRPharmS, DipClinPharm, Diploma in COPD, PG Certificate in Respiratory Disease Management, Independent Prescriber

Clinical pharmacist

Nurse Practitioners

A Nurse Practitioner is a trained RGN nurses who have undertaken specialist training to degree level. The Nurse Practitioner can see patients with undiagnosed problems; they can perform physical examinations, make a diagnosis, treat and refer patients. They work with patients to develop strategies to improve their health and prevent illness with health education and counselling. The Nurse Practitioner works closely with the Doctors and other members of the nursing team and sees the majority of patients with gynae related issues.

Sister Sue Morcos

SRN, RM, Nurse Practitioner B.Sc. (Honours), Independent Prescriber, Family Planning Certificate

Nurse Practitioner

Practice Nurses

The Practice Nurses are specially trained RGN’s available for vaccinations, smear tests, family planning advice, pregnancy tests, routine and follow up medical reviews, health education advice, health promotion, travel medicine, assist with minor surgery and run disease management clinics and carry out home visits on our instructions They are available during surgery hours by appointment. The treatment room nurses are trained RGN’s, undertaking dressings, leg ulcer clinic, removal of stitches, vaccinations, blood samples etc. They are available during surgery hours by appointment.

Sister Jane Dimelow

DipHe in Adult Nursing Studies (RGN), Advanced Certificate in Asthma & COPD, Primary Care Management of Diabetes

Practice Nurse

Sister Maria Steier

RGN, Diploma in Adult Nursing, Diploma in Diabetes Management in Primary Care

Practice Nurse

Sister Heidi Williams

RGN, Independent Prescriber, Diabetes Professional Education Programme

Practice Nurse

Sister Michelle Beaumont

Registered Adult Nurse

Practice Nurse

Sister Ashley Morris

Registered Adult Nurse

Practice Nurse

Assistant Practitioners

Mrs Maria Hedges

NVQ Level 3 in Care, COPD Diploma, Level 1 in Communication Tactics with deaf people

Assistant Practitioner

Mrs Michelle Davies

NVQ Direct Care level 2, CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support, Apprenticeship Healthcare Assistant Practitioner level 5, Foundation Degree in Science Health & Social Care Assistant Practitioner

Assistant Practitioner

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare Assistants are able to measure your blood pressure, temperature pulse, perform, urinalysis, blood tests, dressings, collection of specimens and carry out new patients registration checks, ECG’s, spirometry, vaccinations, peak flow and 24 hour BP monitoring. The Health Care Assistant work closely with the Nurse Practitioner, Practice Nurses and District Nurses.

Miss Holly Garnett

Healthcare Assistant
Female

Ms Dawn Williams

NVQ Level 3 in Care

Healthcare Assistant

Practice Management

The Management Team are responsible for the smooth running of the Practice. They should be able to help you with any queries you may have about the way we run the surgery. We welcome any new ideas, please tell us if you think you can help us in any way.

Miss Anna Butrym

AMSPAR Diploma in Primary Care and Health Management

Business Manager

Mrs Stephanie McCulloch

CIPD Intermediate Diploma in HR Management CIPD Level 3 Certificate in HR Management NVQ 3 in Customer Service

Practice Manager

Mrs Angela Powell

CIPD Certificate in Human Resources

Reception and Admin Manager

Blackpool North Primary Care Network

We are also lucky enough to have a number of our colleagues working jointly within our Primary Care Network (PCN). Our PCN consists of us, Glenroyd Medical, combined with North Shore Surgery and together we form Blackpool North Primary Care Network.

Sherrel Hornby

Care Co-Ordinator

Gabriel Baluyut

Physician Associate

Christian Armstrong

Care Co-Ordinator

Tolani Ishola

First Contact Practitioner

Anji Jayabandara

First Contact Practitioner

Jamila Koradli

Clinical Pharmacist

Charmaine Attwater

Associate Psychological Practitioner

Michelle Booth

Pharmacy Technician

Lucie Edwards

Pharmacy Technician

Additional Healthcare Staff

Community midwives

Community Midwives attend our antenatal clinics and run antenatal classes. They also attend mothers for a few weeks after baby is born. Patients who are pregnant, can self-refer to the … [continue] Community midwives

Community nurses

District Nurses provide general nursing care and assessments in the community to house bound patients and in the surgery for mobile patients. They can advise on aspects of nursing care, … [continue] Community nurses

Health visitors

Health Visitors are fully qualified nurses with specialised extra training in preventative health care. They can give advice on health care, particularly for expectant mothers, small children and the elderly. … [continue] Health visitors