Meet the Team

Doctors

Dr Amparo Garcia-Ferrer

Senior Partner

LMS 1995 Valencia T(GP)

Female

Dr Vidya Parajulie

Partner

MBBS 1990 Calcutta, MRCP 1998, MRCGP 2006

Female

Dr Carolyn Rigby

Partner

MBBS 1989 Newcastle, MRCGP 1994

Female

Dr Mohamed A.S Ahmed

Partner

MBBS 2006 Khartoum, MRCGP 2016

Male

Dr Jennifer Standen

Partner

MBBS 2008 Imperial College London, MRCGP 2018

Female

Dr Aminu Umar

GP

MBBS 2011 Nigeria, MPH 2016 Dundee, PhD 2020 Liverpool, MRCGP 2022

Male

Dr Ali Ali

GP

MBBS 2008 Sudan, MRCGP 2023

Male

Teaching Practice

We are also a training practice so we usually have at least two GP Registrars with us, along with 3rd year medical students on Wednesdays and 5th year students for 3-weekly placements.

Our current GP Registrars are:

  • Dr T Morrell
  • Dr D Awujo
  • Dr J Awe

Nursing Team

Angela Mahon

Practice Nurse

RGN, Diploma in Cardiovascular Disease Care
Angela deals with wound care, ear syringing, childhood immunisations, foreign travel advice and vaccinations, smears and contraception advice.

Jacqueline Ferry

Practice Nurse

RGN, Chronic Disease Management, Asthma, COPD, CHD
Jacqueline deals with wound care, childhood immunisations, foreign travel advice and vaccinations, smears and contraception advice.

Lauren Mcpherson

Practice Nurse

RGN
Lauren deals with wound care, childhood immunisations, smears, contraception advice and is specialising in diabetes management.

Michelle Turner

Nurse Associate

Michelle deals with diabetic and hypertensive reviews, healthy heart checks, ECG and blood pressure checks, wound care, suture removals, spirometry and certain injections.

Clinical Team

Lisa Gardner

Health Practitioner

RCN Registered from Teesside University
Lisa deals with ear irrigation, diabetic & hypertensive reviews, healthy heart checks, ECG & blood pressure readings, wound care & suture removals, spirometry and certain injections.

Emily King

Phlebotomist

Emily carries out blood tests; contact reception to book an appointment with her.

Angel Caballero-Diaz

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Calum Plenderleith

Pharmacist

Dawn Hatton

Midwife (External)

Practice Team

Catrina Lowe

Practice Manager

Catrina is responsible for all the financial and organisational aspects of the practice.

Deanne Laundrie

Deputy Practice Manager

Deanne is also our secretary so will deal with your hospital referral needs.

Joanne Coaker

Operational Manager

Jo oversees all the invites for chronic diseases, all recalls, appointment book, child immunisations.

Reception/Admin Team

We have a team of experienced staff helping the smooth running of the practice. Our receptionists are fully trained, very experienced and act under strict instruction from the doctors. They have a lot of information at their fingertips and can answer many of your queries. Anything you tell them will be treated in absolute confidence. The team is:

Jess

Team Leader

Emily

Kerry

Nikhil

Annmarie

Chloe

Ashleigh

Niamh

Hannah

Carolyn

Gemma