GP Partners
Dr Jonathan Ashton (male)
MBchB (2000 University of Manchester), MRCGP, DRCOG, MRCP, PGCME GMC No. 4696654
Practice Responsibilities:
Practice lead for Safeguarding and Post Graduate Training and Education.
Wider Responsibilities:
Urgent Care Clinical Lead for Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group/Principia MCP.
Clinical Interests:
General Medicine, Joint Injections, Men’s Health, Musculoskeletal Disorders and GP Training.
Dr Jeremy Griffiths (male)
BMed.Sci (Hons), MBBS (1989 University of Nottingham), GMC No. 3323865
Practice Responsibilities:
Practice lead for Governance, Commissioning / Hospital Referrals, Care Quality Commission, IT and Caldicott Processes.
Practice lead for Research.
Practice Clinical lead: Heart Failure, secondary prevention.
Wider Responsibilities:
Member of the Clinical Design Authority, NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire: lead for Diagnostics, Nottingham University Hospital interface & prevention.
Clinical Interests:
General Medicine, Elderly Medicine, Neurology, Men’s health, Young Adult health.
Non-Clinical Interests:
Healthcare Leadership & Management.
Dr Rachel Janyshiwskyj (female)
BMedSci (Hons) BMBS (2012 University of Nottingham) MRCGP, DRCOG, DRSRH, PGCert Med.Ed. GMC No. 7284939
Practice Responsibilities:
Practice lead for Diabetes.
Clinical Interests:
Mental health, Women’s health and Diabetes.
Dr Alison Di Mambro (female)
MB ChB (1999 University of Sheffield), MSc, DCH, MRCGP. GMC No. 4621052
Practice Responsibilities:
Practice lead for Post Graduate and Under Graduate Training and Chronic Renal Disease.
Clinical Interests:
Sports Medicine and Diabetes.
Dr Claire McCall (female)
BMed Sci (hons) BM BS (1991 University of Nottingham) MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH, DRSRH. GMC No. 3275962
Member of The Practice’s Executive & Senior Management Team – Human Resource Lead
Practice Responsibilities:
Practice lead for Adults with an Intellectual Disability and Mental Health. Clinical Supervisor for Junior Doctors.
Clinical Interests:
Paediatrics and Women’s Health including fitting IUDs and Contraceptive Implants.
Dr Lynn Ovenden (female)
MB ChB (1990 University of Sheffield), FRCGP, DRCOG. GMC No. 3491968
Member of The Practice’s Executive & Senior Management Team –Management Lead
Practice Responsibilities:
Managing Partner and Clinical Lead for Minor Surgery.
Wider Responsibilities:
Director of PartnersHealth.
Joint Clinical Director of Rushcliffe Primary Care Network (PCN).
Clinical Interests:
Minor Surgery and Health System Management.
Dr Arjun Tewari (male)
MBBS (1997 Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Med University), DFSRH, MRCGP. GMC No. 5201365
Member of The Practice’s Executive & Senior Management Team – Finance Lead
Practice Responsibilities:
Lead for Prescribing and Medicine management, Oral Anticoagulation Monitoring in Primary Care and Cardiovascular Disease (heart failure, ischamemic heart disease).
Clinical Interests:
Dermatology and Men’s Health.
Dr Helen Walsh (female)
MB ChB (1988 University of Sheffield), DRCOG, DFSRH, MRCGP. GMC No. 3278006
Practice Responsibilities:
Lead for Clinical Rotas and Practice Administration.
Clinical Interests:
Medical Education, Dermatology, Women’s Health including fitting IUDs and Contraceptive Implants.
Salaried GP’s
Dr Kirran Bilkhu (female)
MBChB (2005 University of Birmingham), MRCGP, DFSRH, DPD. GMC No. 6122651
Dr Rebecca Briggs (female)
BMedSci (Hons) BMBS (2016 University of Nottingham), MRCGP, DFSRH. GMC No. 7523104
Clinical Interests:
Women’s Health including fitting IUDs and Contraceptive Implants. Menopause care.
Dr Charlotte Burton (female)
BMedScI (Hons), BMBS (2014 The University of Nottingham), MRCGP. GMC No. 7454458
Dr Ghomaissa Rosie (female)
MBBS BSc PGDip (healthcare leadership) MRCP. GMC No. 7278833
Dr Christopher Woodrow (male)
MB ChB (2016 University of Bristol). GMC No. 7526746
Dr Matthew Woodrow (male)
BMBS (2014 The University of Brighton and the University of Sussex). MRCGP(2020). GMC No. 7452050
Clinical Interests:
Respiratory medicine, Cardiology, General Internal Medicine and Men’s Health.
Trainee GP’s and Students
GP Registrars & Foundation Doctors
Castle Healthcare Practice is a GP teaching practice of The University of Nottingham. We therefore have Registrars and Foundation Doctors working at the Practice. They are fully qualified doctors who are working with us to gain experience working in a General Practice environment.
Medical Students
We are also linked to Nottingham University Medical School providing work experience for medical students. They may be in their 1st, 2nd, 4th or 5th year of training and are placed with our Practice to learn about General Practice. You may find a student present during your consultation with the clinician. If you prefer not to have a student present, you are under no obligation and the student will be asked to leave the room.
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Paul Wade (male)
PGCert Advanced Practice (2017 University of West of England) HCPC registered independent prescriber
Practice Nurses
Our highly experienced team of Practice Nurses carry out a wide range of services. They help monitor patients with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes and chronic heart disease. They are a valuable source of information for patients requiring advice about life-style changes such as weight management and help to stop smoking. Our nurses carry out full vaccination and immunisation programmes for adults and children (including those for travel), cervical smears, dressings, pill checks, ECG’s, blood tests, pre-conceptual advice, well man/well woman checks and many more.
Amy Harding
Registered Nurse (Adult) – Nurse Clinical Lead
Emily Baiou
Registered Nurse (Adult)
Kim Black
Registered Nurse (Adult)
Charlotte Moore
Registered Nurse (Adult)
Frances Parnell
Registered Nurse (Adult)
Healthcare Assistants
Healthcare Assistants support Practice Nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or GP requests one.
Helen Butt
Elizabeth Hutchinson (General Practice Assistant)
Claire Watts
Pharmacy
Our Primary Care Network (PCN) pharmacists are highly skilled healthcare professionals who have trained for many years to become medicines specialists. They have expert knowledge of medicines and use this to work closely with multidisciplinary teams across all the surgeries in Rushcliffe providing clinical expertise.
Our PCN Pharmacy Technicians are healthcare professionals who work alongside our Clinical Pharmacists to ensure efficient and effective use of medicines. Their core role is to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing medicines to improve the quality of patient care.
Harriet Blane
PCN Pharmacist
Jemma Ross
PCN Pharmacy Technician
Adriana Tomlinson
PCN Pharmacist
First Contact Practitioners (FCP)
FCP’s can help patients with issues such as back, neck and joint pain as well as muscle pain and sports injuries by:
- Assessing and diagnosing issues
- Giving expert advice on how best to manage conditions
- Referring onto specialist services if necessary
Surya Menon
Vidhi Shah
Social Prescribing
Many things can affect your health, from feeling isolated or lonely to work, money, housing problems or managing different long-term conditions.
Your doctor isn’t the only person who can help you get better. There are other things you can do to improve your health and wellbeing, and sometimes you just need a bit of help to work out what they are.
That’s where a PCN social prescribing link worker comes in. They are there to listen to you and put you in touch with the people and activities that might make you feel better.
Social prescribing can help you to have more control over your health and wellbeing by exploring ways to improve how you feel in a way that suits you.
Jacqueline Kendrick
Nick Marlow
Practice Management Team
The Practice Management Team is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the Practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The Practice Management Team supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
Lisa Sullivan
MIIA, PIIA, GIAS – Business Manager
Jack Eyre
Operations Manager
Louise Davis
Senior Administrative Officer
Vicky Styles
Senior Administrative Officer
Reception
Our Practice staff are here to help you. We have a dedicated team of receptionists and administrative staff. They arrange your appointments, process your repeat prescriptions, arrange your hospital referral, help with routine enquiries and carry out a wide range of administrative and secretarial duties to keep the practice running effectively.
Catherine Eyre
Reception Manager
Jo Bride
Reception Duty Manager
Rachel Barton
Senior Receptionist
Carers Champion
Rachel Barton
Health Visitors
A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing. The health visitors that support our practice are located at West Bridgford Medical Centre.
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Attached Staff
Other colleagues provide valuable services to our patients such as our Health Visitors, Community Midwives, District nurses, COPD Specialist Nurse. We are fortunate to have some community staff based at Embankment Primary Care Centre.
For information on how to book an appointment, contact our reception team.