Practice Team

Doctors

Dr Chris Fryar (m)
Partner - MBChB (Liverpool 1988) MRCGP DRCOG FPCert

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Dr Fryar has an interest in Mental health, ENT and is the practice Clinical Governance representative.

Dr Fryar works a variable Monday to Friday rota and is not in the surgery every day.

Dr Susan Wall (f)
Partner - MBChB (Liverpool 1990) FRACOG FRACGP DFFP

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Dr Wall qualified from Liverpool University in 1990. She gained experience in hospital medicine and then moved into General Practice in 1995. Her special interests include women’s health , contraception and menopause and minor surgery . She is also the prescribing lead and cancer lead for the practice.

Dr Wall works a variable Monday to Friday rota and is not in the surgery every day.

Dr Zoe Thompson-Shaw (f)
Partner - MBBS (Newcastle 2006) MRCGP

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Dr Thompson-Shaw is the GP lead for medical students in the practice and has a special interest in Teaching, Paediatrics and Dermatology.

Dr Thompson-Shaw works Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

Dr Helen Elwell (f)
Salaried GP - MBBS (Newcastle 2006) MRCGP

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Dr Elwell has interests in Women's health, Paediatrics, Minor surgery and Mental health (including substance misuse).

Dr Elwell works Mondays & Tuesdays

Dr Rachel Park (f)
Salaried GP - MBChB Glasgow 2016

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Dr Park interests in women’s health, contraception and menopause, paediatrics and palliative medicine.

Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP)

Louise Garnett (f)

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Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) are registered healthcare professionals, educated to master's level and have developed advanced skills and knowledge to work autonomously to manage patient care. They all assess conditions, prescribe medicines to help and refer to the hospital where this is required.

Nancy Holmwood (f)

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Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) are registered healthcare professionals, educated to master's level and have developed advanced skills and knowledge to work autonomously to manage patient care. They all assess conditions, prescribe medicines to help and refer to the hospital where this is required.

Miki Sims (f)

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Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) are registered healthcare professionals, educated to master's level and have developed advanced skills and knowledge to work autonomously to manage patient care. They all assess conditions, prescribe medicines to help and refer to the hospital where this is required.

Pharmacy team

Deborah Hollywood
Clinical Pharmacist MRPharmS, PG Dip (Clin Pharm), IP

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Debbie joined Heath Lane in September 2023 as the practice pharmacist.

As well as leading on medication related issues and ensuring prescribing is as safe and effective as possible, Debbie's special interest lies in chronic pain & pain medication optimisation.

Michelle McDonagh
Pre-reg Pharmacy Technician

Beth Finnegan
Pre-reg Pharmacy Technician

Practice Nurses

Sara Finnegan (f)

Jenna Shires (f)

Healthcare Assistants

Tracy Wynne (f)

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In Tracy's role as a Health care assistant, she supports the clinical team. Her many tasks include taking bloods, seeing patients for chronic annual reviews, NHS health checks, BP checks, flu and pneumonia vaccinations, wound dressings, B12 injections and much more.

Tracy works Wednesday to Friday (Including enhanced hours on Wednesdays)

Practice Management

Katherine Jones (f)
Practice Manager

Nicola Pryor (f)
Deputy Practice Manager

Richard Johnson (m)
Operations and Compliance Manager

Amy Bellis (f)
Operations and Data Quality Manager

Administration

Paula Kolacz
IT and Data Quality Administrator

Reception

Sophie, Steph,Carole S, Carole I, Julie, Kirsty, Chantelle, Marie, Carol.

Secretaries

Sue Dorrington

Zoe Dowell

Attached Staff

Debbie Murray (f)
Mental Health Practitioner

Louise Gough (f)
Social Prescriber

Emma Lordan (f)
GP Specialist Physiotherapist

GP net earnings

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.

The average pay for GPs working in Heath Lane Medical Centre in the last financial year was £98,116 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 4 part time GPs.