Our Staff
Doctors
DR SUSAN BRENNAN (F)
MB, ChB
DR JAMES GRAY (M)
Bsc, MB, ChB, MRCGP
DR KIERON DURKAN (M)
MBChB, BSc (Hons), MRCGP
DR SIDRAH TAHIR (F)
MBBS, DRCOG, MRCGP (2018)
DR SANGEETA SHETTY (F)
MB BS, DRCOG
DR ANNA HEPWORTH
MB ChB MRCGP
Advanced Nurse Practitioners
KIRSTY BLAND (F)
Advanced Paramedic Practitioner
CHRISTIAN SMITH (M)
Practice Nurses
Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.
EMILY HAIGH (F)
REHANA SHARP
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 doctor requests one.
KATRINA FLAHERTY (F)
CARRIE BOTTOMLEY (F)
Practice Management
The Business Manager 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 business manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
CLAIRE BAGGLEY (F)
Business Manager
KAREN BARTLE (F)
Deputy Business Manager
Reception
SHIRLEY HOPKINSON (F)
Reception Manager
LYNN SMITH (F)
BEVERLEY KINDER (F)
AVRIL BLAGBROUGH (F)
EMILY HARPER (F)
MAISIE WALKER
DAVID ASPIN
KATHRYN PADGET
ANGELA CHOLMONDELEY
JESSICA GRUNDY
Administration
SUSAN HILLAS (F)
Data Quality Administrator
ALISON JACOBS (F)
KAREN ASPIN
Business Support Officer
SHEENA DUNCAN (F)
Secretaries
RACHEL KNIGHTS (F)
EMILY HARPER (F)
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 can be contacted on 0300 3045076.
Community Nurses
Our District Nursing team cares for any one in their home who is unable to attend surgery or Lawson Road Clinic. Their responsibilities include; wound care, injections, blood test, catheter management, continence management, gastrostomy care, pressure ulcer management and care of people with incurable or life threatening illnesses.
The District Nursing sister can prescribe certain products for patients, for example wound products. There is a specialist Leg Ulcer Clinic held weekly at Lawson Road Health Centre Brighouse - referral is through your District Nurse, Practice Nurse or GP.
District Nurses can be contacted on 01422 310838