Partners
Dr Alison Adams
GMC Number: 3312843
MBBS (Liverpool 1989), MRCGP, DRCOG
Dr Robert Bland
GMC Number: 4192095
MBBS (St. Bartholomew’s 1995), MRCGP, GP Trainer
Dr Kieran McCormack
GMS Number: 3343278
BSc MBBS DRCOG DFFP FRCGP
Dr Julian Povey
GMC Number: 3557093
MBBS (St Bartholomew’s 1991), FRCGP, GP Trainer
Dr Daniela Puiu
GMC Number: 6116817
MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH
Clinicians
Salaried GPs
Dr Kate Jones
GMC Number: 6048894
MbChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH
Dr Hannah Kundu
GMC Number: 6102711
MBChb (Leicester)
Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP)
Lorraine Purcell
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Lorraine is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and started with the practice in April 2022, keen to continue to develop her role in General Practice.
Her nursing career started in 1996 when she began training to become a registered nurse, then completing an honours degree and a prescribing course. She has continued to develop her knowledge and skills, and is currently in the final year of her Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice at Staffordshire University. This will help with her knowledge base in the role of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP).
The ANP role is very rewarding and interesting and includes examining patients with a variety of symptoms, then assessing, and making a diagnosis. Lorraine is then able to treat with appropriate advice or prescription as needed, or refer as necessary for patients requiring specialised care and assessment. There is excellent support from the GP’s as needed to support the role.
Simon Lovatt
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Simon has worked in clinical roles in the NHS for 30 years, qualifying as a paramedic in 2000. He left the NHS Ambulance Service in 2014 to work in primary and out of hours medical care. The transition resulted in a huge and steep learning curve in developing new assessment, history taking and clinical reasoning skills. Simon has just started his final dissertation year in a MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, which has involved countless hours of gaining new knowledge, essays, exams and observed clinical practice with mentorship from senior GP colleagues. He has spent the last few years working in a busy general practice in Powys, as an established part of the clinical team. The skillset, extended practitioners develop over their careers increases every day as they meet and treat patients of all ages and conditions. As an independent prescribers Simon is aware of the importance of long term and acute health needs.
Rebecca Murphy
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Nursing Team
Sister Katy Gregson
Sister Eileen Swan
Sister Julie Dady
Mrs Rachel Day
Phlebotomist
Mrs Alison Hodgkiss
Health Care Assistant
Practice Management
Izzy Culliss
Executive Manager
Annie Hill
Operational Practice Manager
Rachael Ball
Practice Support Manager
Reception & Admin
Reception
Kim Blair
Jade Lewis
Clare Davies
Kim Wootton
Samantha Forbes-Wood
Nicky Gearing
Robbie Jenks
Admin
Sally Chidlow
Mary Herbert
Lisa Hughes
Nicky Willcox
Community Care
Community and Care Co-ordinator
Helen Tazewell is a non-clinical member of staff, based at Pontesbury & Worthen Medical Practice on a part time basis. Her role is to assist patients across all age groups in need of help, support and advice by signposting to other useful services / activities.
Helen works with the NHS, the Council and voluntary & community groups and local expertise, on what’s happening in your community to help you stay socially active & maintain your independence and wellbeing.
How can a Community & Care Coordinator help?
Helen can help you to find your way around the system which can often seem complicated and confusing. Here are some of the things she can help with:
- Help arrange support for you or for someone you care about.
- Information about local activities, interest groups or day centres.
- Signpost you to transport for appointments and other activities.
- Access to bereavement support.
- Access to organisations that can help with aids and adaptations to your home.
- Help you to find a volunteer befriender or another organisation to help combat loneliness.
- Information on self-help resources and where to access support for mental wellbeing.
- Helen is usually available at the surgery 16.75 hours a week
For more information please contact the surgery reception on 01743 790325,
If Helen is not at work, please leave a message with reception and she will contact you on her return or alternatively for non-urgent messages email her on h.tazewell@nhs.net.
Helen Tazewell
Community and Care Co-ordinator
Social Prescriber
Social Prescribing is a non-medical programme designed to help people with a wide range of social, emotional or practical needs. This may include those who may be;
- Caring for someone who cannot manage without this help
- Living with a long-term health condition
- Wanting to change their lifestyle e.g. giving up smoking or losing weight
- Feeling worried or anxious
- Feeling lonely or socially isolated
Social Prescribing uses a person centred, preventative approach by intervening early, before problems start to escalate. In Shropshire, people referred have the space to talk one to one with a trained Social Prescribing Advisor and come up with a plan of action together, to help resolve health and wellbeing concerns and help put the person back in charge of their life.
Connecting people back to a service or activity in their community is key to social prescribing, and this comes through referring people to local voluntary and community based groups or activities.
Please ask at Reception about an appointment if you feel you might benefit from speaking to someone.
Please click on the links for further information:
Hannah Trollope
Social Prescriber
Social Prescribing for children and young people aged 11- 18 years
Children and young people’s Social Prescribing is a non-medical approach to improving your health and wellbeing. It can help you to have more control over your own health and find ways to improve how you feel in a way that suits you. The Healthy Lives Advisor for children and young people will work together with you to develop an action plan around what matters to you. Children and young people might be referred to the Health Lives Advisor for a range of issues including:
- Children and young people who may feel isolated and want support to meet other people
- Children and young people who may have a long-term chronic health condition which would be helped through community activities
- Children and young people who may need help to find support or advice with practical issues such as money or housing
- Children and young people who may want help and support with their wellbeing and education.
Social Prescribing is not designed to replace medical support but getting involved with local groups and activities can help you get better and feel better faster than medicine alone. Your Healthy Lives Advisor might introduce you to a community group or a new activity. They may help you to meet new people or, they might help you find information or access advice about a particular issue.
A referral can be made to the Healthy Lives Advisor by your GP.
Helen Clover
Healthy Lives Advisor children and young people
Dispensary Team
Stephanie Chetwood
Dispensary Manager
Clare Bennett
Annette Loveday
Natasha Carr
Ange Ord
Sara Edwards
Sandra Pearce
Helen Hale
Brian Selley
Helen Jowitt
Jenny Smith
Housekeeping
Tracy Hamer
