Our Staff
Doctors
DR RACHEL BARRASS-STONES
MB ChB BSc MRGCP DFFP GP (T) Qualified 1999
DR KATE KNIGHT
BSc (Hons) MBBS (Lond) DCH DFFP MRCGP Qualified 1997
DR ALISTAIR MCHARDY
BSc (Hons) MB Qualified 2010 University of Southampton
DR GEORGE TAYLOR
BMBS 2012 Peninsula Medical School, MRCGP, DTM&H
DR SARAH WILLIAMS
MB ChB 2011 University of Bristol
DR ZOE WINGROVE
MB BS 1993 University of London
DR REBECCA SMITH
BM BS Brighton and Sussex Medical School
DR MATT ADCOCK
BSc BM University of Southampton
DR SARAH BURNS
Advanced Nurse Practitioners
KAREN HILL
PGDip in Advanced Clinical Practice (Advanced Nurse Practitioner)
SUE TURNER
HELEN LISTER
Practice Nurses
Our friendly and dedicated team of Nurses provide a high standard of care and work closely with the GPs.
Our clinics are varied; providing wound care - including post-operative, pill checks, cervical smears, childhood immunisations. Dedicated clinics provide support and advice with the management of long term health conditions such as Hypertension, Asthma, COPD and Diabetes.
SUZY BAILEY
Team Leader
Cervical Smears | Asthma | Child Immunisations | Hypertension
MANDY HUTTON
Cervical Smears | Pill Checks | Child Immunisations.
EMMA TROWBRIDGE
Cervical Smears | Diabetes | Child Immunisations
KAREN DRAYCOTT
Diabetes | COPD | Cervical Smears
Healthcare Assistants
Our HCAs and Phlebotomists see patients by appointment only, for routine blood tests, health screening, and work alongside the nurses running the long term management clinics.
JACQUELINE MARPLES
JO MARTIN
Phlebotomists
RACHEL TUCKER
DEE LEATHER
Practice Management
ANDY HALLOWELL
Practice Manager
MICHELE DOWN
Assistant Practice Manager
TOM HILL
IT Manager
Reception
We have a dedicated team of Receptionists who are here to assist you face-to-face or on the telephone. They are supported by the Reception Managers who ensure that patient needs are met. Our Reception Team are: Barbara, Sharon, Patricia, Penny, Jessica, Magdalena, Diane, Jane, Leo and Rachel.
If you would like to speak to someone in confidence our Reception Manager is here to help.
VANESSA HARRIS
Reception Manager
PAULA DAY
Reception Manager
Administration
Our administration department is a dedicated, multi tasking team who deal with all aspects of patient administration. This includes patient registrations, processing incoming hospital documentation, online services access. They support the smooth running of the Practice.
ALISON WRIGHT
Team Leader
LISA HARLING
SHARON DEDMAN
MARIA ZUREK
MARTYN MOSS
HELEN JOHNSON
Secretaries
Our secretaries work closely with the Doctors dealing with referrals and incoming reports from hospitals. If you have a problem with any referrals please contact the Surgery to leave them a message.
CHRIS PIGG
Social Prescriber
Social Prescribers work closely with the GPs, identifying and supporting our most vulnerable patients. Their role enables them to work for a wide range of people, including; patients with one or more long term conditions, patients who need support with mental health issues, patients who are lonely or isolated, and patients who have complex social health needs affected their wellbeing.
If you would like to speak to someone, please contact our Reception team on 01425 478901.
LOUISE BREARLEY
Social Prescriber
Health & Wellbeing
Health and Wellbeing Coaches support people to take pro-active steps to improve the way they manage their physical and mental health conditions, based on what matters to them. They support people to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence or to build their patient activation. The team coach and motivate patients through multiple sessions to identify their needs, set goals, and support them to implement and achieve their personalised health and wellbeing objectives. This will include sitting in consultation with a patient and providing them with advice, guidance and a management plan, personalised to their individual needs. Coaching can include support for anything from diet/healthy eating, to personal coaching/motivation regarding stress and anxiety.
ISSAC PATTERSON-RAMSEY
Health and Wellbeing Coach
LEE RAND
Health and Wellbeing Coach
STEVE SMITH
Health and Wellbeing Coach
Pharmacy Team
Pharmacists are specialists in medicines. We work alongside the pharmacy technicians and as a team we review best use of medicines for all of our patients, improve medicines safety and make sure medicines are being used effectively. We answer queries from patients, doctors, nurses and the prescribing teams; review patient's medicines with them; check doses of medicines are safe and appropriate; and do a lot of work on long term project such as putting structures in place to improve medicines safety for many patients.
Pharmacy technicians work alongside the practice pharmacists and clinicians within the GP surgery. They are registered professionals and are involved in medication reviews, audits and can respond to an array of medication related queries. This may be in the form of adding and reviewing medication following a discharge from hospital or it might be counselling patients on new medication in addition to looking at prescribing guidance.
Care Navigators
The Care Navigator Team works closely with the GPs , District Nurses and Adult and Community Services. They offer non-clinical support for our most vulnerable patients and their social needs.
Should you wish to make contact with the service, please call 02382 020363 or email whccg.ringwoodmc-admin@nhs.net marking it for the attention of the Care Navigators.
VIVIENE WALKER
Care Navigator