Our Staff

Doctors

  • DR KAREN BARTER (F)

    MBChB, DCH, DRCOG, DFFP, MRCGP, DFHom, LoC IUT

    (part-time)

  • DR SUSAN LOWE (F)

    BMedSci BMBS MRCGP

    (part-time)

  • DR ANNE TAYLOR (F)

    SALARIED GP

    (part-time)

  • DR LOUISE REED (F)

    SALARIED GP

    (part time)

  • DR SANDEEP DHUNGANA (M)

    SALARIED GP

    (part-time)

Physiotherapy

  • BETH THOMPSON

    1st Contact Physiotherapist

Nurses

Practice nurses are available for vaccinations, wound care, blood pressure monitoring, chronic disease clinics, flu clinics, some contraceptive services, healthy lifestyle advice, cervical smears, dopplers and measure for hosiery. They also can assist with patient education and advise on lower limb problems. Please book your appointment with reception who will ask you the reason for your visit to ascertain the length of appointment required with the nurse. Due to the varying times needed for their consultations, appointments with our nurses can only be booked via reception.

  • CATE WILKINSON

    BSc, RGN

    Cate works 2 days a week. In addition to general practice nursing, she is a diabetes, specialist nurse and will be looking after our diabetic patients. She is also a minor illness trained nurse.

  • BECKY COLLINS

    BSc, RGN

    Becky works 3 days per week. In addition to her general practice nursing skills, Becky is our lead nurse for Respiratory conditions e.g. Asthma and COPD. She is also able to provide contraception advice.

  • ALISON PLAISTOW

    RGN

    Alison works 4 days per week. In addition to general practice nursing, she has interest in continence and able to provide bladder and bowel advice and assessments for our adult patients.

  • NICOLA COOK

    RGN

    Nicola works 2 days a week. In addition to her general practice nursing, she is a diabetes and respiratory specialist nurse. She is also a minor illness trained nurse.

Clinical Pharmacist

  • JOANNE HALES-OWEN

  • CHARLOTTE PADDICK

    Pharmacy Technician

Healthcare Assistants

  • SARAH EVANS

  • JENETTE SHARPS

  • STEPH BALLARD

Practice Management

  • DEBBIE MAJOR

    Practice Manager

    Debbie can be contacted on 01235 522379.

  • PHILIPPA ATKINS

    Assistant Practice Manager

Administration

  • GEMMA BRADLEY

Patient Services Team

All our staff in the Patient Services team are involved in managing appointments and resolving queries for our patients and members of the clinical team but they also have responsibilities for particular administrative areas. Sallie is our Patient Services Team Leader & Care Co-ordinator for our patients who are most in need of additional support to help organise their appointments or order their medication.

  • SALLIE WILLIAMS

  • JUDY NORGATE

  • JACKIE DAY

  • MAUREEN NEWBY

  • BECKY CASE

  • DALIA BESHIR

  • LISA O'CALLAGHAN

  • LUCY LOVELL

  • KAREN TAYLOR

Secretaries

Please contact our secretaries if you have a query with a hospital referral or a letter from your GP. The secretaries can be contacted each morning on 01235 557420.

  • GILL MORRELL

  • DONNA PECK

Community Midwives

Midwife: Carol Starbuck, our community midwife holds ante-natal clinics at the surgery on Tuesday afternoons between 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Carol can be contacted at other times on 01865 904876.

Social Prescribers

Did you know that you can improve your health through social prescription? Social prescription will link you to non-medical support and there is good evidence that this can lead to positive health and wellbeing outcomes. You can be referred to a social prescriber by any of the health care staff at Long Furlong Medical Centre. The social prescribers will be able to give you more time to focus on what matters to you. They can connect you to community groups and agencies for practical and emotional support; helping you to access local clubs, activities, education, leisure facilities, recovery projects, voluntary organisations and more. Becoming connected and engaged in your local community can help you feel supported and can help you feel better. If you feel that this service would be of benefit to you, please mention this at your next appointment. Your local social prescriber is Claire Carrera.

Community Nurses

District Nurses are available to care for those patients who are confined to their homes. This includes provision of post-operative or terminal care along with various other duties. – Telephone 01865 903750.

Health Visitors

Health Visitors are attached to this practice; their work is concerned with the families of the practice patients, in particular with children up to the age of five years old. If patients require advice from the health visiting service regarding their child they will need to contact Chathealth via text on 07312263081