Qualified from Sheffield Medical School in 1990. She is closely involved with the monitoring and supervision of doctors training to become GPs. She works almost full-time and monitors the standards of care within the practice. She is married with two school-age children. Her clinical interests include all areas of general practice, especially women's health and child health.
Dr Richard Churchill BM BS MSc DFFP FRCGP
Qualified in medicine from Nottingham Medical School in 1989 having previously trained and worked as a clinical biochemist. He also works part-time as a senior lecturer in the medical school where he co-ordinates aspects of clinical training for medical students and carries out research into mental health and the health care of young people. He is very involved in activities of the Royal College of General Practitioners, both at local and national level. He is married to a dietician and has two grown-up children. He is currently working part-time in the practice.
Dr Alison McKnespiey BM BS MRCGP DFFP DRCOG
Qualified from Nottingham Medical School in 1999. She joined the practice in 2005 working as a part-time partner at both surgeries. She is interested in contraception and sexual health. She is married with a young son.
Dr Katie Rhodes BM BS BMedSci DGM DRCOG DFFP FRCGP
Qualified from Nottingham Medical School in 1986. She joined the practice in 2002 working as a part-time partner. She also works as a part-time Lecturer in the Medical School and is involved with teaching medical students in the practice. She is married with three school-age children. Her clinical interests include family planning and terminal care.
Dr Carolyn Lott MBChB DFFP
Qualified from Sheffield Medical School in 1987. She joined the practice in 1997 and became a partner in 2008 and works part time. She is married with two school-age children. Her clinical interests include family planning and sexual health.
Dr Mandy Hampshire BM BS B MedSci DGM MRCGP RCOG DFFP MEd DM
Qualified from Nottingham Medical School in 1986. After eight years out of medicine looking after her three children, she is with us term time only on the returner's scheme for two more years. She is also a senior lecturer in the Division of General Practice.
OUR PRACTICE TEAM
Practice Manager
Joyce Batchelor is the practice manager with responsibilities at both practices for the efficient administration of the practices. She is happy to discuss queries, comments and suggestions regarding the day-to-day running of the practice.
Information Technology Manager
Ed Longridge helps us manage our communication systems and information technology. Ed is very experienced in medical IT and practice management. His main office is at the Valley Surgery.
Receptionists
Steph Flint is our senior receptionist and she is helped by Lynne, Lisa, Karen, Emma, Christine and Emma to carry out the very difficult task of trying to meet the needs of both patients and doctors. They will deal with your queries, appointments and repeat prescriptions as efficiently and as quickly as possible. Sometimes they need to ask one or two questions to help judge the urgency of the request but they are bound by the same principles of confidentiality as the nurses and medical staff.
Secretary
Lisa is our practice secretary and is here every morning. She often liaises with hospitals for us.
Practice Nurses
Rhian Schofield RGN is our senior practice nurse who is also qualified to prescribe some medication. She works closely with Julie Katsouris RGN RHV, our other practice nurse, and together they offer a wide range of services including health advice, travel health, asthma and diabetic care, blood pressure and coronary heart disease monitoring, family planning and cervical smears, baby immunisations as well as other nursing tasks such as dressings. Appointments can be made at reception to see them. We need to know the reason for the appointment so we can allocate you the right amount of time you need with them.
Phlebotomists
Our two phlebotomists - Jane Hunt and Dee Newland - are with us every Monday and Tuesday. They are especially trained to do blood tests. Appointments to see them can be made at reception.
Community Nurses
Our team of experienced community nurses are led by Heather Hegarty and are based at Dovecote House in Beeston. They offer a wide variety of services to the housebound and those recently discharged from hospital. This includes care of the young disabled, wound care, injections and terminal nursing care. They can be contacted by telephoning 928 7718 Monday to Friday 8.30am-5.00pm or leaving a message at our reception. At bank holidays, weekends, evenings and nights call 846 2377.
Health Visitors
Anne Whittington and her team cover most of our practice population. Their primary role is to support families with children under five years old and to promote child health within the wider population. She works within the local health visiting team and has a community nursery nurse, Wendy Stark, who works with her. Anne can be contacted for advice or for a home visit by leaving a message at Dovecote House where they are based on 925 4281..
Community Nursery Nurse
Melissa Conway is our community nursery nurse. Their primary role is to support families with children under five years old and to promote child health within the wider population. She can be contacted for advice or for a home visit by leaving a message at Dovecote House where they are based on 925 4281.
Community Midwife
Jean Lawrence is our full-time midwife. She is involved in the care of all mothers before and after the birth of their child. She is available for any queries or concerns at Dovecote House (925 4281). Appointments to see her at the surgery are made at reception.
Dietician
Penny Churchill visits the surgery once a month to give advice on particular diets for medical conditions and on healthy eating in general for adults and children. Please speak to your doctor to discuss the possibility of seeing her.
TEACHING AND TRAINING
To help with the education of future doctors we are linked to Nottingham University Medical School. Therefore we may have medical or nursing students in the surgery from time to time. You will be informed when you book an appointment or at arrival if this is the case. If you do not wish to have the student present during your consultation please let reception or the doctor know. This will not influence the care that you receive.
We also have fully qualified doctors working with us for periods of usually four to twelve months so that they gain experience in general practice. These enthusiastic, well trained and supervised doctors bring many benefits to the team and patients alike. Occasionally a consultation may be recorded on video, but only with the patient's permission. These recordings are strictly confidential, seen only by doctors involved in training, and then erased.
