Our Team

GP Partners

We are a partner led, high-achieving and well-organised practice; we embrace a multi-disciplinary team approach to care provision with clinical pharmacists, physiotherapists, pharmacy technicians and social prescribers all working together to give our patients seamless, safe and effective care. Our GP Partners are:

Dr S Brand

BSc (MedSci), MB, ChB, MRCGP (Dist), DFSH, CPGGP

GP Partner, GP Trainer
Male

Dr Brand qualified from the University of St Andrews/Manchester in 2001. He is a GP Trainer and responsible for the training of GP Speciality Trainees. He is also a GP … [continue] Dr S Brand

Dr J Barber

BSc (Hons), MB ChB, MRCGP, DPD (Dist)

GP Partner, GP Trainer
Male

Dr Barber qualified from The University of Manchester in 2010. He joined the practice in 2014 as a Registrar before becoming a partner in 2015. He is a GP Trainer … [continue] Dr J Barber

Dr D Pole

MBChB, MRCGP (Dis), MRCP, DFSRH

GP Partner
Female

Dr Pole graduated in 1995 from St. Andrews and Manchester University. She has been a GP Partner since 2001. She provides supervision for junior doctors and runs the contraceptive implant … [continue] Dr D Pole

Dr N Bloomfield

MRCGP, MBChB

GP Partner
Male

Dr Nick Bloomfield qualified from The University of Birmingham in 2013. He joined the practice in 2019 as a Registrar and has been a GP Partner with us since 2022.

Salaried Doctors

A general practitioner (GPs) is a doctor who does not specialise in one particular area of medicine. They are general experts in adult and paediatric medicine. GPs manage the healthcare of all their patients. This includes acute physical problems, chronic conditions and mental health problems. During a typical appointment, the GP needs to make a swift and accurate assessment based on the patients’ symptoms and medical history. Depending on the examination and diagnosis, the GP has several management options. They will discuss this with the patient as they develop a shared and agreed plan. This may include giving reassurance, providing information, advising on a course of action, or prescribing drugs. The GP may need to refer the patient for further tests. This is to confirm a diagnosis or to seek advice from a specialist in secondary care. Another important part of the work is preventative medicine and health promotion. This can include giving lifestyle advice during a consultation. GPs are increasingly dealing with multi-morbidity and coordination of long-term care. GPs work as part of a large, multidisciplinary team. There are currently five salaried-GPs at Bodmin Road Health Centre who work alongside the GP Partners, our nursing team, Physiotherapists and Clinical Pharmacists. They may also work closely with other healthcare professionals. This includes HCAs, midwives, community care teams, dieticians, care homes as well as with hospital doctors.

Dr E Willert

MBChB, DRCOG, MRCGP, DCH

Salaried GP
Female

Dr Willert qualified from The University of Manchester in 1997 and joined the practice in 2004 as a salaried Doctor. She is involved in teaching students at the practice and … [continue] Dr E Willert

Dr C Redmond

Female

Dr S Churchill

MBChB, BMedSci (Hons), MRCGP

Salaried GP
Male

Dr Churchill qualified from the University of Sheffield in 2014 and completed his postgraduate training in Greater Manchester. He worked at the practice in 2018 as a trainee before rejoining … [continue] Dr S Churchill

Dr P Patel

BMBS, BMedSci, MRCGP

Salaried GP
Female

Dr Patel qualified from the University of Nottingham in 2016 and completed her foundation training in the East Midlands. She went on to GP training in the North West and … [continue] Dr P Patel

Dr J Ng

MBChB, MRCGP, MCEM, DRCOG

Salaried GP
Female

Dr Jade Ng qualified from The University of Manchester in 2006. She joined the practice in 2015 as a Registar before becoming a Salaried GP in March 2017. She also … [continue] Dr J Ng

GP Training

Bodmin Road Health Centre is an approved site for GP training. We can have between one to five trainee doctors attached to the practice at any time. They are all fully qualified doctors, undertaking additional training. There are two types of trainees that may be attached to the practice:

GP specialist trainees

GP specialist trainees, often referred to as GP registrars, are fully trained doctors aiming to specialise as GPs.

Foundation programme

Foundation programme doctors (referred to as F1/F2 or junior doctors) are qualified doctors who are gaining experience in a GP Practice.

Our Physiotherapists

our First Contact Physiotherapists (FCP) who joined us recently as part of a nationwide scheme being rolled out to increase capacity within Primary Care and help patients with musculoskeletal problems. Although employed externally, they are a key feature to our service and its future. Patients can now directly access assessment, diagnosis and management of a range of musculoskeletal problems including new sprains, strains and pains involving muscles, nerves, bones and joints by booking directly with our FCPs. You can do this at this link: *** An FCP is an experienced Physiotherapist who has the advanced skills necessary to assess, diagnose and recommend the most appropriate and evidence-based treatment for musculoskeletal problems, allowing you to take control of your recovery. If appropriate, an FCP may prescribe a programme of exercises, refer for blood tests or X-ray, administer steroid injections, organise prescriptions or refer a patient to an appropriate secondary health service e.g. Physiotherapy or Rheumatology. All FCP’s are trained to identify ‘red flag’ symptoms which may require medical attention and they have full access to the rest of the Bodmin Road Health Centre clinical Team. We have found that using the FCP service direct has really helped us to manage the GP workload better and also, to help the patient access better, more appropriate and timely services. Our Care Coordinators.

Matt

Usman

Collette

Pharmacist

Subha – Clinical Pharmacist

MPharm

Practice Pharmacist
Female

Subha is a clinical pharmacist who worked as a community pharmacist before joining the practice in January 2021. She supports GPs in improving the quality of care and ensuring patient … [continue] Subha – Clinical Pharmacist

Practice Nurses

The UK has been ahead of many other countries in recognising the benefits that nurses bring to the primary care team. They have become significantly more skilled over recent years, and are now providing services to patients that may have previously been delivered by GPs. Much of their work involves managing the care of patients with long-term conditions and running a wider range of extended services in the practice. Monitoring of long-term conditions such as asthmas, diabetes and hypertension, support for vulnerable groups of patients, cytology services, family planning, wound care and management, smoking cessation, childhood and travel vaccinations

Sister Christine Sutton

Practice Nurse
Female

Our practice nurses are available by appointment Monday to Friday. They can advise on travel and child immunisations, diet, smoking cessation, alcohol control and carry out general health checks and … [continue] Sister Christine Sutton

Sister Debra Holmes

Practice Nurse
Female

Sister Chloe McNeil

Practice Nurse
Female

Our Management Team

We have a team of well-skilled and experienced Managers working across the health centre led by our Practice Director. They oversee and develop the work of Bodmin Road Health Centre. Together they ensure that the Health Centre runs efficiently for patients, and that the staff have the support that they need. The jobs are varied and demanding. The roles and responsibilities of practice management increase every year, as NHS primary care expands to meet health demands.

Practice Manager

The Practice Manager oversees all the business and strategic aspects of the Practice, such as making sure the right systems are in place to provide high quality of patient care, … [continue] Practice Manager

Additional Healthcare Staff

Mrs Marie Tootill

Health Care Assistant

Our health care assistants are trained to carry out new patient health checks, over 75 health checks and also free health and cholesterol checks. They perform basic checks to assist … [continue] Mrs Marie Tootill

Practice Staff

Our Care Navigators

Our Care Navigators [Receptionists] are a fundamental element of the health centre and its system. Without an effective care navigation team, our systems would falter. Their task although sounding simple … [continue] Our Care Navigators

Workflow Team

Our workflow administrators support our patient data systems, ensuring that the data we receive from the various agencies, trusts and other parties is protected and placed into the right places … [continue] Workflow Team

Care Coordinators

Unlike our care navigators, our care coordinators work to support specific patients cohorts. This is a new role to the health centre and we are very excited about the work … [continue] Care Coordinators

Jacqui

Medical Secretary

Mrs Carole Lamb

Administration Manager

Mrs Alison Crank

Reception Supervisor

Carole and Alison take care of the day-to-day running of this busy GP surgery and will be only too happy to answer any questions you may have. They are available … [continue] Mrs Alison Crank

Receptionists

Karen, Sally, Sue, Janet, Elizabeth, Gina, Julie, Marie and Julie J Our dedictated reception team will always be here to handle your enquiries, book appointments, arrange the issue of prescriptions … [continue] Receptionists

Attached Staff

Community Midwives

Community midwives work with the doctors to provide care for mothers before and after delivery and care of the baby for the first fortnight of life. Clinics are held on … [continue] Community Midwives

Community Nurses

District nurses provide nursing treatment to the housebound and patients recently discharged from hospital. They can help with minor injuries, dressings, injections and removal of stitches. These sessions are by appointment … [continue] Community Nurses

External Services

Social Services

Social services help with all kinds of social problems. Telephone: 0161 912 5199 Fax: 0161 912 5127/5128 Minicom: 0161 912 5129 Child Protection: 0161 912 5124/5125 Email: [email protected]