Please note that all patients in the practice are allocated to a Named GP. This is following guidelines from the Department of Health. Although it is preferable to try and maintain some continuity with seeing the same GP for an existing medical condition, this does not stop you from seeing any GP within the practice.
If you currently have a repeat medication on prescription, your named GP will be printed on your repeat medication order form. If you are still unsure as to whom your Named GP is, please ask at the reception desk, or speak to a GP/nurse at your next appointment
Doctors
Dr Daniel Moore (m)
MBChB (Manchester) 1990, MRCGP 1996 In surgery: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. |
Dr Nicholas Tan (m)
MBBS (London) 1998, BSc (Hons), DRCOG, DFFP In surgery: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and alternate Fridays. |
Dr Caroline Baker (f)
MBBS (London) 1998, DRCOG, DFFP, PGCertNutMed In surgery: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday afternoon, and alternate Fridays. |
Dr Gaurav Gupta (m)
MBBS, DCH, MRCGP (Merit London 2007) In surgery: Monday, and Friday. |
Dr Lincy George (f)
MBBS, MRCGP (Dist), MRCOG, MD In surgery: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. |
Dr Christiane Sawitzky-Esser (f)
MED State Exam (Berlin), MD, DFSRH In surgery: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. |
Dr Caroline Rickard (f)
MBChB (Leicester) 2004, DCH, MRCGP 2012 In surgery: Monday morning, and Wednesday. |
Dr Garry Smith (m)
BM (Southampton) 1998 In surgery: Alternate Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. |
Dr Sarah Thomas (f)
BMedSci, MBBS (Nottingham), nMRCGP 2018 In surgery: Thursday and Friday. |
Dr Ofe Ighodaro (f)
Dr Ofe is one of our GP registrars who is here with the practice for 18 months. In surgery: Monday, Tuesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday. |
Nurses
| Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as female contraception (e.g Implants and coils), anti-coagulation services (e.g. Warfarin testing), travel advice, cervical smears, childhood vaccinations and dressings. The practice nurses also run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma, COPD and diabetes. |
| Nurse Simon Beckett (m) |
| Nurse Carole Horton (f) |
| Nurse Lynn Pamphilon (f) |
Health Practitioners
Our Urgent Care Practitioners are registered paramedics or nurses who have completed additional training, and so are able to assess, diagnose, treat and manage illness and disease. Our Urgent Care Practitioners help to run the Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at Faversham Cottage Hospital. The MIU is available to all patients both in and out of Faversham. It is open from 8 AM till 8 PM 7 days a week, including Bank Holidays (apart from Christmas Day). You can get help for any Minor Injuries, cuts, wounds, grazes, eye and ear injuries, bites, abscesses, falls, burns, sprains, strains and foreign bodies. You can also get treatment for Minor Illnesses for problems like infections, rashes, coughs and colds when your GP surgery is closed. X-ray is available 10am to 4pm Monday-Friday. Patients need to bring with them the forms provided by their GP and do not need to book an appointment. |
| Mr Rod Bryant (m) |
| Mr Ray Furr (m) |
| Mr Dan Hammond (m) |
| Mr Damian Hart (m) |
| Ms Leah Stimson (f) |
Healthcare Assistants
| Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement, electrocardiograms (ECGs), ear syringing, NHS health checks, and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one. |
| Claire Bowers (f) |
| Donna Hall (f) |
| Stacey Harris (f) |
| Clarissa Hopkins (f) |
Practice Management
| The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care. |
Kerin Austin
Practice Manager |
Sarah-Jane (SJ) Godfrey
Reception Manager |
Megan Hughes
Finance and Admin lead |
Administration
Sarah Dyer
Office Co-ordinater |
| Sheila Feaver |
| Kate Sherwood |
Nicola Walraven
Administative assistant to the Practice Manager |
| Allison Waters |
Reception
| Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits. |
| Charlotte Anderson |
| Ellen Cunningham |
| Fran Fernandez |
| Elliot Hart |
| Kayleigh Hawkes |
| Rose Large |
| Carol Packham |
| Nina Richards |
| Zoe Short |
| Ann Squires |
| Sharon Taylor |
| Lesley Turner |
| Susan Whitcombe |
Secretaries
| Sue Cork |
| Sarah Hogben |
| Rona Rundle |
Physician Assistants
Jessica Ratcliffe (f)
Jessica is our trainee Physician Assistant. She is here on a Wednesday |
Health Visitors
| A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing. |
Attached Staff
Other services are available locally in the Health Centre or in the local children centres:
District Nursing Staff Diabetes Specialist Nurse Stoma Care Nurse + Continence Advisor Orthoptist Midwife Dietician Chiropodist Dentist (Emergency only Wednesday & Thursday) Hospital Consultant Out-Patient Clinics |