Lyme Valley Practice - The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Doctors

Dr Asjad Tarar (m)

Nurse Practitioners

Claire Thorley

Nurse Thorley is an experienced nurse practitioner who mainly sees patients with minor illness and is specialised in urgent care, she is also an independent prescriber.

Nurses

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Melanie Madden

Louise Williams

Health Practitioners

Matthew Manifold

Healthcare Assistants

Rachael Booth

Practice Management

Catrina Cornwall

Catrina is responsible for the day to day running of the practice. She is generally available between 08:00 – 17:30 Monday to Friday to help with any administration or non-medical aspects of your health treatment and to discuss any suggestions or complaints you may have.

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.

Pharmacists

Alyson Phelan

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.