Our Staff

Practice Manager

The Practice Manager is here to ensure the smooth running of the practice and making sure the right systems are in place so we can continue to provide high quality care to our patients. The Practice Manager & Management Leads are are always happy to help with any problems you may have, or with any suggestions that may improve our service to you.

SHARON BAILEY

Practice Manager

Management Leads

GEMMA BANNISTER

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Lead Nurse, working as part of our duty team, seeing patients for minor illness and injuries. Available for appointments at both our Greens Norton and Weedon sites.

LOUISE BARNARD

Administration Mangaer

Managing the Administration Team & first point of contact for any patient complaints.

ALISON GRASBY

Finance Manager

Alison looks after all financial matters

VICTORIA TANNER

Managing the dispensary at both sites. Victoria is the first point of contact for any dispensary complaints.

Doctors

DR ASIF AKRAM

MB ChB (University of Manchester 1997) MRCGP DRCOG FP - GMC Number: 4426556

Special Interests: Musculo-skeletal Medicine. Available for appointments at our Greens Norton site.

DR DIANE GEATCH

BSc (Hons) PhD MBChB (Hons) (University of Leeds 2002) DCH MRCGP DFFP - GMC Number: 6050685

Special Interests: Dermatology and Family Planning Available for appointments at our Greens Norton site.

DR SEBASTIAN (NED) HARPER

MBBS (London 2000) MRCGP – GMC Number: 4747598

Available for appointments at our Weedon site.

DR SAM HARTLEY

MBChB (Leicester 2011) MRCGP DRCOG – GMC Number: 7149257

Available for appointments at our Greens Norton site.

DR ALICE LENTON

BMBS (Nottingham 2007) - GMC Number: 6162299

Special Interests: Dermatology and Teaching Available for appointments at our Weedon site.

DR LOUISE RAYNER

MBChB (hons) Liverpool 2011 MRCGP DRCOG - GMC number: 7149022

Available for appointments at our Greens Norton site.

DR JOSEPH ROBSON

Male

MBChB (Birmingham 2001) DCH – GMC Number: 6025413

Available for appointments at our Weedon site.

DR MARINA ROOKLEDGE

MBBS (London 1990) DRCOG MRCGP DFSRH – GMC Number: 3487802

Available for appointments at our Weedon site.

DR ANDREW SCHOFIELD

MBChB (Leicester 2010) DRCOG DCH – GMC Number: 7081413

Available for appointments at both sites.

DR LAURA WHITEHOUSE

BMBS (Devon 2010) MRCGP DRCOG – GMC Number: 7083387

Special Interests: Women’s Health Available for appointments at our Weedon site.

GP Registrars

Greens Norton & Weedon Medical Practice is a GP Training Practice for qualified doctors training to be GPs.

Advanced Clinical Practitioners

Working as part of our duty team to help manage routine & urgent appointments around minor illness & minor injuries.

GEMMA BANNISTER

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Lead Nurse, working as part of our duty team, seeing patients for minor illness and injuries. Available for appointments at both our Greens Norton and Weedon sites.

JAMES FAWDON

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Working as part of our duty team, seeing patients for minor illness and injuries. Available for appointments at Weedon.

Nursing Team

Our nursing team carry out a wide range of services including chronic disease management, blood tests, dietary advice, blood pressure checks, wound dressing, immunisations and vaccinations, and advice on minor illnesses.

GEMMA BANNISTER

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Lead Nurse, working as part of our duty team, seeing patients for minor illness and injuries. Available for appointments at both our Greens Norton and Weedon sites.

HANNAH GREGORY

Practice Nurse (Prescribing)

Available for appointments at both sites.

ALISON LEATHERLAND

Practice Nurse (Prescribing)

Special Interests in Diabetes. Available for appointments at our Weedon site.

CHARLENE RUSSELL-HILLS

Practice Nurse

Available for appointments at both sites.

ALISON SHARIAT

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Working as part of our duty team, seeing patients for minor illness and injuries. Available for appointments at both our Greens Norton and Weedon sites.

HELEN SHOULER

Practice Nurse

Special Interests: Diabetes Available for appointments at our Weedon site.

Health Care Assistants

Our Health Care Assistants (HCAs) see patients for blood tests, NHS Health Checks, blood pressures, ECGs, suture removal & dressings.

ZOE BUSHELL

Available for appointments at our Greens Norton site.

MIRANDA LULAJ

Available for appointments at our Greens Norton site.

SHIRLEY RILEY

Available for appointments at our Weedon site.

Clinical Pharmacists

Supporting patients with long-term conditions or anyone taking multiple medicines.

SUZANNE FARROW

Offering a mix of telephone and face to face reviews across both sites.

MIRZA BAIG

Mirza works remotely covering both sites.

Dispensary

Led by our Lead Dispenser, Vic Tanner, our team of dispensers provides medicines for those patients who live within the practice catchment area and do not live within one mile of a chemist. Patients attending the surgery will normally have their prescriptions dispensed at the time of their consultation providing they are dispensing patients. Any practical issues experienced regarding your medication, such as difficulty in opening packets or difficulty in swallowing tablets can be discussed with a member of the dispensary staff who will be happy to help and advise you.

VICTORIA TANNER

Managing the dispensary at both sites. Victoria is the first point of contact for any dispensary complaints.

Administration

Led by Louise Barnard, our team of experienced practice administrators provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact for general enquiries. They can provide information on our services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. The team make appointments with our clinical team and you will be asked for brief details so you can be directed to the most suitable clinician. They have been trained to make these enquiries so that we can help you in the most appropriate way and will treat everything you say in the strictest confidence. Our administration team also perform other important tasks such as detail with patient records, audits, registrations, referrals, scanning, summarising, workflow, processing hospital letters, and general administration duties.

LOUISE BARNARD

Administration Mangaer

Managing the Administration Team & first point of contact for any patient complaints.

First Contact Physio

Part of our Northamptonshire Rural PCN Team, a first contact practitioner is an experienced physiotherapist who has the advanced skills necessary to assess, diagnose & recommend appropriate treatment or referral for musculoskeletal (MSK) problems on a patient's first contact with their GP surgery.

MUHAMMAD AHMAD

Offering appointments at both Greens Norton and Weedon sites.

Podiatry

Part of our Northamptonshire Rural PCN Team, help patients by examining their feet and lower legs to diagnose diseases, illnesses, or injuries.

RICHARD KEATING

Appointments available at our Greens Norton site.

Social Prescribers

Social prescribing involves helping people to improve their health and well-being by connecting patients to activities in the community. Link workers connect those feeling lonely overwhelmed or in need of help to a range of local support, from community and activity groups to work, debt or housing advice.

HELEN BLACKBURN

Lead Social Prescriber

Offering appointments at both sites.

Mental Health

Part of Northamptonshire Rural PCN, offering young people's mental health remote support to school age children.