Meet the Team

Dr M Allan (m) (GP PARTNER)
_{BSc Hons MB ChB MRCGP}

_{(Qualified 1991 St Andrews / Manchester)
^{Special Interests: Palliative Care}}

Dr S Leitch (m) (GP PARTNER)
_{BM BCh MRCGP FP Cert}

_{(Qualified 1997 Oxford)
^{Special Interests: Respiratory}}

Dr D Kelly (m) (GP PARTNER)
_{BSc (Hons) BMBS MRCGP (2016)}

_{(Qualified 2011 University of Brighton and Sussex)
^{Special Interests: Palliative Care and Child Health}}

_{^{Dr Kelly is our Safeguarding lead and is soon to
be our PCN and GP collaborative Lead too. He is a GP and foundation doctor trainer since 2022. He manages the medical students placements in the surgery and has a passion for teaching.}}

_{^{Outside of work he spends most of his time
running a grassroots football team amongst other sporting passions.}}

Dr Hoviyeh Afnan-Holmes (f)
_{MBChB, MRCGP (2023), MSc Epidemiology, DA}

_{(Qualified 2006 Cape Town)}

<sub>Salaried GP

Dr Afnan-Holmes has a background in research and a special
interest in women’s health. Outside of work, she likes spending time with
family and friends, being outdoors and travelling.</sub>  

Dr Fran Hunt (f)
_{MBChB, MRCP 2015, MRCGP 2021}

_{(Qualified Liverpool 2011)}

_{Salaried GP}

_{I have previous training in General Medicine and special interest in medicine and elderly care.} 

Dr Lewis Jones (m)
_{MBChB MRCP (2019) MRCGP (2024)} 

_{(Qualified Birmingham 2014)}

_{Salaried GP}

_{I have previous experience in general medicine and respiratory medicine. Outside of work I enjoy running, reading and travel.} 

Dr Megan Parry (f)
_{MBBS MSc MRCGP DRCOG DFSRH}

_{(Qualified Newcastle 2015)}

_{Salaried GP}

_{Dr Parry is a GP with a background in Psychology, and an interest in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Fertility and Contraception.}

Dr Chris Korulla (m)
_{MBChB, MRCGP (2019)}

_{(Qualified 2012 Liverpool/Lancaster)} 

_{Salaried GP}

_{Special Interests – Education & Minor Surgery}

_{Personal interests: Football, music concerts, travel}

We are a training practice, supervising Foundation Doctors & GP Registrars. These are qualified doctors undergoing final additional training in General Practice. Currently with the practice from August 2024 are Dr Gene Anugom, Dr Freddie Dewey, Dr Grace Markham and Dr Mohamed Elamin Elhag.

Mr Tony Mayled
_{Advanced Nurse Practitioner
^{Undertaken extensive medical training in order to examine, diagnose and prescribe medication and refer on for tests/examinations and further specialist care if required}}

Miss Candice Scholes
_{Advanced Nurse Practitioner
^{Undertaken extensive medical training in order to examine, diagnose and prescribe medication and refer on for tests/examinations and further specialist care if required}}

Sister C Doerr
_{Practice Nurse}

_{Qualified in 1981 Worked in ITU and A&E before going overseas for five years and joined Northgate Medical Centre in 1989 on return to the UK. I am trained and experienced in all aspects of Practice Nurse work with special interest in Diabetes.}

Sister S Blackwell
_{Nurse Prescriber}

_{ECGs, Flu Vacs, Child Imms, Smears, Asthma reviews, COPD reviews, Travel vaccinations}

Sister J Brown
_{Practice Nurse}

_{Vaccines, ECGs, Flu Vac, Child Imms, Smears, Asthma Reviews, Travel Vaccinations}

Becky Roberts
_{Nurse Associate}

_{NHS Health Checks, blood tests and dressing, diabetic checks, B12s, ECG, blood pressures, Flu Vacs, compression dressings, doppers, long term conditions, annual health reviews, smears}

Abby Jones
_{Health Care Assistant}

_{Health Checks, blood tests, blood pressures, B12s}

Miss D Riley
_{Practice Manager}

_{Our Practice Manager oversees the operational and management of Northgate Medical Centre, she joined the practice in April 2019. As well as overseeing the Practice, I support our PCN Chester Central in the introduction, development and mentoring of additional roles that offer a wide range of appointments for our patients with services such as physio, mental health, social prescribing, counselling, health and wellbeing, clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dieticians and care coordinator.}

_{Outside of work, I like to keep fit and spend quality time with my family. I am a keen indoor boulderer, and sometimes even venture outdoors for a bit of bouldering on the rock and spend many weekends in Wales walking, camping and hiking with the family and my dog Willow.}

Julia
_{Deputy Manager}

_{Supports the Practice Manager in the operational and management of the practice, managing the teams in the admin office, IT systems}

_{I look after the practice QOF and IIFs targets for the practice, involving chronic disease recalls and other targets set by our local ICB.}

_{I have been with the practice for over 29 years and in my spare time enjoying going to the gym, long walks with the family and our Cockapoo Daisy. I am part of a dance group that I attend weekly learning various routines and performing at events in my spare time.}

Lynne
_{Deputy Manager}

_{Supports the Practice Manager in the operational and management of the practice, managing the teams in the reception office and appointment systems. I am responsible for the reception team and look after HR and personnel.}

_{I have been with the practice for over 13 years and in my spare time I like to go walking and the gym. I like to spend time at the beach.}

Kayleigh & Kelly
_{Medical Secretary}

_{Our Secretaries are responsible for correspondence between primary and secondary care. The Secretaries assist the Clinicians at the practice along with processing and sending all referrals for patients to the hospital (NHS and private), community services and other outside agencies. They also liaise with the hospital when necessary, regarding patient ongoing care. Our Secretaries process medical records access requests, insurance reports and any non-NHS requests that arise.}

Aga
_{Medicines Manager}

_{Aga can help you with your medication queries and organises patient medication reviews}

Jayne, Yesmin & Ethan
_{Medical Administrators / IT Support}

_{The team process our incoming letters from the hospital and other community services. They process our deductions and summarise patient records. Patchs are process through our admin team along with QOF work lists for our chronic disease patients.}

Amy
_{GP Assistant
Our GP Assistant is a healthcare professional, who assists the GPs in managing their patients on a daily basis. They handle various clinical and administrative tasks that help ease the workload of GPs and enhance the patient’s experience at Northgate Medical Centre. Tasks are undertaken by our GP Assistant include handling and prioritising clinical correspondence, scheduling appointments and referrals, managing chronic disease patients, medical tests such as BP, blood tests, urine dipping, flu vaccinations and assists the GP with a dermatology scope on Cinapsis to send dermatology referrals on behalf of the GPs}

Our Reception Team have a key role in keeping the Practice running smoothly and looking after the interests of the patients. They take a large volume of calls throughout the day and may need to ask you a brief description of your problem in order to direct you to the most appropriate service.

The phones and reception desk can be very busy so if you have to wait, we would welcome your patience. We have a self-check-in system that you can use to book in for your appointment to save going to the reception desk. This is very useful at our busy times and avoids queuing at the desk..