Tel: 017687 72025 (24 Hours)
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Retainer Doctor
The Practice Nurses


Dr. Caroline J. Knox
M.B.B.S., M.Sc.
M.R.C.G.P.


Sister Jane Sharkey
R.G.N., R.M., B.Sc.
(Nurse Practitioner)
Dispensary Staff
Mrs B. M. Hind
Pharmaceutical Technician, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Mrs A. Paton
Dispensing Doctors Assistant BTEC Health Care Assistant
Mrs S. Higson
Dispensing Doctors Assistant BTEC Health Care Assistant
Mrs P. Hadley
Dispensing Doctors Assistant NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services
Mrs J. Grundy
Dispensing Doctors Assistant


Sister Clare Archbold
R.G.N.
(Practice Nurse)
Health Care Assistants
Mrs A. Paton
Mrs S. Higson
Miss L. Eastham
The Extended Team
District Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors,
Community Psychiatric Nurses, Counsellors, Physiotherapists, Chiropodists, Dietician and
Social Workers can be contacted either through
the Medical Centre or the Cottage Hospital.
The Practice Manager
Yvonne Craig B.A.(Hons), F.Inst.L.M.
The Reception & Administration Team
Mrs. Alison Thwaites
Head of Admin & Reception
Julie, Liz, Claire, Rhona, Mandy, Ann,
Emma, Jackie, Pauline, David
Students
Medical students from Newcastle University
are regularly attached to our practice. They bring enthusiasm and new ideas and we hope that this educational role of the practice causes you no inconvenience.