Doctors
Dr Kyle Nagendra (m)
MB BS (London 1990) DFFP DRCOG MRCGP
Dr Clare Jones (f)
MB BS (London 1987) MRCGP DRCOG
Dr Elisabeth Murchison (f)
MB ChB (Edinburgh 1986) DGM FPA Cert MRCGP/GP Trainer
Dr Ruth Gwynne – Hellier (f)
MBBS (Brighton 2007) MRCGP DRCOG DFSRH (Partner)
Dr Wai Kwong (f)
Dr Emmeline S Morrison (f)
MB BS (London 1993) Associate
Dr Sajibta Gurung (f)
Dr Katie Heseltine (f)
Dr Max Bacon (m)
Dr Anna Chan (f)
Dr Chinyere Akosim (f)
Dr Hamza Abudarwish (m)
Nursing Team
Nurses
Ms Emma Peck
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Ms Sarah Allen
Practice Nurse
Ms Debbie Collen
Practice Nurse
Ms Sophie Stephenson
Practice Nurse
Health Practitioners
Mr Nick Deane
Advanced Paramedic Practitioner
Nick is an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner who holds a prescribing qualification and works in our Urgent Care Clinic to assist patients with acute problems. Nick also works for SECAMB on the days he’s not at Newtons.
Ms Louise Eldridge
Paramedic Practitioner
Louise is a Paramedic Practitioner and helps run our daily Urgent Care Clinic. She also works for SECAMB and enjoys the mix of roles.
Mr Andy Collen
Paramedic Practitioner
Andy is an experienced Paramedic Practitioner and helps run our daily Urgent Care Clinic. He is also a Consultant Paramedic for SECAMB.
Ms Lisa Thomas
Primary Care Network Paramedic
Lisa is our Primary Care Network Paramedic. She helps us with our Urgent Care Clinic and is training to become an advanced practitioner.
Ms Gemma Morrison
Paramedic Practitioner
Gemma is a Paramedic Practitioner who helps with our Urgent Care Clinic.
Healthcare Assistants
Ms Jacky Osborne
Health Care Assistant
Ms Nikki Gainsbury
Health Care Assistant
Ms Frances Harris
Health Care Assistant
Practice Team
Practice Management
Ms Julia Storr (f)
Practice Manager
Amspar Diploma in Primary Care Management
Member of the Institute of General Practice Management (MIGPM)
Julia is the Practice Manager and will help you with any queries you may have. We welcome feedback from our patients and would love to hear when we’ve got it right or if you feel there is something that needs improving.
Ms Karen Ray (f)
Assistant Practice Manager
Karen is the Assistant Practice Manager and works closely with the Practice Manager Julia to help make sure that Newtons runs as smoothly as possible.
Administration
Susan Read (f)
Care-Coordinator
Susan is the practice’s Care-Coordinator. she is responsible for liaising with patients and their families as well as the community nursing staff to ensure patients stay out of hospital with the assistance of more help from local care teams.
Reception
Ms Nicola Serdiuk (f)
Reception Manager
Nicola is our Reception Manager and she manages our team of trained reception staff. Do remember that they may need to ask you questions to judge the urgency of any medical matter, the information you give will always be treated in confidence.
Ms Denise Ward (f)
Reception Supervisor
Denise Ward is our experienced Reception Supervisor. She works with the practice management team to ensure the smooth running of the reception office.
The Reception team provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide 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 enquiries.
The reception team may need to ask personal information regarding your medical situation to assess the correct clinician to book with. This is under the guidance and instruction of the doctors. All of your medical information with be handled with utmost confidentiality.
Healthcare Team
Pharmacists
Gosia Grant (f)
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Pharmacists will consult with patients to offer them advice regarding their medications.
Gary White (m)
Clinical Pharmacist
Community Midwives
The team will share both your antenatal and postnatal care with your doctor.
Community Nurses
The community nurses care for those unable to attend the surgery who need dressings, injections and other specific treatments.
They also aim to provide health promotion, health education and advice and support to all patients and their carers.
Health Visitors
Health visitors are primarily involved in the promotion of good health, health education advice and support, and the prevention and detection of ill health.
They advise on matters relating to family and child health and also assess children’s development, undertake parentcraft teaching and health education work with the middle-aged and elderly.
Attached Staff
Mr Grant McEwen (m)
First Contact Physiotherapist
Primary Care Network* (PCN) Staff:
You can now see a specialist Physiotherapist at you GP surgery without seeing your GP first. Grant is a qualified Physiotherapist working in the practice on a Thursday each week to help patients with musculoskeletal problems. He will be able to take an assessment from you and help you with any appropriate treatment or suggest you are referred to see a MSK consultant if necessary. Your appointment may be via telephone, video or face-to-face. Please book a consultation with Grant via the Reception team.
*A Primary Care Network is a group of practices working together to share resources and work collaboratively on shared local initiatives. The practices in our Primary Care Network are: Newtons and Dolphins.
Penny Jenkins (f)
Social Prescriber
Penny is our Social Prescriber, she can help patients with all non-clinical services for any social and welfare concerns.
Mrs Caroline Birch (f)
Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technicians working alongside our Senior Clinical Pharmacist and Doctors. They can help patients with queries they have regarding their medication.
Ms Tracey Lea (f)
Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technicians working alongside our Senior Clinical Pharmacist and Doctors. They can help patients with queries they have regarding their medication.