Our Doctors
Salaried GPs
Dr Maria Edstam
MB ChB
GMC Number: 7454768
Dr Edstam graduated from Leeds in 2014. She joined the practice in December 2023
Dr Stephen Robertson
MB BS
GMC Number: 6150181
Dr Robertson graduated from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 2007. He joined the practice in December 2023.
Dr Meriam Abdeslem
MB ChB
GMC Number: 7458884
Dr Abdeslem graduated from Manchester in 2014.
Dr Katherine Hunter
MBChB (Hons) BSc (Hons) MRCGP
GMC Number: 7406522
Dr Hunter graduated from Leeds in 2013. She joined the practice in April 2024. She has a special interest in diabetic medicine.
Long Term Locum GP
Dr Niranjan Paudyal
MB ChB
GMC Number 6167772
Dr Paudyal graduated from Dundee in 2008.
Our Nursing and Clinical Support Teams
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Sheena Thomas
Advanced nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have completed extra training and academic qualification to be able to clinically assess, diagnose, refer and treat patients who present with undiagnosed or undifferentiated problems. Advanced nurse practitioners are highly-trained health professionals that can undertake complex reviews of patients, similar to GPs. They can assess symptoms and build a picture of a patient’s condition, treat minor health problems, infections, minor injuries and prescribe medication where necessary. They can also often manage more complicated problems, for instance, patients presenting with long-term health conditions, such as diabetes and COPD.
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Lewis Johnson
Advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) are healthcare professionals, educated to Master’s level or equivalent, with the skills and knowledge to allow them to expand their scope of practice to better meet the needs of the people they care for. ACPs are deployed across all healthcare settings and work at a level of advanced clinical practice that pulls together the four ACP pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research
Home Visiting Paramedic
Sarah Barrow
Home visiting was traditionally carried out by GPs, but it is now becoming increasingly difficult for GPs to do, and many doctors surgeries, such as ours, are utilising the medical skills of paramedics who are now carrying out home visits to alleviate the pressure on GPs. Paramedics working within primary care possess the knowledge, leadership and complex skills needed for home visiting, and some are independent prescribers.
Practice Nurses
Jennifer Nadin
Lead Practice Nurse
Our Lead Practice Nurse will undertake many of the nursing procedures at the surgery, such as child immunisations, ECGs, dressings and injections, wound care, smears. She is also trained to perform annual reviews with patients who have long term chronic conditions such as Asthma, COPD, heart disease including hypertension. She specialises in respiratory conditions. She has undertaken separate training for each type of problem, so not every nurse can undertake all types of reviews if they haven’t completed training.
Emma Smith
Practice Nurse
RN (Adult)
Our Practice Nurse or Treatment room Nurse carries out nursing procedures/duties including smear tests, ECGs, hearing tests, blood pressure checks, adult & child immunisations, dressings, diet & healthy lifestyle, family planning & reproductive sexual health
Health Care Assistant
Tracy Richards
Hayley Duckworth
Our Health Care Assistants undertake specific training to allow them to provide a skilled support service to the nursing team and can take blood samples, take your blood pressure, perform ECGs, NHS health checks and other support services.
Our Practice Teams
Practice Management
Helen Quiney
Practice Manager
Our Practice Manager is responsible for the smooth running of the Practice. She supports the GPs, clinical professionals and Managers in delivering a high quality of care in all aspects of patient care & administrative workload.
Natalie Dolecki
Deputy Practice Manager
Natalie is responsible for supporting the Practice Manager in all areas
Patient Services Team
Charlotte Dixon
Head Receptionist
Lucy Watson
Receptionist
Mimi Horsman
Receptionist
Juliet Blenkinsop
Receptionist
Our Patient Services Team have a demanding and difficult role. They are the first point of contact when coming to the surgery and will always attempt to deal with your requests as efficiently as possible, although this can occasionally take some time. Please be patient, especially at busy times.