Our Team

GP Partners

Dr Avradeep Chakrabarti

MRCGP (2013), MbChB, BSc (Hons)

Dr Chakrabarti works 6 sessions per week. He has an interest in doing steroid injection and is experienced is treating knees only. He currently has an interest in technology and manages the website and texting services. Outside of work, he does ad-hoc out of hours shift for BrisDoc and has in the past he has done voluntary medical cover at the Glastonbury Festival and The Bath and West Festival.

Dr Claire Rowell

MRCGP, MB ChB (Bristol 2000).

Dr Rowell works 6 sessions per week and enjoys the holistic nature of general practice and has a special interest in Palliative Medicine. She also enjoys Child Health and runs the weekly baby clinic at the practice. Dr Rowell also works alongside the practice diabetic nurse in the weekly Diabetic Clinic. She is the Co-director of the Connexus PCN

Salaried GPs

Dr Harminder Birdi

MRCGP, MBBS, DRCOG, DFFP

Dr Birdi works 5 sessions per week. She does the 6 week baby checks

Dr Jean Ewen

BSc (Aberdeen 1979), BA.MB Bch (Trinity College Dublin 1985). DRCOG. DFFP

Dr Ewen works 6.5 sessions a week. She works alternate Mondays with Dr Chakrabarti. She has a special interest in Gynaecology and Family Planning and is experienced with coil and implant insertions.

Dr Sue Mann

MRCGP, MB ChB, BSc, DRCOG, DFFP

Dr Mann works 4 sessions per week. She runs monthly plantar wart (verrucca) cryotherapy removal.

Dr Ben Darvill

Nurses

The nurses provide a number of services including dressings and wound care, immunisations for foreign travel and for routine child and adult protection, well person clinic, diabetes clinic, hypertension clinic, ssthma clinic, smoking cessation advice, pill checks for contraception.

Claire Williams

RGN

Claire's interest is in Diabetes and runs the Diabetes clinic She also helps with the on-calls on alternate Mondays triaging Minor Illnesses and then seeing appropriate patients.

Elaine Lewis

RGN

Elaine has an interest in Asthma and COPD.

Healthcare Assistants

Liz Priddle

Liz previously worked at St Michael's Hospital. She is trained in phlebotomy, NHS health checks, ECGs, dressings, BPs, flu jabs.

Practice Management

Pauline Cole

Practice Manager

Pauline is responsible for the daily running of the practice. We aim to maintain a viable practice and to provide competent friendly all round family medical care. We also try to improve on existing ways of doing things, so if you have any complaints or suggestions please let Pauline know.

Reception

We have seven part time reception staff and the reception area is the organisational centre of the practice. The receptionists are here to help and advise you in your dealings with us, but their job is very demanding. They must deal with enquiries from all directions, frequently simultaneously, and we would ask you to be patient. The team comprises Julie A, June, Sandy, Mary, Debbie, Julie F, Louise, Faye, Pat.

Lyn Thorne

Reception Supervisor

Secretaries

Our team of secretarial and clerical staff provide administrative support for the practice, releasing reception and clinical staff to devote their time to patients.