Meet the Team
GP Partners and GPs
Doctors

Dr Elizabeth Reece
Partner
MBBCh MRCGP DRCOG DCH DFFP LoCIUT
MCPC
Qualified University of Wales College of Medicine (1992)

Dr Joanna Harden
Partner
MBChB MRCGP DRCOG DCH DFFP LoCIUT
Qualified Birmingham University (1995)

Dr James Gordon
Partner
MB BS (London 2007) BSc MRCGP

Dr Simon Cleave
Partner
MBBS MRCGP MSc BSc DRCOG

Dr Koren Stickland
Partner
MBChB (Birmingham 2011) DRCOG MRCGP

Dr John Overton
Partner
Hons) MBBS MRGCP
Qualified Barts and London Medical School (2010)
Qualified GP Manchester (2018)

Dr Laura Cleveland
Partner
MbBCh (Hons)
Qualified Cardiff University (2011)
MRCGP (2019)

Dr Megan Penrose
Associate
MB BCh 2012 Cardiff University

Dr Caroline Annesley
Associate
MB BS (London) MA Hons (Edinburgh) MRCGP

Dr Sarah Lytra
Associate
MB BS 2006 University of London DRCOG MRCGP

Dr Joy Schmidt
Associate
MB BS 2016 University College London

Dr Suzanne Dickson
Associate
MB ChB 2014 University of Bristol

Dr Katie Levitt
Associate
MB ChB 2010 University of Bristol

Dr Sekinat Oguntoyinbo
Associate
MB ChB 2014 Olabisi Onabanjo University

Dr Lucy Thompson
Locum GP
MBBS MRCP MRCGP DRCOG
Qualified University of London (St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School) (1989)

Dr Katherine Downey
Locum GP
MB ChB (Leeds 1989) MBBS BSc Hons DFFP DPD
Mangement staff
Practice Team
Practice Management

Mrs Suzanne Petty
Practice Manager
Mrs Suzanne Petty is our Practice Manager, with overall responsibility for practice management.

Mrs Sadie Blanchard
Assistant Practice Manager
Mrs Sadie Blanchard is responsible for the quality of our services and complaints.

Mrs Tracy Wakeley
Reception Manager

Mr Tim Farmer
Nurse/
Paramedic Manager
Administration
Behind the scenes are our extensive administration team which comprises medical secretaries and administrators. All of them have a vital role to play in ensuring the smooth running of the practice’s systems and in ensuring services run as smoothly as possible for patients. They also deal with financial claims, patient records and carry out searches and practice audits.
Reception
Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic 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.
Nursing Team
Nursing Team
Primary Care Nurses and Paramedics work alongside the duty doctor of the day as part of the Duty Team. Patients requesting emergency appointments are assessed by a member of the Duty Team and offered either telephone advice or an appropriate appointment. Many emergency appointments are with one of the Primary Care Nurses who are trained to deal with minor illnesses and can obtain appropriate prescriptions for their patients. Four of our Primary Care Nurses are Nurse Prescribers and can generate and sign their own prescriptions.
Julie Allsop and Nicola Rajapakse are our practice nurses and are available for consultation by appointment Monday to Friday. They can help with dressings, injections, blood tests, blood pressure checks, urine testing and cervical smears. In addition they also run several clinics including child immunisations.
Our chronic disease management nurses are Lynne Jones, Tim Farmer, Jennifer Mitchell Grace Baaba and Nicola Rajapakse. Lynne and Grace run the diabetic clinics. Tim and Nicola look after our hypertensive patients. The asthma/COPD clinics are run by Jennifer and Tim.
Julie offers family planning appointments and is available to discuss issues relating to family planning and sexual health.

Nurse Tim Farmer
Nurse Manager
Responsible for the Nursing and Paramedic Team.
More information
Nurse Independent Prescriber – 2008
After graduating from university I worked at both the Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Royal United Hospital Bath, within acute medicine. Whilst working at the RUH Emergency Department, I joined Lovemead in 2005 working at the practice part-time until I joined full time in 2007. I now manage the nursing/paramedic team at the practice, and work clinically as one of the prescribing nurse practitioners.
Outside of work I have a wife and 2 children. We enjoy keeping fit and active as a family, travelling as much as possible in our campervan. I grew up by the coast in North Devon, where I developed a keen passion for water sports and have continued to sail/kitesurf/wing-foil and mountain bike when land-locked!

Nurse Sarah Walder
Prescribing Nurse

Nurse Lynne Jones

Nurse Julie Allsop

Nurse Jennifer Mitchell

Nurse Nicola Rajapakse

Nurse Grace Baaba

Stephanie Jones
Nurse Associate

Mr Chris Roxburgh
Paramedic

Mrs Laura Batten
Paramedic
Healthcare Assistants
Our healthcare assistants do blood tests, ECGs, dressings, blood pressure checks, new patient and carer health checks by appointment.

Debbie

Tiffany
Student Nurse Associate

Sarah
Phlebotomists

Hayley

Rebecca
Additional Staff
Additional Staff
Attached Staff
Health Visitors
The Health Visitors support families with children under 5. They can visit you at home. They also hold open surgeries for baby weighing and advice. Please liaise with them about times. They can be contacted on 01225 711434.
Neighbourhood Team
Doctors can refer to the members of the neighbourhood team which includes District Nurses who will provide nursing care for those who are truly house bound.