Staff

Doctors

  • DR PETER GREEN

    Male

    MB BS, DRCOG, MRCGP

    Part - time Salaried GP Wednesday

  • DR RACHAEL MYERS

    Female

    MB, ChB, MRCGP

    Part-time Partner Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, alternate Fridays

  • DR JAMES MAW

    Male

    MB, BS, MA (Cantab), MRCGP

    Full-time Partner Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

  • DR ZARA ROCHFORT

    Female

    BM BS Bsc (Hons) MRCGP

    Part-time - Salaried GP Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

  • DR HANNAH WHITTINGHAM

    Female

    MBChB, MRCGP, DROG

    Part-time - Salaried GP Monday and Thursday

Training Practice

Great Ayton Health Centre is a training practice. This means hospital doctors wanting to enter general practice spend twelve months with us in order to gain the experience they need to become family doctors. They work closely with our GPs discussing complex cases when needed.

  • DR LUBNA ABBASI

    Female

  • DR GEORGIA GOLDSBROUGH

    Female

Physicians Associate

  • LAURA CARROLL

    Female

    A Physician Associate, or 'PA', is a new healthcare professional role who, while not a doctor, works to the medical model, with the attitudes, skills and knowledge base to deliver holistic care and treatment within the General Practice team. They work under supervision from the GPs in the practice and are important members of the extended medical team.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

  • CATHRINE BALDWIN

    Female

    Cathrine supports our frail/elderly patients living in their own homes.

Nurses

Our nurses deal with a range of conditions and health concerns. They examine patients, make a diagnosis and plan care, including prescribing certain products. They are experts in many areas of disease management i.e. diabetes and asthma.

  • CATHERINE COCHRANE

    Female

    RGN

  • BETHANY BENNETT

    Female

  • CLAIRE CAPES

    Female

Assistant Practice Nurse

  • CATHERINE MCKENZIE

    Female

Phlebotomists

  • RACHEL NEAL

    Female

Practice Management

  • SUE WALSH

    Female

    Practice Manager

Administration

  • DEBBIE DIAMOND

    Female

    Office Manager

  • CLARE NICHOLLS

    Female

    Read Coder

Reception

  • BRIONY CHURCH

    Female

  • JENNY SWEENEY

    Female

  • CAROLINE SIMPSON

    Female

  • JULIE WILSON

    Female

  • MANDI NIXON

    Female

  • KRISTA BELLAMY

    Female

Secretaries

  • KERRY MONTGOMERY

    Female

  • BRIONY CHURCH

    Female

  • DANIELLE EWBANK

    Female

Pharmacists

Pharmacists ensure that you get the maximum benefit from your medication. They can consult with you to review your medications, discuss starting or stopping certain medications as well as offer advice on medicine compatibility etc. Please speak to a member of our team if you wish to discuss anything with a member of the Pharmacist team.

  • NICKY SINGH

    Male

  • FRANCES MAW

    Female

  • JAI MANNAN

    Male

Community Midwives

  • JESSICA WYKE

    Female

Care Co-ordinator

  • SARAH MARSDEN

    Female

    Sarah is the Practice lead for care of Dementia and Learning Disabilities Patients and Cancer Care.

  • RACHEL NEAL

    Female

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

  • SHUNARA QUINN

    Female

Counsellors

If you are feelin sad, anxious or experiencing low mood then telephone or face to face appointments are available with our Mental Health Worker. Please just speak to a member of our team to make an appointment. Primary care mental health workers support GP surgeries as first points of contact for patients experiencing mild to moderate mental health illnesses, reducing the wait or even need, to see a GP.

  • JANE HOGGART

    Female

    Primary Care - Mental Health Worker

    Jane is an experienced mental health worker and works with our GP's, supporting the practice to assess people who contact them with mental health related illnesses, ensuring they receive proactive, effective and timely care as well as additional signposting advice and information if needed. Jane will also liaise with relevant services where necessary, to ensure patients receive the right referral first time and as quickly as possible. She will also liaise with your GP and arrange for you to start mediation where necessary.

First Contact Physiotherapist

You can book straight in to see our physio face to face, without the need to see a GP first. She is able to see patients who are experiencing any musculoskeletal problems, such as back/neck pain, sporting injuries, ligament damage & joint pain. They can refer on and arrange test.

  • ROBYN ZATRAK

    Female

    First Contact Physiotherapist Service I am a First Contact Physiotherapist working in your GP practice to help you with muscle, joint, and bone problems quickly without needing to see a GP first. What I do: - Assess and diagnose your musculoskeletal condition. - Advise you on exercises, self-management, and recovery. - Prescribe medication where appropriate to help your symptoms. - Provide joint injections when needed to reduce pain and improve movement. - Refer you to other services if required for your care. Benefits of this service: - Faster access to the right care. - Less need for GP appointments. - Personalised advice, treatment, and management. Ask at reception to book directly with the First Contact Physiotherapist for any muscle, joint, or bone concern.

Social Prescriber

Social prescribing is a role that connects people to activities, groups and services in their community to meet the practical, social and emotional needs that affect their health and wellbeing. Social prescribing link workers give people time, focusing on 'what matters to me?' Social prescribing particularly works well for people who have one or more long term conditions, who need support with low level mental health issues, who are lonely or isolated or who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

  • SARAH YEWDALL

    Female

  • NEVE JONES

    Female

Page last reviewed: 08 July 2025
Page created: 13 March 2024