Our Staff

Doctors

DR GRETEL GREEN-ARMYTAGE

MB, ChB, DCH, Dip Paeds, DRCOG, Leicester 1992.

Gretel has been with the Holsworthy practice since 1997. As well as a full general practice service, she has special interests in women’s health and family planning and supports the antenatal and children’s clinics. (Partner)

DR ROBERT SHAW

MB, ChB, Leicester 1992.

Rob has been with the Holsworthy practice since 1997. As well as a full general practice service, he has special interests in sport’s medicine and skiing/trauma medicine. (Partner)

DR DAVID LEE

DR DIANA STONE

MRCP, MRCGP, Nottingham 1992.

Diana joined the Holsworthy practice in October 2010. As well as a full general practice service, she has special interests in women's health. (Partner)

DR ALEXANDRA BROWN

BMBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DTMH, DFSRH

Registered 2004. Alex joined the Holsworthy Practice in July 2012. As well as offering a full range of practice care to patients, she has particular interest in travel medicine. In her spare time she enjoys hiking and running.(Partner)

DR TESS PESTRIDGE

MB, BS London. Registered 2003.

Tess joined us in October 2018 from the Royal Air Force. She is based at Holsworthy and is one of our GP Partners.

DR HARPREET JONES-PAHDI

BM, BSc, MSc, MRCGP

Dr Harpreet Jones-Pahdi re-joined our Practice in May 2020 and is based at Stratton. He has an interest in trauma and emergency medicine and is an Associate Fellow of the RCEM. (Partner)

DR SEAN WHITAKER

MBChB, DRCOG, MRCGP Birmingham, 2011.

Sean joined the Holsworthy practice in January 2018 after a prior career as an ergonomist. He has a particular interest in acute/emergency medicine. In his spare time Sean enjoys surfing and scuba diving, as well as film-making.

DR DAVINDER KANDOLA

DR MARK EGGLETON

Mark joined our practice in October 2018. Mark is one of the named GPs for Hatherleigh patients.

DR ABIGAIL JONES-PAHDI

DR VICTOR D'AMBROGIO

DR MELINDA D'AMBROGIO

DR AISHWARYA ARORA

Aishwarya joined our Stratton practice in July 2020.

DR SOPHIE EWING

Home Visiting Team

DEBBIE BRYANT

Debbie is based at Stratton.

JANE WASON

Jane joined the practice in November 2016. Prior to this she was Community Matron serving the Holsworthy area.

JESS MARSH

Paramedic

Jess is based across the group and is part of the Visiting Team.

LOTTEN JERNQVIST

Emergency Care Practitioner

Lotten is an Emergency Care Practitioner based across the group and is part of the Visiting Team.

NICKY TRENAMAN

Nicky is based at Stratton.

Training Practice

We are recognised as a training practice to teach qualified doctors and student doctors the skills of general practice. These doctors are qualified and registered. As part of their training, we sometimes make video recordings whilst they conduct a consultation, in order for other doctors at the practice to give feedback. Your consent will always be asked for before any such recordings are made and you can withdraw consent at the end of the consultation if you change your mind. We also train apprentices across our three sites, under the supervision of Exeter College.

Nurse Practitioners

BRIDGET CHISHOLM

Bridget joined the practice in November 2015.

JANE WASON

Jane joined the practice in November 2016. Prior to this she was Community Matron serving the Holsworthy area.

CAROL BALL

Carol is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. She joined the practice in August 2018 and is based mainly at our Hatherleigh practice.

JUDY STEVENS

Judy is currently based at our Holsworthy practice, having newly qualified as a nurse practitioner. She will be moving back to Stratton after a 3 month placement.

LISA PERKINS

Lisa Perkins is our Clinical Triage Nurse. She joined our Holsworthy practice in June 2020

SALLY GRATTON

Sally joined us in 2020 as part of our On The Day Team, working mainly at Holsworthy.

Nurses

Our highly qualified practice nurses deal with a range of conditions and health concerns. They are experts in many areas of disease management. Their individual specialties are indicated below.

KIRSTINE DAVIES

DI GOODHEAD

HANNAH DANIEL

RGN Dip Prof Studies in Nursing

HOLSWORTHY. Hannah provides general medical care. She has worked as a practice nurse since 1999 prior to which she worked in general surgery at NDDH. She is involved in running the Coronary Heart Disease clinic. She also has an interest in leg ulcer and wound management.

KATHRYN SHADRICK

RGN

HOLSWORTHY. Kathryn provides general medical care and care for patients who suffer with asthma.

CAROL CLARKE

Carol joined the practice in September 2015 and works at both Holsworthy and Stratton sites.

JOANNE CROCKER

EMILY DAVEY

Previously one of our phlebotomists, Emily is now our Associate Nurse in training across the PCN.

Healthcare Assistants

Our nursing team is supported by Healthcare Assistants. They can take blood, check blood pressure, test urine and undertake simple dressing and removal of sutures.

CAROLINE HIGGINS

JACQUELINE MOORES

MAGGIE CUNNINGHAM

Phlebotomists

MANDY MITCHELL

LAUREN REEVES

Lauren started in 2019 and is based at our Stratton practice.

Practice Management

Our Practice Management team will be able to help you with any problems you may have with the way our practice is run.

JANE WELLS

Managing Partner

SARA DAVEY

Deputy Manager

MARION WONNACOTT

Operations Manager

Administrative Team Leaders

Our Team Leaders with us work to ensure the smooth operation of all our behind the scenes work , including our patient services advisors, clinical administration, secretarial administration and prescriptions teams.

TRACEY HORTON

Secretaries

EMMA WILLMOTT-GOSS

Patient Services Stratton

TRACY-JANE LYNN

Patient Services Holsworthy

JANE LAKE

Hatherleigh Dispensing Team

LYNNE VALLANCE

Prescriptions

Pharmacists

JOHN GREEN

LIZA CARTMELL

Clinical Pharmacist

Eemployed by the Primary Care Network, based at Stratton and joined in March 2020.

Attached Staff

The primary healthcare teams, including the midwives, community nurses, health visitors, mental health community workers, school nursing service etc. all work in locations in Holsworthy, Stratton/Bude and Okehampton (serving Hatherleigh) and can be contacted easily through the medical centres.

DAVID COOK

First Contact Physiotherapist

Dave is one of our new First Contact Physiotherapist and works for the Primary Care Network across six sites locally. He started in April 2020.

TRACEY WEYMOUTH

Mental Health Practitioner

Tracey joined us in April 2021. She joins Philippa working across the Primary Care Network.

ANITA MAIDMENT

Social Prescriber

Anita is one of our PCN Social Prescribers and is based at both our Holsworthy and Hatherleigh practices. Anita joined us in July 2020.

DAWN BAULING

Social Prescriber

Dawn is one of the Social Prescribers employed by the Primary Care Network. She has clinics at Stratton, Neetside and Bradworthy Surgeries. Dawn has worked at Holsworthy since 2013, but has been our PCN Social Prescriber since July 2019.

HELEN JACKSON

Health and Wellbeing Coach

Helen joined us in 2020 and works for the 5 PCN practices.

PHILIPPA OGBORNE-COOK

Mental Health Practitioner

Philippa joined the practice in October 2020 helping patients at all our PCN practices.