Our Staff

GP Partners

DR RAJ SAHA

MBBS, BSc, MRCGP accredited 1999, GMC 4234074, GP Trainer

Completed his GP training in 1999. He is a GP trainer and has specialist interests in diabetes and heart failure. Dr Saha is Safeguarding lead and Caldicott guardian

DR ROSS HUDDLESTON

MBBS MMedEd MRCGP GMC 7477336

Fully qualified as a GP in January 2023, after living, working and training in the North East his whole life (apart from the bits when he was working in Malaysia or travelling). The proud holder of a Master's Degree in Medical Education, Ross very much enjoys teaching and helps out with all the students you may see joining us in the practice.

DR ALEXANDRA JONES

MBChB, MRCGP – GP Trainer

Completed her GP training in 2016. She is responsible for teaching 2nd , 3rd , 4th and 5th year medical students and is particularly interested in psychiatry and paediatrics. Pg Cert Medical Education, remove all the years about medical students and just say ' Dr Jones is a GP trainer and is lead GP for prescribing and teaching'. Specialist interest – remove paeds and psych and say 'specialist interest in chronic disease management and psychiatry.

DR JAMES GOSSOW

MBChB, FRCGP GMC 4323907

Dr Gossow has a specialist interest in drug rehabilitation and prison/forensic medicine. He has held numerous VSM (very senior management) posts including: PEC (Professional Executive Chair) South Tees, Medical Director for prisons in the North East and Medical Director for Tees PCTs (Primary Care Trusts). Currently Dr Gossow is working as Medical Director for NECS (North East Commissioning Support) and assistant Medical Director for Cumbria and the North East. Dr Gossow became a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2009.

DR GILES HORNER

MBChB, MRCGP - GP Trainer

Dr Horner is an experienced GP with specialist interests in muscular skeletal issues. Dr Horner performs injections and minor surgery within the practice. He is also a GP trainer and lead GP for Palliative patients.

GP Registrars

As an accredited GP training practice we have the privilege of raising local GP's in our region. They contribute to appointments and sometimes become the doctors of the future in our practices regionally. They are overseen by specialist GP trainers (Dr R Saha and Dr A Jones). They are not medical students but doctors learning the competencies of General Practice. Emergency Care Practitioners - This role compliments and supports the GP’s and Nurses Practitioners. The Emergency Care Practitioner are former paramedics and are able to prescribe. They have extra qualifications and training in different areas. They are able to assess, diagnosis and treat. They deal with a lot of on the day minor illness but do have the skills to deal with more complex cases. Our current Registrars are Dr Y Benjamin and Dr S Famoush.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner Partner

YVONNE MINEHAM

Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Nursing Team Lead

Practice Nurses

All of the Practice Nurses deliver nursing care to our patients and each has their own special area of interest, the Practice Nurses can help with a wide range of health issues, this includes the management of long-term conditions such as Diabetes and Asthma. They can also offer healthy living advice, administer travel vaccines, perform cervical smears and advise on wound management.

KATHERINE EDWARDSON

Long term condition nurse

S MCGOVERN

Trainee Practice Nurse

Emergency Paramedic Practitioners

D HAYCROFT

S GOLDEN

Healthcare Assistants/Phlebotomists

The Healthcare Assistant supports the Practice Nurses with their daily work; she is responsible for carrying out the following duties Blood tests, Blood Pressure monitoring, Wound Management, ECG’s, Weight Management, Smoking Cessation and Health checks, B12 injections.

C MILLWARD

HCA

Practice Management

MICHAEL JONES

Business Manager

CLAIRE REAMES

Operations Manager

Clinical Pharmacist

The clinical pharmacist works to support the practice in relation to prescribing