Our Doctors
Dr Peter James Priest (m)
Partner
MB ChB DRCOG MRCGP FP CERT
Dr Sophia Zaman (f)
Partner
MBBS DFSRH
Dr Christopher Earnshaw (m)
Salaried GP
MBChB DRCOG
Our Health Care Team
Celine Linforth (f)
Partner
Advanced Nurse PractitionerRGN DiPN ONC MSc
Carole Bolton (f)
Practice Nurse
RN Advanced Diploma
Caroline Bowers (f)
Practice Nurse
RN Advanced Diploma
Martin Linforth (m)
Practice Nurse
Samantha Lesh (f)
Nurse Associate
Ann Lythgoe (f)
Healthcare Assistant
Non-urgent advice: Notice
Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.
Our Practice Team
Stephanie Randall (f)
Practice Manager
Joanna Sharples (f)
Finance Manager
Non-urgent advice: Notice
The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, patient safety, human resources, finance, premises, equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
Irene Morris (f)
Receptionist
Kimberley Worthington (f)
Receptionist
Rosemary O’Callaghan (f)
Receptionist
Elaine Griffin (f)
Secretary
Claire Duffy (f)
Admin/Receptionist
Emma Pennington (f)
Receptionist
Katie Ryder (f)
Receptionist
Bhavnita Hirani (f)
Admin/Receptionist
Ellina Brooks (f)
Secretary
Julie Bloor (f)
Receptionist
Victoria Sharples (f)
Admin/Secretary/Receptionist
Elayne Brooks (f)
Secretary
Non-urgent advice: Notice
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. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.
Our Network Health Care Team
Denise Bowman
Mental Health Practitioner
Isaac McCann
Associate Psychological Practitioner (APP)
Jayne Fryer
Paramedic
Caroline Burgum
Dietician
Lisa Cheetham
Frailty Nurse
Patricia Goodwin
Social Prescribing Link Worker
Asma Vali
Pharmacist
Kiran Altaf
Pharmacist
Maryam Jiwa
Pharmacist
Paul Edney
Musculoskeletal Practitioner
Kim Baker
Pharmacy Technician
Kirsty Broadbent
Pharmacy Technician
Varsha Itteea Heeroo
Care Coordinator
Nicola Martin
Care Coordinator
Margret Warren
Care Coordinator
Barbara Smith
Digital and Transformation Lead
Zahid Khan
Health Improvement Practitioner
Louise Mckean
Health Improvement Practitioner
Our Community Team
Community Midwives
If you have just found out your pregnant then please ring the antenatal team to book in your midwife care you do not need a doctors appointment to confirm this. Congratulations. Please call 01204 390023.
The midwifery team can be contacted at Oxford Grove Children’s Centre 01204 337090.
Community Nurses
District Nurses are based at the Waters Meeting Health Centre, 95 Waters Meeting Rd, Bolton BL1 8TT where they run a dressings clinic.
We have a team of nurses attached to the practice who work closely with the doctors and will visit patients in their homes if you are housebound.
They can be contacted via the surgery or directly by telephoning 01204 463020.
Health Visitors
The health visitors are available to give expert advice and support for pre-school children. They will help to assess the child’s development and general health during the early years. They can be contacted on 01204 463400.