Doctors
Dr Ruth Wilkinson
MBBS MRCP
Dr Alistair Harrison
MBChB MRCCGP DRCOG
Dr Nandini Das
MBBS DFFP MRCGP DRCOG
Dr Kalyani Rajasooriyar
MBChB, MRCGP, BMed Sci
Dr Cian Nutt
MBChB MRCGP
Nursing Staff
Nurse Practitioner
Karen Postlethwaite
RGN BSC (Hons) NP V300 MSc FCC. Nurse Prescriber
Practice Nurses
Carrol Story
RGN RMN
Chrissy Turner
RGN
Laura Cartwright
RGN
Cheri Johnston
RGN
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 and carry out cervical smears.
Healthcare Assistants
Cath Hartlebury
Vikki Benson
Julie Bryan
Keeley Grierson
Practice Team
Practice Management
Laura Hodgkinson, Practice Manager
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, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and 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.
Reception
Sue Bell & Lisa McNulty
Reception Managers
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.
Cat Bolton
Reception Supervisor
Receptionists
Joanne McGrath
Kate Farley
Keeley Grierson
Beverley Lambton
Deryn Grierson
Mia Knagg
Ashton O’Hare
Safeguarding Administrators
Kate Farley
Cat Bolton
Secretaries
Chris Bain
Angela Pearson
Administration
Rachel White
Kate Farley
Cat Bolton
Leanne Johnston
Joanne McGrath
Lisa McNulty
Deryn Grierson
Medicines Manager
Leanne Johnston
Prescribing Clerks
Cat Bolton
Joanne McGrath
Healthcare Team
Community Midwives
Gemma Gribbin
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.
Duke Street Surgery Health Visitors are based at:
Greengate Children’s Centre
Greengate Street,
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 1BG
Tel: 01229 404595