Meet the team
Beechwood Medical Practice is made up of a range of healthcare professionals who help you with your health needs.
Our friendly and helpful team are here to help you manage your health and wellbeing, and make sure you have access to healthcare services in the local area. Meet our team below.
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Nurses
Lead Practice Nurse Lucy Shearer
Provides services including: Coil and implant fitting and contraceptive advice, Chronic disease management, Cervical smears, Pill checks, Phlebotomy (taking blood), Wound care, Suture removals, ECGs, Health checks, Vaccinations, Spirometry and Dopplers.
Practice Nurse Becky Jarvis
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Offers clinics for review and management of CHD, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Dementia, CKD, childhood & adult immunisations and vaccinations and epilepsy reviews.
Practice Nurse Claire Richmond
Provides services including: phlebotomy (taking blood), wound dressing, and suture removals, health checks, Child Immunisation, Adult Vaccinations, ECGs and chronic disease management.
Practice Nurse Abi Stubbs
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Provides services including: Phlebotomy, ECG, Wound dressings and Suture removal, Chronic disease management (hypertension), child and adult immunisations, cervical screening and contraception reviews.
Associated Staff
Health & Wellbeing Coach Tracey Hansford
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Provides services including: Phlebotomy, Wound dressing and Suture removals, NHS health checks, Flu vaccinations, ECGs, Weight Management Advice, Mental Health checks and Diabetic Foot Checks.
Pharmacists & Paramedics
Practice Paramedic Pip Rogers
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Pip is our paramedic. He was with the Ambulance service for 20 years before coming to our practice. He deals with many minor ailments, and you may get an appointment with Pip rather than a Doctor. He will perform thorough examination and assessment of your problem, arrange a prescription if required and provide relevant advice and reassurance.
Practice Pharmacist Caroline Riddle
Caroline is an experienced clinical pharmacist and independent prescriber, having worked for many years in the acute hospital setting and in teaching roles within Universities. Her clinical experience is also supported by a Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice. At the Practice she takes a lead on all medication related issues and carries out Structured Medication Reviews with patients, reconciles medications from hospital discharges and clinic letters, as well as answering any medication related queries. Caroline works on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Practice Pharmacist Grace Chui
Grace Chui is one of our practice pharmacists. Prior to joining Beechwood, she has many years of experience working as a community pharmacist. At Beechwood, her role includes carrying out structured medication reviews with patients and review of medications following hospital admissions. Grace works alongside the GP to carry out regular medication safety audits. Grace can be found at the practice on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Practice staff
Practice Manager Sarah Monteith
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joined the practice in 2004. Sarah oversees the running of the practice, the welfare of the staff and works closely with the GP partners to strategically plan for the future of the business. She also liaises regularly with patients and other multi-disciplinary team members ensuring effective communication between all parties.
Deputy Practice Manager Sarah McKay
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has been with the practice since 2011 having previously worked in the financial sector. Sarah McKay is responsible for the day to day running of the practice and works very closely with the practice manager to ensure that we are delivering a high quality service for our patients.
Operations Manager Maddy Brickley
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joined the practice in 2023, having previously worked in NBT, Maddy is here to help with patient enquiries, IT support, HR matters and Health & Safety within the practice.