Our Staff

Doctors

  • DR WAYNE TURNER

    Senior Partner - MB ChB, Leicester 1993, DFFP, DPD

    Interests: GP with a Special Interest in Dermatology, Dispensing of medication. Clinical Drug Trials, Joint Injections

  • DR PHIL THOMASON

    Partner - MB ChB, Leicester 1996, FRCGP, DipENT,

    Interests: GP with a Special Interest in ENT, Joint injections, Sports medicine

  • DR RUTH TURNER

    Partner - MB ChB, Leicester 1998, MRCP, MRCGPM, DFFP Diabetes

    Interests: GP Trainer, Women's Health, Family Planning , Diabetes

  • DR VIKRAM BOLARUM

    Partner - MB BS, MRCP, MRCGP

    Interests: GP Trainer, Diabetes, Joint Injections

  • DR YULIA MCMANUS

    Salaried GP

    Interest in Female Contraception/Coils Baby checks

  • DR RACHEL WALKER

    Salaried GP

    Interest in Female Contraception/Implants Baby Checks

  • DR MEENASHKI BHANOT

    Female

    Salaried GP - Joined April 2023

GP Registrars

  • DR GHAZANFAR ZAIDI

    Male

  • DR TARUNIKA MEKALA

    Female

Nurses

The nurses are responsible for a wide range of services within the practice including chronic disease management, new patient registrations, health promotion clinics, blood tests, cervical smears, childhood immunisations and injections required for travelling. They will always offer advice should you wish to discuss any problem with them and provide a valuable support service to our doctors. Our practice nurses also provide a chaperone service during examinations. Childhood immunisations are carried out at the surgery each Tuesday afternoon).

  • MARISKA POCHIN

    Female

    Advanced Nurse Practitioner

  • DONNA CALLOW

    Female

    Practice Nurse

  • KINJAL RANA

    Female

    Practice Nurse

Healthcare Assistants

Our healthcare assistants run Warfarin clinics at Burbage and Wolvey surgeries. Patients taking warfarin will be invited to attend the surgery as required to have a blood test. Since May 2009 warfarin monitoring has been transferred from George Eliot Hospital to Burbage Surgery. Our healthcare assistants also provides phlebotomy and support to Dr Thomason in his ENT clinic.

  • TRACEY WALLACE

    Female

    Healthcare Assistant

  • KIRSTY ROBINSON

    Female

    Healthcare Assistant

  • LISA BORDERICK

    Locum Healthcare Assistant

Paramedic

  • KELVIN BLOWER

    Male

Clinical Pharmacist

  • ELYSIA NEWTON

    Female

  • DAVINDER SANDHU

    Female

Pharmacy Technician

  • MEGAN GUNESSEE

    Female

Mental Health Practitioner

  • TARWANZA MARARA

    Male

  • CLARE CHENELER

    Female

Practice Management

  • DONNA GILBERT

  • LYNN WILCOX

Administration

Our administrative support team consists of an Audit Clerk, Data Entry assistant and Notes Summariser. Between them they work closely with the practice manager and are responsible for entering patient information on to the computer-. This includes entering patient registration details, immunisations, summarised medical information, scanning incoming correspondence, test results etc., producing reports and carrying out analysis as required. We are now linked with Leicestershire Strategic Health Authority (formerly Leicestershire Health), which has improved our information channels considerably. We are covered by the Data Protection Act 1 998. Since September 2000 the practice has worked as a paperless practice and all details of consultations are recorded directly on to the computer by our clinical staff avoiding the need for the doctors to use patient folders.

  • ALISON SIDWELL

  • DENISE DAVIS

  • MICHELLE MOTTRAM

  • MELANIE POWERS

  • KAREN SUCKLING

Reception

Our receptionists are trained to do a difficult job well. Please remember that if you are kept waiting or seem to be asked one or two questions, they are carrying out surgery policy, which is aimed at making the practice run smoothly. They do have to judge the urgency of requests so please try to give the information they require. They should deal with all patients in a polite, respectful and courteous manner and we expect our patients to treat our staff in the same way. All staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses. The Practice Manager would be happy to speak to any patient about the service offered by our reception team.

  • DIANE WIGHTMAN

    Senior Receptionist

  • JOANNA MORRIS

    Senior Receptionist

  • COLETTE ROACH

  • JENNY DRINKWATER

  • ABBI-ROSE BARTLETT

  • KAY AYRES

  • JULIE COX

  • BRIDIE STEWART

Secretaries

Our secretaries are available from 09:00 until 18:00, Monday to Friday. They arrange referrals to hospitals and private clinics for our patients and provide a very important link between the surgery and Consultants. They are also responsible for organising medical examinations and insurance requests for our patients as well as assisting with the booking of in house services and hospital appointments should you have a test result, which is abnormal, the secretary will contact you to make arrangements for you to see your doctor.

  • THERESA CONNOR

Dispensers

  • JULIE REY

    Dispensary Manager

  • HEATHER REY

    Dispenser

  • MEGAN PADBURY

    Dispenser

  • LAUREN MACKLEY

    Dispensary Assistant