Meet the Team

Our Doctors

Dr Simone Elliss (f)

Dr med univ (MD) MRCGP DFSRH

Originally from Graz, Austria, I grew up surrounded by medicine as my father’s GP surgery formed part of our house.It was his enthusiasm and empathy which inspired me to study medicine and become a GP myself.

Shortly after my A Levels I met my now husband, who was studying in Graz on his year abroad from Nottingham University, and after finishing my degree I moved to Nottingham. I completed my junior doctor training in Stoke-on-Trent, after which I trained for several years as a hospital doctor at King’s Mill Hospital.

This was very interesting and provided me with a good knowledge base for General Practice.

Dr Laura Skinner (f)

MBChB MRCGP DCH DRCOG DFFP

Dr Shelly O’Callaghan (f)

BMedSci BMBS DFSRH MRCGP

Our Nursing Staff

Karen Taylor

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Zara Ghafoor

Practice Nurse

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.

Lorraine Wilson

Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Janis Doring

Healthcare Assistant

Our Practice Team

Mrs Sarah Childs

Practice Manager

Reception

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 Healthcare Team

Shirndeep Aujla

PCN Pharmacist

Shirn will be conducting Structured Medication Reviews for our patients, as well as helping us with safety audits, drug monitoring and repeat prescribing.

She will also be reviewing discharge medications and supporting the practice and our patients with other medicines related queries.

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.