Practice Staff

DOCTORS

Hadleigh House Doctors

Dr Mark Pharaoh MB BS (1971) DRCOG DA

Dr Pharaoh joined the Practice in 1975, after qualifying at St Georges, London and has special interests in cancer and mental handicap whilst maintaining enthusiasm for all elements of general practice. He is married to another local GP, and has three grown-up children (2 of whom are doctors) and a brown labrador dog.

Dr Mike Richardson MB ChB (1974) DRCOG MRCP

Dr Richardson qualified from Bristol University and joined the Practice in 1979. His special interests are minor surgery, dermatology and general medicine. During his spare time he enjoys sailing, squash, cycling and skiing.

Dr Joanne Hadley MB BCh BSc (1985) DRCOG

Dr Hadley qualified in 1986 from Cardiff (but is not Welsh-speaking!). Her special interests include gynaecology, obstetrics and family planning.

Dr Rob Timmis MB BS (1988) MRCGP DRCOG

Dr Timmis joined the Practice in 1994 after qualifying at University College of London. His medical interests are diverse and include family medicine, child health and rheumatology. He has a young family and enjoys sailing, tennis, golf and walking the dog!

Dr Andrew Purbrick MB BS (1996) BSc DRCOG DFFP

Dr Purbrick qualified at St Bartholomews Hospital Medical School, London and undertook his GP training at Poole Hospital and here at the Hadleigh Practice. His special interests include minor surgery, general medicine and child health. He is married and enjoys playing cricket, golf and fishing in his spare time.

Dr Julia May MB BCh (1995) MRCGP DCH DFFP

Dr May joined the Practice as a salaried assistant in October 2004 after moving to Dorset from South Wales where she had been working in General Practice. She qualified from the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff in 1995. Her special interests include women’s health, family planning and minor surgery.

Hadleigh Lodge Doctors

Dr Chris McCall BSc MB BS (1976) DRCOG DCH MRCGP

Dr McCall qualified at Kings College, London and joined the practice in 1982. Medical interests include meeting the patients, health service organisation (at Practice level and at the local Primary Care Trust) and cancer care. He is a keen fisherman (mostly for trout), gardener (or trying to) with a recent interest in growing bonsai trees (which seems to encroach into the work area), and car enthusiast (admiring and driving, unfortunately not owning). He is married with three daughters and has three dogs (all male to balance the sexes!) and various other animals.

Dr Alistair Watkins MB BS (1989) MRCGP DRCOG

Dr Watkins joined the practice originally as a GP Registrar in 1994 after qualifying in London. He has particular interest in child health and minor surgery. He is married with a young family and two dogs, used to be a keen rugby player (prefers to watch from the armchair these days!) and enjoys sailing and walking.

Dr Eileen Sanders BM (1986) DRCOG DFFP

Dr Sanders trained at Southampton and joined the Practice as a partner in 1997 having previously been a GP Registrar in 1992. Medical interests include gynaecology, women and young people's health issues and respiratory medicine. She is Medical Advisor at a Youth Advisory Centre in Blandford where she deals mainly with contraception, drug use and social problems. She has three children and enjoys walking, music and holidays.

Dr Mark Bridgman BSc MBChB(nz) MRCP (paeds) MRCGP DRCOG

First new Partner of the millennium, sacrificing an easy life downunder! After training and working in New Zealand he travelled extensively for several years before settling in Dorset. Married with 4 children. Medical interests: child and adolescent health, palliative care, minor surgery and ENT Enjoys rugby, drinking cold beer and wearing shorts!

Dr Helen Molyneux BSc MB BS (1991) DCH DRCOG DFFP

Dr Molyneux grew up in Poole and qualified in 1991 at University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London. She joined the Practice as a Partner in 2001. Her medical interests include paediatrics, family planning and ENT. Dr Molyneux is married to a GP and has a young family.

Nurse Practitioners

Pauline Gill
Tina White

PRACTICE STAFF

BUSINESS MANAGER – Andy Hallowell
(HND Business Studies)

Andy joined the Practice in February 2007. He is based at Hadleigh Lodge but works across the Practice and will be responsible for all the financial and business aspects of the Practice.

PRACTICE MANAGER - Moira Joy
(AMSPAR Cert in Gen. Practice Reception, Diploma in Primary Care Management 2000)

Moira has worked in the Practice since 1992. Based at Hadleigh House, she is responsible for Patient services and personnel, ensuring clinics and surgeries operate smoothly. If you have any comments or queries regarding our services, please contact Moira.

ASSISTANT PRACTICE MANAGER - Debbie Fry
(Introduction Diploma in Primary Care Management)

Debbie joined the Practice in December 1998. Based at Hadleigh House she supports both the Business Manager and the Practice Manager. She deals with the day-today running of both surgeries.

RECEPTION TEAM LEADER - Carolyn Sullivan
Carolyn is responsible for the smooth running of the reception departments at both surgeries. An important part of the receptionist's role is to bring together the doctor and patient at the most appropriate and mutually convenient time within the availability of appointments - which are now computerised. By the very nature of their job, they work in a stressful environment; however, they always do their best to offer a high quality and caring service to the patients. Please be a patient patient!

PRACTICE NURSING TEAM
Mrs Jan Grover RGN, Mrs Del Hill RGN, Mrs Pam Dodd SEN, Ms Sam Davies RN, Helen Luff RGN

We have a practice Nurse Team of 5 each with their own speciality; please refer to the Clinics information sheet.

GP REGISTRARS:
We are a training practice and usually have a GP registrar working at each surgery.
(Registrars are fully qualified doctors who have had hospital medical experience.)

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