Surgery staff

Doctors

  • Dr Susie Weir – half-time Partner (Tue & Wed)
    Sheffield 1986. MB. ChB. MRCGP. DRCOG. DPM. MScCommGyn.
    Special interests: women’s health (including contraceptive procedures, HRT, psychosexual medicine and menopause)
  • Dr Andrew Simpson – three-quarter time Partner (Mon, Tue, Wed)
    Bristol 1991. MB. ChB. MRCGP. MRCP.
    Special interests: dermatology, GP Trainer
  • Dr Anne Cain – three-quarter time Partner (Tue, Thu, Fri)
    Leeds 1984. MB. ChB. MRCGP.
    Special interests: child health, cardiology, women’s health
  • Dr Pippa Xerri – half-time partner (Tue & Fri)
    Leicester 2003. MB. ChB. MRCGP. DFFP. DTM&H.
    Special interests: elderly medicine, women’s health, GP trainer
  • Dr Tristan Cooper – three-quarter time partner (Mon, Wed, Thu)
    London 2008. MEng (Oxon). MBBS. MRCGP     
    Special interests: GP trainer
  • Dr John Beard – three-quarter time Partner (Mon, Thu, Fri)
    Birmingham 2005. BSc(Hons.) MBChB. MSc(Oxon.) DCH. DFSRH. MRCGP. 
    Special interests: joint injections
  • Dr Freddie Walker – half-time Partner (Tue, Fri)
    Exeter and Plymouth 2010. BmBs, MRCGP. 
    Special interests: palliative care, wilderness medicine
  • Dr Chloe Martyn – GP trainee (registrar)
  • Dr Chanda Qaiser – GP trainee (registrar)

Clinical staff

  • Ros Duncan – nurse manager, clinical manager. RGN
  • Tracy O’Halloran – practice nurse. DipHE
  • Elaina Long – practice nurse. BSc Hons
  • Jane Fry – practice nurse
  • Gabriela Maiuga – health care assistant
  • Eleonora McNamara – health care assistant
  • Catherine Caldarone – health care assistant

Practice staff

  • The surgery has a team of office, reception, and secretarial staff who provide the first point of contact for patients and support the practice’s healthcare professionals. They will always try their very best to help you. Their method of work and all other practice arrangements are as directed by the doctors and practice manager.
  • Kerry Thompson – practice manager
  • Sophie Banks – assistant practice manager

Attached staff

  • Ruth Brown – midwife
  • Adrian Lyster – acupuncturist
  • Gabrielle Pentzek – adult counsellor
  • Michelle Cooper-Burke – youth & adult counsellor
  • Emma Walker – youth counsellor
  • Scott Mills – mental health nurse
  • Simone Watson – dementia nurse
  • Sej Patel – pharmacy team
  • Wiwiek Russell – pharmacy team
  • Alexandru Oprea – pharmacy team

District nurses

  • Our local district nurses are based at Prices Mill Surgery in Nailsworth, providing home nursing care for the housebound
  • To contact them, please call 0300 421 6073 (before 16:00) or 0300 421 0555 (after 16:00)

Staff training

  • Minchinhampton Surgery participates in the advanced training of experienced doctors who are seeking to specialize in General Practice. Placements for GP trainees (previously known as registrars) are usually for 6 months or 1 year.
  • Occasionally (usually 1 afternoon per month) the surgery will be temporarily closed for a few hours for staff training and important meetings. Advance notice will be given as the telephone lines will only be answered for emergency calls during this time.

Recruitment opportunities