Meet the Team

Doctors

Dr Paul G Fourie

MBBS DRCOG MRCGP  / Qualified 1993 Newcastle Upon Tyne
Dr Fourie has been at Witton Medical Centre since September 1999. He was born in London, lived in South Africa for 9 years and qualified in Medicine at Newcastle university in 1993.

Dr Adil Ahmed

MBBS  MRCGP / Qualified 1998 India
Dr Ahmed qualified from India. He has been at Witton Medical Centre since January 2014. He has one daughter and his wife is a qualified paediatrician.

He has worked in various medical specialities including A&E and Oncology. He is the Diabetic Lead for the practice. He is also a GP Undergraduate Tutor. His interests include managing Chronic Diseases, Mental Health and Paediatrics. He likes managing patients with Medical Complexities. His other interests include performing joint injections and cryotherapy.

Dr Surinder Toor

MBBS MRCGP / Qualified 2000

Dr Nicola Haresceugh

GP

Nursing Team

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Julie Gradwell

Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Julie qualified as a registered nurse in 1984, she has worked primarily in Accident & Emergency for over 20 years.

She has completed further training as both an Emergency and Community Nurse Practitioner and completed her Non Medical prescriber qualification in 2010.

She is able to see a wide range of patients with the General Practice framework.

Jeni Duxberry

Practice Nurse

Stephanie Moodie

Practice Nurse

Danielle Swimby

Practice Nurse

Kelly Watson

Practice Nurse

Practice Team

Mark Bolton

Business Manager
Mark is responsible for the leadership of the practices with a specific remit for business development and finance.

Ashlie Allison

Practice Manager 
Both Ashlie and Jess are responsible for the day to day running of the surgeries.

If you have any queries or concerns please contact either Ashlie or Jess.

For complaints, advice or suggestions, please follow the procedure which can be obtained through reception.

Jessica Houghton

Assistant Practice Manager 
Both Ashlie and Jess are responsible for the day to day running of the surgeries.

If you have any queries or concerns please contact either Ashlie or Jess.

For complaints, advice or suggestions, please follow the procedure which can be obtained through reception.

Reception Staff

Our staff are here to help and advise you on how the variety of professionals the practice employ can best help you. As a result they will often inquire about the nature of your problem. These staff have a very difficult job to do, we will ensure that they treat you well, please be courteous in return.

Administration staff

These staff work behind the scenes and are responsible for dealing with areas such as:

  • All hospital referrals including the new Choose and Book Scheme
  • All incoming and outgoing correspondence to the Practice
  • Upkeep of computer data and quality control of same
  • Running the call and recall systems inviting patients to Diabetic Clinic, Heart Clinic
  • Child Health Development and vaccinations
  • Providing secretarial duties to all doctors

Clinical Team

Maria Ali

Clinical Pharmacist

Shabnam Ahmed

Clinical Pharmacist

Physicians Associate

A Physicians Assistant/Associate (ie PA – trained as a Physicians Associate achieving a Masters Degree after an appropriate Undergraduate Degree) with greater than 2 years experience in General Practice will consult with triaged patients who do not present with undifferentiated symptoms.

In the context of health and disease undifferentiated refers to a situation where a condition’s characteristics are not clearly defined or specific enough to be classified into a known disease category. Essentially, undiagnosed is about not knowing what the condition is, while undifferentiated is about not knowing how to classify the condition.

Therefore on booking patients for a PA the triage should describe symptoms/Ideas Concerns and Expectation that suggest a likely disease or condition.

From these patients, PAs can assess, diagnose and treat patients in the primary care environment within their scope of practice. Within a consultation the situation may change and the supervising clinician is available to support and help/offer approaches/diagnosis and, where necessary, continue the consultation