Doctors
Dr Richard Gaunt
MB ChB DRCOG MRCGP
(GP Partner – Pink Team)
Dr Nicholas Brown
MB BCh FRCGP DRCOG DA
(GP Partner – Pink Team)
Dr Gavin Durrant
MB ChB DRCOG MRCGP
(GP Partner – Yellow Team)
Dr Alison Challens
MBBCh MRCGP
(GP Partner – Blue Team)
Dr Nicholas Waters
MBBS MRCGP MRCP DFSRH DipDerm BSc
(GP Partner – Purple Team)
Dr Christine Voss
MBBS (Berlin) DRCOG MRCGP
(GP Partner – White Team)
Dr Vicky Stephenson
MBchB and MRCGP
(GP Partner – Green Team)
Dr Katherine Teare
MBBS BSc MRCGP (2010) DRCOG DGM DFSRH
(GP Partner – Orange Team)
Dr Ruth Palmer
MBBS DRCOG MRCGP
(Salaried GP)
Dr Lisa Ferro
MBBS BSc
(Salaried GP – Pink Team)
Dr Jessica Abbey
MBChB BSc
(Salaried GP – White Team)
Dr Ben James
BMBS MRCGP
(Salaried GP)
Dr Lucy Gains
MBBS MRCGP DFSRH
(Salaried GP – Green Team)
Dr Lizzie Madden
MBBS (Dist), MsC, FRNZCGP (NZ) & CEGPR (UK)
(Salaried GP – Orange Team)
Dr Elizabeth Watson
MBBch MRCGP 2010 DCH
(Salaried GP – Yellow Team)
Dr Susie Worsley
MBChB, MRCGP
(Salaried GP – Green Team)
Dr Sarah Rayne
MBChB PhD MRCS FCS(SA) DFSRH MRCGP
(Salaried GP – Purple Team)
Dr Bijoy Saha
MRCGP, MBBS, BSC (Hons), DRCOG, DFRSH, DCH, DipMSK (Salaried GP – Blue Team)
Dr Michael Murray
GP Registrar
Personal Assistants Team
Liz Clarke
Liz looks after the Orange & White Team GPs.
Nichola Welsh
Nichola is the Nursing Department Personal Assistant and assists in the Child Immunisation clinics.
Sue Vincent
Sue looks after the Purple & Green Team GPs.
Vanessa Eddy
Vanessa looks after the Yellow and Blue team GPs.
Practice Management
We have a team of managers who work closely together to look after the needs of the patients, staff and the efficient running of the Practice.
Dannielle Morrissey
Practice Manager
Dannielle Started with us in August 2022 is responsible for the overall running of the practice.
Sue Miller
Practice Nurse Manager
Sue is also our Lead Respiratory Specialist and Triage Nurse.
Diana Freeman
Finance and HR Manager
Diana has worked at the practice for over 40 years and overseas all Finance and HR functions.
Sarah Brown
Deputy Practice Manager
Sarah assists the Practice Manager in the overall running of the Practice
Hannah Bullock
IT Operations Manager
Hannah manages all the IT and our internal systems as well as being an advisor to both staff and patients on for our online services.
Toby Botwright
Reception Manager Toby manages and works within our Reception team, Medicine Co-ordinators and is also our Health and Safety representative.
Nursing Team
Kirsty Crompton
Kirsty is our Lead Diabetic Nurse Specialist and also works in the Child Immunisation, Dressing and Treatment Room clinics.
Joanne Thomas
Jo is one of our Diabetic Nurse Specialists.
Sara Lawrance
Sara is one of our Triage Nurses who also works in Dressing, Child Immunisation and Treatment Room clinics.
Dawn White
Nurse Practitioner and Prescriber
Dawn is our Lead Nurse Practitioner and supports patients with learning difficulties.
Jemma Black
Jemma is one of the Nurse Practitioners and an Asthma Nurse Specialist who also works in the Dressing and Dermatology clinics.
Gayle Auckland
Gayle is one of the Nurse Practitioners and a Diabetic Nurse Specialist.
Emily Edwards
Emily is one of our Triage Nurses who also works in Female Health, Dressing, Child Immunisation and Treatment Room clinics.
Catherine Campbell
Catherine is one of our Triage Nurses and is also a Diabetic and Asthma Nurse Specialist.
Jennifer Mitchell
Jennifer is one of our Nurse Practitioners who works as a Triage Nurse.
Emma Lathbury
Emma is one of our Triage Nurses and is also works in the Smear and Diabetes clinics.
Healthcare Assistants
Nichola Welsh
Nichola is one of our Healthcare Assistants who works in the Memory Clinic and Blood, Stop Smoking and Long Term Condition clinics.
Hannah Crook
Hannah is our first trainee Nurse Associate who works in Dressing, Blood, Health Care Assistant, Combined Care Review and Long Term Condition clinics.
Jade Smith
Jade is one of our Healthcare Assistants who works in the INR, Blood, Health check and Long Term Condition clinics.
Debbie Thompsett
Debbie is our Senior Healthcare Assistant who runs our Spirometry clinics and works in Healthcare Assistant, Blood, INR, Stop Smoking, Combined Care Review and Long Term Condition clinics.
Kate Horner
Kate is one of our Phlebotomists and also works in the Patient Services Team.
Charlotte Hood
Charlotte is one of our Healthcare Assistants who works in the Blood, Health check and Long Term Condition clinics.
Administration
Our team of administrators manage medical records, registrations, changes of address, summarising of medical records, run medical reports and maintain our clinical software as well as a variety of other roles.
Reception
Reception is normally your first point of contact with the practice. We have a large team of full and part-time reception staff, all of whom are trained to provide you with a friendly and efficient service. They will assist you to make an appointment, deal with requests for repeat prescriptions and give you information about all our other services. Please speak to them if you have a query and they will do their best to help you.
Community Nurses
District Nurses, or Community Nurses, are not based at Rowden Surgery, but at Chippenham Community Hospital. The Doctors may refer patients needing nursing at home to ‘Access to Care’, who will then assess the patient and organise care by the Community Team.