The Doctors
Dr Nirosha D Whitfield - Senior GP Partner - GMC Reg: 6060146
MBBS, MRCGP, DFSRH, Peradeniya 2000
Dr Zubair Alam - GP Partner - GMC Reg: 6037610
MBChB, FRCGP, DRCOG, Karachi 2000
Dr Kaleem Baloch Shar - GP Partner - GMC Reg: 6099373
MBBS, MCEM, FRCEM, MRCGP Lincolnshire 2022
Dr Salwa Aslam - Salaried GP - GMC Reg: 7419612
MRCGP Lincolnshire 2022
Dr Nsikak Usoroh - Salaried GP - GMC Reg: 7611511
MBBS, MRCGP Lincolnshire 2023
Dr Ravi Mistry - Salaried GP - GMC Reg: 7494777
MBChB, MRCGP Lincolnshire 2022
Clinical Team
Charlotte Scotney - Lead Practice Nurse - RGN: Charlotte is the designated Lead Practice Nurse and has a special interest in Family planning and Nexaplanon insertion and removal.
Siobhan Elsam- Practice Nurse - RGN: Siobhan is an experienced Community Nurse who has transitioned to be a Practice Nurse. She specialises in diabetes.
Megan Patchett - Practice Nurse - RGN: Megan is a newly qualified Nurse who is training to be a Practice Nurse.
Caroline Bardwell - Older Adult Nurse - RGN: Caroline is responsible for the care plans for patients over the age of 65. She will visit any frail or elderly patients that need additional care and support.
Abbey Lee & Hayley Houghton - Health Care Support Workers - The HCSWs are able to take blood, check blood pressures, heights and weights as well as carry out other duties including ECGs and anti-coagulation monitoring. They can also administer influenza and pneumonia vaccination.
The HCSW's and some of the reception team are trained to act as chaperones for the GPs and nurses during some procedures. Patients are offered a chaperone as a matter of routine; you can state whether you would like a chaperone or not.
Bev Gilliard - Phlebotomist - Bev works 5 mornings a week taking practice and hospital bloods. Please book an appointment via reception.
Primary Care Admin & Management Team
David Harding - Practice/Business Manager - MSc: David has overall responsibility for all aspects of practice administration and finance. He facilitates the Fairfax House Patient Participation Group (PPG) and also deals with patient complaints.
Fiona Anderson - Deputy Practice Manager/IT & Administration - Fiona manages the day-to-day running of the practice and oversees practice compliance with the Quality & Outcomes Framework (QoF) and Information Governance. She also manages insurance report requests and the Admin Team and supports the practice manager with his duties.
Sam Swadling - Finance Manager - Sam is responsible for the practice payroll and accounts.
Catherine 'Caz' Turley - Reception Manager - Caz is responsible for the day to day management of the patient navigators (Reception team)
Scott Whyers- Dispensary Manager - Scott is responsible for managing all dispensary functions.
Sherrie Hewitt - Dispensary Supervisor - Sherrie supports Scott in his duties and deputises in his absence.
Dispensary Team
Sandra Hall, Sally Priest, Belinda Turner, Allison Trevor & Louise Kirk.
This team deals with all aspects of medication from prescription requests to handing out medication.
Rachel Templeman - Dispensary Delivery Driver - Rachel delivers medication to patients who we are allowed to dispense to who are housebound or find it extremely difficult to get to the practice.
Care Navigators (Reception Team)
Gemma Elsam, Emma Ladds, Vikki Robinson, Vanessa Young, Kate Shields & Dee Jankowska
The Care Navigators help direct patients to the right Clinician first time. Not all patients need to see a doctor and this should save time and resources.
Care Navigators duties include booking appointments, greeting patients, dealing with queries & advising patients on the different services that are available.
Administration Team
Nikki Shortland - Administration Manger - Nikki is responsible for the smooth running of the administration office.
Admin Team
Wendy Rickett, Angela Drake & Sadie Jackson
The Administration Team carry out all secretarial and administrative duties within the practice, dealing with general correspondence and queries, computer data entry, hospial appointments and letters, summarisation of medical records, insurance report requests and the e-Referral hospital appointment booking system.
Sandra Taylor - Medical Records Summariser
Sandra receives all new patient records and summarises them in to the electronic medical records.
Boston Primary Care Network (BPCN)
Swineshead Medical Group work very closely with the BPCN. We have staff allocated to the parctice to support patient care.
The staff listed below work in within the practice providing additoal support and care to our patients
Florence Adeboye - Clinical Pharmacist - works with James Musk (PCN Lead Clinical Pharmacist) to resolve day-to-day medicine issues and consult with and treat patients directly. This includes providing extra help to manage long-term conditions, advice for those on multiple medications and better access to health checks. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and ensuring patient safety.
James Smith - Community Psychiatric Nurse - James works across 3 GP practices in the Boston Primary Care Network. His role is to support patients with mental health issues.
Lisa Young - Care Coordinator - Lisa helps and supports our local care homes and provides admin supports to Caroline Bardwell our Older Adult Nurse.
Beckie Avery - Cancer Care Coordinator - Beckie helps navigate patients who have a cancer diagnosis. She will also help with the cancer screening programmes such as smears, bowel screening etc.
Lisa Osborne - Trainee GP Assistant - Lisa will be helping with a variety of different aspects within the clinical team. She will assist the GP with urgent tests and administration.
Community Teams
Lincolnshire Community Healthcare Servcie (LCHS) employs district nurses and other healthcare professionals to work from the practice to provide care for patients in their own homes. To arrange care from this service you need to contact 0300 123 4868
Midwife
The midwife provides care of mother and child before, during and after pregnancy. The midwife usually provides a clinic in the practice on a Friday.