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Bridge Medical

Shiremoor Resource Centre, Earsdon Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE27 0HJ. Tel: 0191 253 25 78

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Clinical Team

Our team pride themselves in delivering outstanding NHS medical care. If you’re looking for a GP surgery which values personal care and continuity then look no further.

“Helping you to Better Health”


Our Doctors


Dr Helen Coundon
(F)

Appointment availability: Monday AM, Tuesday PM, Thursday PM, Friday

 

Dr Coundon’s clinical interests and skills are in coil and contraception implant fitting, women’s health, GP training and teaching, mental health issues and therapeutics and medication.

Dr Coundon enjoys yoga and tap dancing in her spare time. She also loves walks in the countryside of Northumberland and County Durham.


Dr Sarah Hartley
(F)

Appointment availability: Monday, Wednesday

 

Dr Hartley qualified in 1997, she was originally from North West of England but lived and worked in the North East since 1997. She enjoys cycling, baking and family time. Her clinical interests are skin, musculoskeletal problems and women’s health.

Dr Hartley provides joint injections (knee, shoulder, base of thumb and trigger finger) and undertakes minor surgery for the practice.


Dr Ima Williams
(F)

Appointment availability: Tuesday

 

Dr Williams qualified as a doctor from the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone before training as a GP in the UK. Her interests include geriatric medicine.

She enjoys walking, foreign travel and spending quality time with family.


Dr Richard Arthur
(M)

Appointment availability: Thursday, Friday

 

Dr Arthur studied medicine at Warwick, and his clinical interests include palliative care and men’s health.

Dr Arthur loves the outdoors: climbing, surfing and hiking.


Dr Rosie Head

(F)

Appointment availability: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

 

 


Dr Grace Anderson – F2 Doctor

(F)

Appointment availability: Monday AM, Tuesday PM, Thursday PM, Friday

Dr Anderson is originally from the North East and trained at Newcastle University where she also completed a Masters in Medical Education. Dr Anderson really enjoyed her placements in the Northumbria Hospitals and decided to stay for foundation training.

In her spare time she enjoys playing netball, spending time with friends and family and walking the dog in the countryside.


Nursing Team

Laura Doris
Practice Nurse

Gillian Keen
Health Care Assistant

Andrea Edgar
Health Care Assistant

Between them, the Nursing Team can help with almost anything.

The Doctors often pass their patients over to our team after diagnosis of things like hypertension for ongoing care, medication management, and lifestyle advice. If you suddenly develop a high blood pressure you will find yourself under their management and being put through your paces.

Our Health Care Assistants and are not qualified nurses. They are the blood takers in the practice and look after most of our patients requiring dressings. They take routine blood pressures, take part in Health Checks and annual reviews. They also assist the GPs and the other members of the nursing team.


Pharmacy Team

John Sherwood
Pharmacist

Eliza Hughes
Pharmacist

Alaa Daraji
Pharmacist

Michelle Collins
Pharmacy Technician

Our Pharmacy team are responsible for all patient medication reviews. They look at any changes in medication on behalf of our doctors.


Other Healthcare Professionals

Adam Wanstall
Physicians Associate

Beth Houghton
Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Coordinator

Susan Gent
Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Coordinator

 

The practice works closely with Whitley Bay Primary Care Network who employ clinicians in various roles for the Whitley Bay area. We currently have a compliment of clinical staff working part-time within the surgery to enable us to deliver excellent care to our patients, including physiotherapists, pharmacists, mental health coordinators and frailty nurses.


GP Net Earnings Computation

NHS England require that the net earnings of doctors engaged in the practice is publicised, and the required disclosure is shown below. However it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice, and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparison with any other practice.

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.

The average pay for GPs working in this practice in the last full financial year was £58,802 before Tax and National insurance. This is for Zero full time GPs, 6 part time GPs and 1 locum GP who worked in the practice for more than six months.

PAYE Ref: 504/15807

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Opening Times

Monday: 8.00am to 6.00pm
Tuesday: 8.00am to 6.00pm
Wednesday: 8.00am to 6.00pm
Thursday: 8.00am to 6.00pm
Friday: 8.00am to 6.00pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
For surgery closure days click here

Updates

  • Some of our normal operations have changed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Click here for more details.
  • We are offering online services. This allows you to book appointments, order repeat prescriptions and view your medical record online. Click here for more details.
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