Medical Team

I served 12 years in the Royal Army Medical Corp as a frontline combat medical (CMT), which included 8 years with the 5th Airborne Brigade at Aldershot (yep jumping out of aeroplane’s from silly heights). I then followed with 28 years with the Ambulance Service as a Paramedic of which 8 years was working on the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance as a Critical Care Paramedic & 2 years as Team Leader Paramedic with the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART). As a Paramedic I’ve also worked in Scotland with the Special Operation Response Team (SORT) and Western Australia with the Ambo service & Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS). I graduated from Coventry University with a diploma in Emergency Planning & Integral emergency management.

I started my career with the NHS in 2011 as an Emergency care assistant for South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) I continued to work front line based at Petersfield Ambulance Station, I progressed within the Ambulance Service where I became an Ambulance Technician and after studying in Oxford I Graduated as a Paramedic in 2017.

I made the career move from Emergency pre-hospital care into Primary care in August 2019 working as an Acute care Paramedic for the Swan Medical Group where I work in the Rapid access clinic and the Home visiting service.

I am dedicated to the NHS service where patient care is my highest priority and consider it a privilege to work with the GP’s, Nurses, HCA’s and administrating team at the Swan Medical Group

I undertook my nursing degree at Portsmouth University and qualified in 2020 and have been working in general practice ever since. I work within the ‘Rapid Access Care’ team where I am involved in triaging, examining and treating minor and acute conditions that we see daily here at the surgery. I also have a specialist interest in diabetes and I have undertaken a diploma focusing on the management of diabetes care in Primary Care. Being able to work managing both acute and long term conditions is something I highly enjoy.

I predominantly trained at QAH qualifying in Adult nursing form The University of Southampton in 2003. After qualifying I worked at Petersfield Hospital, before going to QAH as a Charge Nurse, working in the community then returning to Petersfield Hospital.

Throughout this time I gained experience of Acute Stroke care, complex discharge planning, rehab, patient flow and frailty. I have always enjoyed working with the elderly and in July 2018 I joined the team at Swan Surgery to be involved the pilot of the Home Visiting Service. This gave me the opportunity to consolidate my previous experiences, while gaining new skills and maintaining patient contact. In this role I have developed close working relationships with Care homes and other GP practices within the locality. Currently I am undertaking the Diagnostic and Decision Making module as part of the Advanced Nurse Practitioners pathway.

I joined Swan Medical Practice in 2018, as a Nurse Practitioner and work both on the Home Visiting and Rapid Access Team, this is a very unique role which utilises my knowledge, skills and experience to review and treat patients with acute illnesses. This service helps to reduce waiting lists and frees up General Practitioners (GP) time enabling them to target their extensive skills and experience for their patients.

I completed my Nurse training in 1994 at University College Hospital (UCH), London. I then worked in London teaching hospitals for 4 years, specialising in Cardiology, Cardiothoracic and Intensive Care Nursing. I moved to Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton in 1998, where I helped to expand the Intensive Care Unit, set up Outreach and a High Dependency Unit while completing my Bsc Hon in Nursing.

After 17 years of working in Intensive Care, in 2015 I moved to District Nursing in Petersfield and Bordon to gain insight into the Community setting and needs, increasing my expertise and knowledge.

I am currently completing my Nurse Practitioners Masters course as part of my Continuing Professional Development and aspire to be the Frailty Lead for this dynamic and evolving team within Swan Medical Practice.

In my spare time I enjoy sailing on the Solent, gardening, playing hockey for Petersfield Ladies and spending time with the family.

I qualified as an Adult Nurse in 2010 and began my career on an acute stroke ward, with some experience of rehab and diabetes alongside this. I then completed a Midwifery course back at Surrey University before returning to my nursing. Following this I had 6 years of experience on a surgical ward at RSCH. I had always been keen to apply my nursing skills to a primary setting, and to develop new ones! Since starting at Swan Medical Group two years ago I have taken on the role of Rapid Access and the Home-Visiting Service. It is an extremely rewarding and autonomous role, and the team here create such a positive and approachable environment.

I qualified as a nurse in 2003 and have worked within several specialities, but prior to joining the team at The Swan Surgery I worked as a Sister in the Emergency Department at QA. During those 10 years I saw many different patients, with a wide variety of conditions and I developed some fantastic skills. However I felt it was time to embrace a new challenge! Since starting at SMG, I have taken on several different roles, including Rapid Access Clinic, COPD/Asthma, and the home visiting team. These opportunities have led me to meet many of the SMG patients in both Liphook and Petersfield, and I look forward to continuing to develop these roles to drive SMG forward!

I work at the surgery as an Acute Care Nurse and Research Nurse. I qualified as Adult Nurse back in 2001 and graduated from Nottingham University with a Bachelor of Nursing Degree. From there I spent the first few years of my career working in Acute Medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. I then moved to Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton where I worked on their Coronary Care Unit (CCU), which started my passion for Cariology. In 2006 I returned to St Thomas’ Hospital in London where I worked on their CCU for a number of years. In 2008 I secured a position as a Cardiac Research Nurse at St Thomas’ Hospital where I managed a large portfolio of commercial and non-commercial research studies. During my time as a research nurse I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to undertake my Masters in Advance Nursing, which I completed in 2011 from Kings College, London. In 2016 I took a position at the (then) Liphook and Liss Surgery as a Triage Nurse and Research Nurse. I have worked in this position now (for Swan Medical Group since April 2022) for 7 years and I have recently completed and passed my Nurse Prescribers course at Winchester University. Along with Dr Lalonde I coordinate all the research in the surgery, helping to recruit to and manage a wide variety of primary care research studies.

Outside work I love to spend time in the countryside with my husband, 2 active boys and our slightly bonkers dog called Billy. I love mountain biking and normally spend my days off either dog walking or cycling in the local national parks.

I have been a HCA here at the Swan Medical Group for over 2 years now. Before working here I worked for 5 years in maternity at the QA hospital, 3 years on cedar ward at the Petersfield hospital and 3 year at South Africa lodge EMI home. Working in these areas I have come across a wide variety of conditions and I developed some fantastic skills. I have just finished studying for my smoking cessation practitioner course, and will soon be carrying out 1:1 sessions to help people stop smoking. Here in the surgery I carry out a variety of tasks including Phlebotomy, Doppler’s, BP’s NHS health checks, injections, spirometry and learning disability health checks, diabetic checks and wound care. I enjoy working here at SMG and I look forward to developing my role further.

After qualifying from The Royal London Hospital in 1992 with Bsc(Hons) in Physiotherapy I spent the first years of my career working within major London hospitals including St Georges, Tooting, Croydon NHS Trust and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Specialising in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy I then went on to found Kensington Physiotherapy, a private practice in West London which I ran before moving back home to the south coast.  I set up a second private practice locally whilst working with the RYA and Olympic Sailing Team in addition to other elite sportsmen/women in the cycling and running world. In 2022 I joined The Swan Medical Group as a First Contact Practitioner. A new role to assess, diagnose, triage and manage patients presenting with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions such as neck pain, back pain, joint pain, soft tissue pain, muscle pain, and arthritis.

I joined Swan Medical Group as the Practice Clinical Pharmacist in November 2020. After graduating from Reading University, I completed my pre-registration training at QEQM Hospital in Margate before working as a Hospital Pharmacist on various wards at Queen Alexandra Hospital.

I am keen to provide my expert medicines management advice to patients and clinicians in the surgery by conducting medication reviews and answering medication queries. As the needs of the surgery and the NHS evolve, I aim to continue to develop my role to ensure our patients get the best value and outcomes from their medicines.

I have been working as a Clinical Pharmacist at Swan Medical Group part-time since May 2023. I qualified as an Independent Prescriber in 2020 and I have been working as a Senior Clinical Pharmacist at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

My role involves managing the prescription process, queries in relation to medicines eg. doses, side effects, alternatives etc, clinical medical reviews whilst supporting and advising patients with chronic disease management issues including care home patients, patients with long term conditions, and advising those taking multiple medicines.