Other Clinical Staff

Nurses
Fiona Nugent Lead Nurse	As well as lead nurse, Fiona, who has worked at the surgery for 20 years runs our baby, travel and diabetes clinics and leads on both immunisation and infection control.
Jenny Amor Practice Nurse	Jenny began her nursing career working on a medical ward at the RBH before following her dream to work in District Nursing. She joined the surgery 10 years ago as practice nurse where she is a Jack of All Trades! She works in the treatment room, as a theatre nurse in minor surgery, minor illness, carries out a lot of our vaccinations, including all our housebound patients and still does some home visiting. Jenny loves her job and there is never a dull moment!
Pauline Fajer Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner	Pauline is the longest serving member of surgery team having worked here since 1986. Specialising in women’s health she is our lead on cervical screening and family planning including impants and coils.
Ann Pearce Practice and Respiratory Nurse	Ann trained as a mature student and went straight into practice nursing. She then spent 6 years as a boarding school nurse, a short time in elderly care and came back into practice nursing. Ann is trained in Asthma and COPD. and runs our respiratory clinics.
Emma Ward Relief Nurse	Emma covers our nurses when they are on holiday. She is also experienced in asthma, COPD and travel medicine.
Kelly Hobbs Mental Health Nurse	Kelly is a mental health specialist. She is here to support both patients and staff with their emotional and mental wellbeing. She carries out reviews for all patients on our mental health and depression registers and helps our GPs triage any patients with mental health concerns. When not in the surgery she is usually found riding her horse.
Community Paramedic
Gareth Young Community Paramedic	Gareth joined the Ambulance Service in 2008 and qualified as a Paramedic in 2011. He has since gained additional qualifications in Minor Illness and Minor Injury to attain Practitioner status. He has been with the surgery for 5 years where his main role is to carry out home visits for patients who are housebound, extremely frail or have mobility issues where attending the surgery is physically challenging. He mainly visits our patients for assessment for acute illnesses such as chest and urinary tract infections, and management of chronic conditions such as heart failure or COPD. When not at the surgery he enjoys spending time with his wife and two young boys. During the rare quiet times he is a keen spectator of Rugby (both codes) and Cricket. He has also been known to excavate the local fairways with his trusty 7 iron.
Healthcare Assistants
Jackie Clark Healthcare Assistant	Jackie is a phlebotomist who is also able to perform ECGs and carry out our NHS Health Checks. She also heads up our treatment room reception team.
Jo Lowe Healthcare Assistant/Receptionist	A former nurse, Jo works on our main reception desk but also helps with our phlebotomy clinics.
Lindsay Metcalf Phlebotomist
Neelam Sharma Phlebotomist	Neelam has worked at the surgery since 2021 as a phlebotomist.
Leander Millard Phlebotomist
Clinical Pharmacists Our clincal pharmacists are our medication experts. They help us with our medication reviews, making sure that patients are on a medication program that is in line with the latest local and NHS guidelines and that the dosage and/or combination is optimised for the patient. If you suffer from unpleasant side effects from taking a drug or combination of drugs or would like guidance and advice regarding your medication, please ask for an appointment with one of our pharmacists as they may be able to help.
Nicky Greenberg Clinical Pharmacist	Nicky joined us in September 2023. She has a wealth of experience as a clinical pharmacist working both in surgeries in and around Maidenhead and prior to that at The Circle, Reading.
Hanna Hussain Clinical Pharmacist	Hanna joined us in November 2023. She previously worked in the Maidenhead/Cookham area. Coincidentally she has previously worked with Nicky and they are delighted to be able to be on the same team once again.
Christine Eboh Clinical Pharmacist	Christine is a remote clinical pharmacist who helps us with our medication reviews.
Social Prescriber Sometimes our patients need non-clinical help which is outside the remit of our GPs. Social prescribing is a fairly new role in the NHS but is an extremely valuable one. For example, if you are feeling lonely or socially-isolated, struggling with a caring role, want to get fitter but don’t know where to start or need help with life in general, our social prescriber may be able to help. They can signpost you to activities and services that may help and support you to improve your health, wellbeing, independence, and help you live life to the full.
Louise Colam Social Prescriber	Louise joined us in November 2023. She is passionate about helping people live their best life. She is not medically trained but will lend a sympathetic, non-judgemental ear and give practical advice or help. She is able to signpost patients to local support services such as community groups and charities who can offer physical activities, the teaching of new skills, friendship groups, or the finding of employment. Louise attends d:two church which hosts or has links to The Family Centre, Nomad charity, the Food Bank, The Recovery Cafe (for anyone in recovery or supporting someone with addictions), The Henley Debt Centre and she able to access a wealth of local resources, activities and volunteer groups.