Our Team

Doctors

The Partners

Dr Peter Johnson
MB BChir MA (Cantab) DFFP MRCGP
2001 Cambridge – special interests interests include joint injections, substance misuse and sports medicine

Dr Kate Dickinson
MBBS PGCME
2007 Newcastle –special interests include training GP Registrars and Foundation Year 2 doctors

Dr Hannah Thomas
MRCGP MBCHB BSc
2007 Warwick – special areas of interest include care of the elderly

Salaried GPs

Dr Jennifer Henderson
MB ChB, MRCGP
2005 Leeds – special interests include palliative care and children's safeguarding

Dr Kate Birchall
MBChB DRCOG MRCGP
2008 Birmingham - interests include women’s health and dermatology

Dr Lowri Mawer
MB ChB MRCGP
2012 Birmingham

Dr Fiona Beaumont
MB BS MRCGP
2008 York

Dr Laura Castle
MB BS
2010 London

North House as a Training Practice

North House is a training practice where doctors, already qualified, learn about general practice before becoming GPs themselves. With your approval you may be offered an appointment with one of these doctors.

We provide placements to GP trainees, foundation doctors, medical and nursing students.

Our Practice Team

Business Manager

Our Business Manager is responsible for the overall management of the practice, its services and its personnel. He is accountable for all non-clinical procedures and policies. He also maintains links with the wider NHS organisation to ensure that the practice remains abreast of current initiatives.

The Practice Nursing Team

We have two Nurse Practitioners who run our minor illness and triage clinics.

Carol Harrison. RGN (1988), Extended Independent Nurse Prescriber (2004), BSC Respiratory Care (2011), PG Diploma Advanced Nursing Practice (2000) and Family Planning Certificate (2003). Carol provides chronic disease and sexual health clinics

Fiona Sutherland. RGN (1985), General Practice Practitioner (2008) and Extended Independent Nurse Practitioner (2010). Fiona provides acute and routine general and chronic disease care.

Our practice nursing services are managed by Debora Brown RGN (1986), BA Health Service Management (1995), PG Certificate in Diabetes (2003), Independent Nurse Prescriber (2005) and MSc Advanced Practice (2012). Debora specialises in services for diabetes.

Our nursing team also includes Helen Smith RGN (1976), Registered Smoking Advisor, and Ruth Butler RGN (1989) Diploma in Diabetes, Respiratory Disease, and Cytology, who is also a Registered Smoking Advisor, and Emily Norris RGN (2021).

All our nurses work closely with our doctors and, in addition to administering routine treatments, run service clinics and are able to advise you on a variety of health problems.

Our Health Care Assistant, Jacky, supports the nurses and doctors within the practice by providing services such as phlebotomy, blood pressure reading, urine analysis, and ECG reading. This information is used by the doctors to diagnose and treat their patients.

We also have Stephanie and Emma providing phlebotomy services.

The Practice Support Team

The practice administrative team will deal with your enquiries and requests as efficiently as possible whilst respecting your confidentiality.

Dispensers

The dispensers provide a dispensing service for patients in rural areas and those temporarily resident within the area. They are also responsible for processing repeat prescriptions for all practice patients.

Health Visitors

The health visitors run their own clinics at Community House (Allhallowgate) and help with childcare, growth and development, feeding problems and preventive healthcare in all age groups. Patients can contact the health visitors on their own direct phone line: 01765 645932. There is an answer machine facility available; if you have need for urgent or emergency care, please ring the normal surgery number.

Community Midwife

The community midwife holds antenatal clinics at Ripon Community Hospital. To contact them please call 01423 553051. Antenatal appointments are also available with your own doctor.

District Nurses

The district nursing team is based at Ripon Community Hospital and gives nursing care to housebound patients who are unable to attend the surgery. Their skills range from simple dressings, injections and nursing assessment to care of the terminally ill and palliative care. The district nurses also have their own direct line, 01423 554632 with answer machine facility; if you have need for urgent or emergency care, please ring the normal surgery number.

Other Associated Staff

A number of other professionals have full use of surgery facilities to provide additional services to our patients. They work with our core practice team to provide additional services in their specific field of expertise: