Meet the Team

GP Partner

DR ZAHEDA ATCHA

Female

Qualified (University of Manchester) 1994 MBChB, MRCGP, DCH My Favourite way to spend my weekend is at home catching up with family and friend, with good homemade food!

DR JOHN TABOR

Male

Qualified (London) 1982 MA, MB, BS,DRCOG, MRCGP

GP Doctor

DR AMAYA CHIMEGAWE

Male

MBBS , MRCGP

DR RITA PATEL

Female

MBChB, MRCP (UK), MRCGP

DR ZOE SHARPE

Female

MBChB - Manchester 2010 MRCGP - 2015

DR OWAIS MASKATI

Male

MBBS, MD Medicine, MMed Endocrinology, MRCGP

DR NAVEED REHMAN

Male

MBBS, MRCGP. Dr Rehman is an experienced GP and an approved trainer. Dr Rehman is available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

DR MOYIN ONAYADE

Male

DR DAVID MURPHY

Male

DR BILAL SALEEM

Male

GP Registrar (ST3 Dr)

DR OLUWATOSIN ADEYEMO

Female

DR MINA AL-KHAZRAJI

Female

DR ALFAROOK SULAIMAN

Male

GP Registrar (ST2 Dr)

DR CAROLINE ADEPOJU

Female

FY2 Doctor

DR AFSHAN HUSSAIN

Female

DR AVINASH DAS

Male

5th Year Medical Student

JASDEEP DHANDA

Female

MEGAN FALLER

Female

3rd Year Medical Student

IBRAHIM KHAN

Male

Advanced Practitioner

Advanced Practitioners are able to work as a GP, assess, diagnose and treat patients with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, they can prescribe and refer. They can be from a variety of backgrounds such as nursing and/or pharmacist background.

STACEY BATES-ROBINSON

Female

BSc Hon Adult Nursing, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

Advanced Practitioner

UMMAR PERVAIZ

Male

Advanced Practitioner

WAQAS RIAZ

Male

Waqas is an experienced Advanced Practitioner and provides sessions at the practice.

WASEEM NAWAZ

Male

Waseem is an experienced Advanced Practitioner and provides sessions at the practice.

Practice Nurse

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice and blood pressure checks. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

JEANETTE MARTIN

Female

EMMA SHAW

Female

Portfolio Clinician

ANDREA WALKER

Andrea offers regular sessions at the practice, offering a wide range of clinical experience, Andrea offers regular, childhood immunisations, contraception advice, and Asthma reviews.

Pharmacist

Our pharmacists role includes: assisting with the practice repeat prescribing system to review medication, doing medication reviews with patients, acting as a resource for advice on medication matters for other clinicians in the practice, helping with audits and regular drug safety work

AMINA PATEL

Female

Pharmacy Technician

works with our GP Pharmacy team

AMBER LOWE

Female

MAARIYA MUHAMMAD

Female

Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement, flu and pneumococcal vaccinations, new patient medicals and home visits. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

DEBRA RAMSAY

Female

ANDREA HEYES

Female

LOUISE ATHERTON

Female

MANDY WALSH

Female

Social Prescriber

BETH HALL

Female

Senior Administration Lead and PA

ALLISON FOX

IT & Digital and Transformational Lead

HAMZA LAJPORIA

Male

Secretary

Our Medical secretaries provide administrative support to doctors in general practice ( GP's). As well as having strong secretarial skills, our medical secretaries have an understand of the medical terminology and a special administrative practices required in our healthcare environment.

ROSEMARY O'CALLAGHAN

Female

SHENALI DALUGODA

Female

GP Assistant

Our GP Assistants provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. GP Assistants make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, and carrying out searches and practice audits. We have a large team of GP Assistants who are well versed in recognising an emergency situation in which immediate medical attention is required. Our GP Assistants support our GPS and work very closely with the GPS

JACQUELINE CROWTHER

LOUISE HORROCKS

NUALA COLLIER

SUSAN SMITH

HELEN HUTCHINSON

NATALIE DALUGODA

Female

DEBRA COLLINS

Female

GABRIELLA APPLEBY

Female

Community Nurse

The nurses provide skilled nursing care for patients in their own home.

Health Visitor

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing. The team can be contacted at Horwich Clinic, telephone 01204 462900.
Page last reviewed: 09 September 2025
Page created: 29 November 2023