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.
GP Registrar (ST3 Dr)
DR OLUWATOSIN ADEYEMO
Female
DR MINA AL- KHAZRAJI
Female
GP Registrar (ST2 Dr)
DR CAROLINE ADEPOJU
Female
FY2 Doctor
AMMAARAH AHMED
Female
Foundation Year 2
GEORGIA CROOKS
Female
Foundation Year 2
4th Year Medical Student
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.
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
Pharmacy Technician
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.
Social Prescriber
Senior Administration Lead and PA
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
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: 24 June 2025
Page created: 29 November 2023