Telephone: 01424 772060 – Emergencies: 01424 772263

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Our Team

Doctors

Dr Richard Clarke

MB BS MRCGP DCH DRCOG (London 1992)

Senior Partner
Male

Specialising in Coronary Heart Disease, Prescribing Lead GP and teaching of Medical Students

Dr Candia Brace

BSc MB BS MRCP MRCGP DFSRH (London 1991)

Doctor
Female

Lead for Asthma, COPD, anti-coagulation and childhood immunisations.

Dr Wojciech Kasztura

MRCGP (Katowice - Poland 1999)

Doctor
Male

 Specialising in Learning Difficulties, Adult & Child Safeguarding Lead

Dr Claire Francis

MB BS DRCOG DFFP MRCGP (London 1999)

Salaried General Practitioner
Female

Specialising in Diabetes, Palliative Care and Child/Adult Safeguarding

Dr Elaine Seeley

MBChB, MRCGP, PGCert (Diabetes), PGDip (Healthcare Leadership),DFSRH, DRCOG

Salaried General Practitioner
Female

Salaried General Practitioner with enhanced diabetes training

Dr Kate Stocks

MB BS (London) MRCGP (2004)

Salaried General Practitioner
Female

Paramedic

Mr Crawford Paton

Paramedic
Male

Paramedics support the GPs in seeing patients with acute, on the day, illnesses or chronic physical health conditions within surgery and at home. They will assess the patient and adviseMr Crawford Paton[continue]

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Mrs Joanne Holland

Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Female

Joanne is a Paramedic Practitioner with a Masters qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice.  She works alongside the team of Doctors, Paramedic and ACP seeing patients both in surgery and onMrs Joanne Holland[continue]

Mrs Shellie Barnes

MSc, DipHE (Adult Nursing 2008), DFRSH, AFHEA

Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Female

Shellie is a highly experienced nurse, having masters level qualifications. She works closely with the GPs to enhance patient care. Shellie can physically assess in all areas of adult health,Mrs Shellie Barnes[continue]

Practice nurses

The practice nursing team provide a full range of services including dressings, diet and lifestyle advice, immunisations, ear syringing and performing diagnostic tests (such as ECGs, spirometry and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring).

Sister Emma Paton

Practice Nurse

Interest in Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and all long term conditions.

Sister Hannah Curtain

Treatment Room Nurse

Treatment room nurse currently training to enhance primary care skills.

Corrine

Nurse Associate

Nurse Associates support practice nurses with their daily work and this is a professionally recognised qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and enables them to take enhanced training and supervisory roles.

HCA Susan Spinks

Healthcare Assistant

 HCAs do a lot of initial investigation work – bloods, ECGs, BPs, Diabetes and Heart disease measurements for annual reviews.  Monitoring long term needs for those on drugs that canHCA Susan Spinks[continue]

Mrs Julia F

Phlebotomist

Julia runs a phlebotomy clinic most Monday & Tuesday mornings

Mrs Natalie T

Phlebotomist

Natalie runs our phlebotomy clinics most Wed-Fri mornings

Practice manager

Miss Sam Bridgewater

Practice Manager
Female

Sam joined the team in January 23 coming from another practice so has years of experience in Primary Care.

Mrs Carey Sinclair

Practice Manager / IT Lead

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high qualityMrs Carey Sinclair[continue]

Mrs Sue Smith

Deputy Practice Manager

Looks after everybody and has special interest in children’s immunisations, staff rotas and general wellbeing of staff as well as mountains of paperwork ad supporting the practice manager in theMrs Sue Smith[continue]

Practice staff

Mrs Lesley Putland

Lead Patient Care Coordinator
Female

Lesley is responsible for the day-to-day management of the reception, providing expert advice, delegating, overseeing and managing the workload of the Patient Care Coordinator Team as well as providing supportMrs Lesley Putland[continue]

Mrs Vicki Whealtey

Armed Forces accredited champion and Carers lead

Vicki is our Armed Forces accredited champion and Carers lead and can answer questions or point you in the right direction for further information.

Additional healthcare staff

Community midwives


Sarah Barakat Sarah is contactable via the Conquest Community Midwifes Office at the Conquest Hospital.  Tel: 0300 131 5341

Community nurses


The nursing team provides community nursing services. For non-urgent contact ring 01424 756317.

Health visitors


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 yearsHealth visitors[continue]

PCN team

Wojciech Kasztura

Clinical Director

I graduated in Poland and moved to the UK in 2000, I have been a GP partner for over 15 years in Martins Oak Surgery in Battle. Since the beginningWojciech Kasztura[continue]

Andrew Sewell

Clinical Director

I have been a GP Partner in Oldwood Surgery, Robertsbridge since completing GP training in 2015. I grew up in Hastings, and have spent my life around the Hastings andAndrew Sewell[continue]

Julie Watson

Business Manager

I am responsible for the development of the Primary care network services and provide strategic leadership of the Primary care network team. I liaise with the Integrated care board, NHSJulie Watson[continue]

Patsy Charman

Clinical Operation Manager

I am responsible for clinical leadership of the primary care network team, I also manage the e-hub and online consultations and providing clinical triage of referrals. I have been inPatsy Charman[continue]

Emily Lau

Digital and Transformation Lead

I am responsible for leading projects related to digital and transformation initiatives that will help GP practices to run more efficiently, improve patient experience and to support good quality careEmily Lau[continue]

Lauren Walbrin

Care Coordinator Tackling Health Inequalities

I am a Care Coordinator Tackling Health Inequalities working as part of the Rural Rother PCN. My job involves working with the 7 Primary Care Network Practices where I buildLauren Walbrin[continue]

Emma Ashworth

Social Prescriber

My name is Emma Ashworth and I am the allocated Social Prescriber for Rye Medical Centre, Ferry Road Health Centre, Northiam/Broad Oak Surgeries and Battle Health Centre/Oldwood Surgeries. As aEmma Ashworth[continue]

Sheree Fielder

Social Prescriber

My name is Sheree and I cover Fairfield, Martins Oak, Westfield and Sedlescombe surgeries. As a Social Prescriber, I work with individuals holistically looking at their lifestyle, home environment, financesSheree Fielder[continue]

Rachel Shee

PCN Clinical Pharmacist

I joined Rural Rother PCN in September 2024. I am an independent prescriber with my area of study on hypertension. I work with my colleagues to deliver patient-centered care whileRachel Shee[continue]

Heidi Kong

MPharm, PGCert Clinical Pharmacy Practice in Primary Care, PGCert Independent Prescribing

PCN Clinical Pharmacist

I have joined the Rural Rother PCN as clinical pharmacist after completing the East Sussex Multisector Pharmacist Foundation to Advanced Training Programme. I have gained valuable experience working in differentHeidi Kong[continue]

Jodie Crane

Pharmacy Technician

My role as a Clinical pharmacy technician in the Rural Rother PCN is to support the local GP practices to maximise safe effective prescribing to improve patient care. I workJodie Crane[continue]

Carlye Hanna

Pharmacy Technician

I work as a clinical pharmacy technician in Rural Rother PCN alongside my colleague Jodie. My role is to support the local GP practices and to lead improvements to maximiseCarlye Hanna[continue]

Abdul Hassan

First Contact Physiotherapist

Abdul is one of our First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) and is able to assess patients with soft tissue, muscle and joint pain and to decide on the most appropriate managementAbdul Hassan[continue]

Urmi Chavan

First Contact Physiotherapist

Urmi Chavan is one of our First Contact Physiotherapists and is able to assess patients with soft tissue, muscle and joint pain and to decide on the most appropriate managementUrmi Chavan[continue]

Zinat Bashir

First Contact Physiotherapist

Zinat Bashir is one of our First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) and is able to assess patients with soft tissue, muscle and joint pain and to decide on the most appropriateZinat Bashir[continue]