Practice Staff

Doctors

Dr Charlotte Davies (f)

Dr Davies Studied medicine at Cambridge University, Barts and the London Medical School. Qualified as doctor in 1999. She completed MRCGP in 2004 and have worked as a GP since then. Dr Davies has a special interest in child health and is developing an interest in Diabetic management.

Dr Elizabeth McEvoy (f)

Dr Liz McEvoy graduated from medical school in Bristol in 1999, before working in Australia for a year and then training in General Surgery in the West Country on returning to the UK. Her interest in medical education brought her to Warwickshire in 2006 when she worked as a Clinical Lecturer at Warwick Medical School for three years. She then trained in General Practice and gained additional skills in minor surgery, family planning, and end-of-life care. She is a GP tutor and trainer, and regularly has medical students and GP registrars learning in her clinics. She is a board member of the Rugby Health PCN.

Outside of work she is a mum to three boys, a competitive rower, and a beaver scout leader.

Dr Rachel Swales (f)

Dr Swales graduated from the University of Nottingham Medical School in 2010. She completed GP training in Derbyshire in 2015 and has worked as a GP since then. She has additional training in contraception and women’s health and also carries out child health checks. Dr Swales joined Westside in 2018. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her family and is a fantastic baker! (she runs The Westside Annual Cake Bake which we hold when we do our CPR training).

Dr Richard Beckett (m)

Richard joined Westside in March 2021. He graduated from Warwick Medical School in 2013 and did most of his training across Coventry and Warwickshire. He has a special interest in teaching and has completed a PGCert in Medical Education and is training to be a GP trainer. He became a partner here in July 2022.

In his spare time he loves spending time with his family especially outdoors and in the mountains, climbing, hiking or kayaking.

Dr C Middlemiss (f)

Dr Middlemiss graduated from Aberdeen University in 2005. She worked as a junior doctor in the North East of Scotland before moving to Warwickshire to train as a GP. In addition to working at Westside, she also works at Warwick Medical School, training medical students and has an interest in Substance Misuse.

Dr Hawa Nakatte (f)

Advanced Nurse Practitioners

ANPs are trained advanced health practitioners who have undertaken additional education to enable them to provide advanced patient care and to prescribe. They are an important part of the general practice team. In providing the care for patients, they follow the ‘Core Capabilities Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice (Nurses) Working in General Practice / Primary Care in England’ which has been produced in conjunction with the Royal College of General Practitioners (GPs).

ANPs are experienced and highly skilled senior nurses with advanced clinical skills to enable them to:

Take a full medical history, carry out physical assessments and examinations
Make a diagnosis and carry out treatment, including the prescribing of medicines.
Plan any required follow up treatment
Refer patients where necessary
Arrange admission to hospital if necessary
Can advise whether your condition requires you to take time off work and can provide ‘Fit Notes’

If your appointment is directed to an ANP it is because they are trained to assess and examine you for the condition you have described.

ANPs have different areas of expertise. Our ANPs are all trained in Minor Illness (Acute) and as such, are able to assess and treat conditions such as:

Acute (not ongoing) Back and Joint Pain
Wounds, Scalds, Burns and Rashes
Shingles
Oral Thrush
Infections such as Chest, Ear, Throat, Sinusitis, skin infections such as boils and abscess’
Diarrhoea and Vomiting
Constipation
Piles
Depression
Some Gynaecological conditions

This list is not exhaustive.

Some patients, often those with complex and long-standing medical problems may need an appointment with a GP afterwards, however the ANP is usually able to assess the situation and in some cases organise initial blood tests and other investigations prior to arranging a follow up with your GP.

Nurse Lisa Moon (f)

Mrs Stephanie Nichols (f)

Mrs Dawn Adams (f)

Practice Nurse

Practice nurses work in GP surgeries to assess, screen, treat and educate patients, and help doctors give medical care.

Ms Veronica Boateng (f)

Mrs Janet Hartopp (f)

Healthcare Assistants

Supporting the Clinical Team, our Healthcare Assistant provides support and clinical duties. She assists in specialised clinics such as Minor Surgery, Family Planning and Diabetes Clinics. Some of her duties include assessing patients, health education advice, screening activities and delivering care such as flu vaccinations.

Mrs Irma Jurgenson (f)

Administration

Our administration team work in the background of the surgery, supporting the clinical team in the effective running of the practice. They also support the Practice Manager in things such as financial claims, audits, searches and other background admin tasks.

Tracey Burrell - Tracey was promoted to Practice Manager's PA in April 2018, she also manages the rest of the Administration Team. Tracey has been with the surgery since 2000. She has worked in administration and reception and was promoted to assistant reception manager in 2015. She previously worked at another GP surgery within Rugby for 9 years previous to working at Westside.

Hayley Ashwell - Hayley returned back to westside in 2021 as a receptionist, In 2022 Hayley changed roles and is now a admin assistant.

Keeley Cunningham - Keeley joined the practice in 2010, starting in the gynaecology clinic, she then went on to join the reception team, Keeley was then promoted to prescriptions clerk. In 2020 Keeley then joined the admin team and has variety of tasks to complete such as baby immunisations and she in really enjoying her new role. In Keeley's spare time she enjoys yoga, spending time with her sons and walhing her two spaniels.

Pippa Jones - Pippa initially joined our reception team in 2013 before joining the admin team. She deals with all incoming post and our Docman system.

Aimme Smith - Aimme joined Westside in 2018 as Senior Receptionist before becoming a Reception Manager alongside Sam in 2020. When Aimme returned from maternity leave she joined the Administration Team. Part of her role includes assisting the Practice Manager in the recall system, managing patients with long term health conditions, arranging Family Planning appointments. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends and has a keen interest in arts and crafts - which she puts to good use when she is updating our notice boards!

Tracy Stewart Eadon - Tracy joined the administration team in Autumn 2023. She summarises medical records and assists Pippa with the incoming post.

Reception

Receptionists 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. Receptionists 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.

Samantha Cooper - Sam has worked for the practice for many years. She was our prescriptions lead and in June 2014 she was promoted to Reception Manager. She is jointly responsible for the daily running of the reception team. In her spare time, Sam is a very hands on Nanny - enjoying spending time with her beautiful grandchildren,

Pamela Hawkins - Pam joined westside as a receptionist in 2019 before becoming our 2nd Reception Manager in 2021. In her spare time, Pam is extremely creative and can be relied upon for assistance in the best dressing up costumes!

Kerry Love - Kerry joined our reception team in 2012 - she is also another one of our star bakers!!

Nina Armstrong - Nina joined the reception team in 2019. In her spare time she enjoys arts and crafts and taking trips to the seaside with her family.

Ladka Pipes - Ladka joined the reception team in 2020. In her spare time, Ladka is extremely active, and along with her family, she spends lots of time keeping fit.

Zoe Stewart - Zoe joined the reception team in 2022. In her spare time Zoe enjoys spending time with her family.

Lisa Cordon - Lisa joined us in the Summer of 2023. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family.

Hayley Phillips - Hayley joined us in September 2024

Peter - Peter Joined us in September 2024

Secretaries

Our secretary processes all referrals for further care to all areas, liaise with 3rd parties regarding follow up’s and ongoing care and treatments. She deals with all work related to insurance companies, copying of records and documents requiring GP reports and medical information. Also private work requested from the patients.

Felicity Dunn - Felicity joined our reception team in 2014 before becoming our Secretary in 2016. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with 'her boys' her 2 sons and the furry addition - the dog!

Rugby health staff

We have members of staff who are recruited by Rugby Health Limited, who work across GP practices in Rugby to support both Primary care and Secondary care. These staff members are not employed by the Practice but do use facilities within the practice to see patients.

Clinical Pharmacist

The Clinical Pharmacist works with the GP team. They are highly qualified experts in medicines and can carry out structured medication reviews. This includes providing extra help to manage long-term conditions, advice for those on multiple medicines and better access to health checks.

Physiotherapist

The physiotherapist completes a ‘first-contact’ appointment where they provide an assessment on your musculoskeletal problem. They are able to request scans, provide you with exercises or refer you on to Community Physiotherapy if they feel you would benefit from ongoing support. You can self-refer if you are confident that your issue is musculoskeletal. To do this, book your appointment via Reception.

Dietitian

We have a first-contact Dietitian who is available to provide dietary advice for patients with gastrointestinal conditions and/or discomfort. In order to be referred to the Dietitian, you will first need to see the Doctor or Nurse. Once referral has been made, you will be contacted about booking your first appointment.

Podiatrist

The Podiatrist is based over in Westside Medical Centre, which is the GP practice within the same building as us. The Podiatrist can see patients with conditions such as: Ingrowing toe nail, New wound, Foot infection, Footwear advice, to name a few. You will first need to be seen by a GP or Nurse with your foot problem, who will then advise you on how to book an appointment with the Podiatrist.

Senior Mental Health practitioner

The Mental Health Liaison Worker acts as a liaison between secondary care mental health providers and primary care. Their role is to assess patients in Primary Care to see where their needs can best be met. The Liaison Worker can offer brief interventions to patients who have mental health needs but who do not need referral to secondary care mental health. You must book an appointment with a GP if you wish to be considered for referral to the Mental Health Liaison Worker.

Social Prescribing Link Worker

The Social Prescribing Link worker aims to connect patients to local services to improve physical and mental wellbeing. In order to access this service, you will first need to book an appointment with the GP. Once referral has been made, the Social Prescribing Link Worker will contact you to have a chat about your lifestyle and help you to identify activities that will benefit you and help you reach your goals. This may be advice and guidance, physical activity, arts and crafts or counselling.