Surgery staff

GP Partners

  • DR TIMOTHY SEPHTON

    MBChB, MRCGP 1990 - Senior Partner

  • DR NICK ALEXANDER

    MBChB, MRCGP, BSc 2006 - Partner

  • DR SUZANNE ROOT

    MBChB, BSc, MRCGP. 2011 - Partner

  • DR CERI LUMB

    MBChB, BSc, MRCGP 2010 - Partner

Salaried GP's

  • DR JOHN BRYANT

    BSc, BMedSci, BMBS, MRCGP 2009

  • DR TOM WOODMAN

    MB BS St Georges, 2013

  • DR ELINOR RENDLE

    MBChB 2009 Bristol MR CGP 2017

  • DR ALEXANDER SUMPTION

    MBChB, MRCGP 2014

  • DR ELLIE VARDANEGA

    MB BChi,r MA, MRCGP Cambridge 2014

Nurses

  • LUCY GOLSTON

    Head of Nursing

  • LINDA STEWARD

    Infection Control Lead

  • ANN YOUNG

    Ann is experienced in chronic disease management.

  • CLAIRE GREENHALGH

    Claire is experienced in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Healthcare Assistants

  • ANNE YEATES

  • KATE HUNT

  • LORRAINE ISAAC

  • BETH THOMSON

  • TAMARA POOL

Surgery Support Staff

  • ADAM MAINWARING

    Clinical Pharmacist

    Adam Mainwaring is our Clinical Pharmacist at Chew Medical Practice. Adam can carry out your regular medication reviews and may carry out your Hypertension reviews. He can also help you with any questions or concerns you have with regards to your medication including how to take them, any issues experienced when taking them and any side effect you may experience.

  • KAMILA MALADA

    Pharmacy Technician

    Kamila Malada is our Pharmacy Technician, supporting our clinical pharmacist. Kamila can look after your well being along with Pill checks, blood tests, also Medication and Hypertension reviews. She can also help with any medicine related queries or concerns.

  • MATTHEW SMITHERS

    Social Prescriber

    Matt is our social prescriber. Matt supports patients with social or non-clinical needs such as emotional/mental health support, housing, benefits and financial issues and social isolation.

  • JUSTINE DE FRATES

    First Contact Physio

    Justine De Frates is our First Contact Physio. The role of the FCP in Primary Care is to assess, diagnose and offer advice to patients with soft tissue, muscle and joint pain, deciding on the most appropriate management pathway.

Practice Management

  • TONIA GRANT

    Practice Manager

    Tonia is Practice Manager and has overall responsibility for all aspects of administration and business management. She leads on patient participation, community relations and patient experience and is always interested to hear from users of the surgery. She also plays an active part for the practice in the changes to the NHS, managing the finances and ensuring that new procedures are introduced.

  • MAGGS LODGE

    Deputy & Reception Manager

    Maggs is the Deputy and Reception Manager and is always happy to help with patient needs.

Secretaries

  • HELEN BOYDE

  • EMMA TATHAM

  • SARAH HAWKEN

  • LIZ CHURCH

Reception Team

  • JO RICHES

    Lead Receptionist

Dispensers

  • SALLY ORCHARD

    Dispensary Supervisor

  • MARIA BARTLETT

    Lead Dispenser

Community Midwives

If delivering in hospital (St. Michaels/Southmead in Bristol, Royal United Hospital Bath or Ashcombe Unit Weston General) you will be cared for in labour by the midwives there. Contact Numbers for maternity units: ST.Michaels - 0117 342 5325, Southmead - 0117 414 6916, RUH - 01225 826 454, Ashcombe Unit Weston General - 01934 636 363 Community midwives provide a homebirth service, with a 24 hour on-call rota, with colleagues from UHB Trust. They run, with the support of an obstetric Physiotherapist, Antenatal/Parentcraft courses. They work very closely with your GPs, Health Visitor and all the hospitals. They are happy to give pre-conceptual advice.

Community Nurses

The District Nurses visit housebound patients to provide a wide range of nursing support. They can be contacted on 0300 247 0200

Counsellors

Patients may refer themselves, or a GP may suggest a referral. If you are stressed, anxious, depressed or unable to cope, you can get help through one to one sessions, computer-based activities, or group courses. For more information or to book an appointment, ring NHS talking therapies on 01225 675150

Health Visitors

Health Visitors (children under 5). The Health Visiting team for the BANES & Mendip Community Services can be contacted on 01225 613887. They make contact with all new mums or with families who move to the area, and in particular they offer support to families of children with extra needs. They run outreach sessions in local villages – call them for more information.
Page last reviewed: 06 February 2026
Page created: 02 September 2024