Doctors
Dr Ruth Cranswick MB.ChB Aberdeen 1987, DRCOG, DCCH, MRCGP, DFFP
Female, Partner
Dr Suresh Kumar Arunachalam MBBS, MS, MRCGP
Male, Partner
Dr Michelle Collister-Bartlett MRCGP, MBChB, Ph.D, BSc Hons
Female, Partner
Dr Chris Urwin MRCGP, MbChB, BSC (Hons)
Male, Partner
Dr Lee Barry, B.S.c (Hons), B.S.c (Med.Sci), Dip.Reg. Affairs M.B.A, MbChB,
Male, Partner
Dr Christopher Arnold MB, BS London 1982
Male, Salaried GP
Nursing Team
Nurses
Esther Smith RGN
Helen Middleton RGN
Lisa Calder RGN
Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.
Healthcare Assistants
Lisa Li
Female, Part time
Jamie Ferrier
Male, Part time
Sarah Semple
Female, Part time
Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.
Attached Healthcare Team
Community Nurses
The team are based at the Links Health Centre and can be contacted on 01674 675115.
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 years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.
The team are based at the Links Health Centre and can be reached on 01674 667040 or via 01674 673400.
Practice Management
Wendy Calder
Practice Manager
The practice managers are 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 quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice managers supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
Reception Team
Isla Beattie - Joint Head Receptionist
Linda Doig - Joint Head Receptionist
Sarah Garden
Lorna Laidlaw
Ashley Cant
Mary Nicolson
Jane Wood
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, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.
Administration Team
Karen Dykes
Anne Walker
Margaret Roberts