Staff

Doctors

  • DR RICHARD HENNEY

    Male

    MB ChB University of Liverpool 2001, MRCGP 2007

    Dr Henney trained and worked in Liverpool and Merseyside for 10 years before working in South Manchester. He worked for a few years in surgery before moving to the field of General Practice and completed his membership of the Royal College of General Practice in 2007. In medicine, his areas of special interest are minor surgery, urology and men’s health.

  • DR MARK EDNEY

    Male

    MB ChB (2002) MRCGP BSc (Pharmacology) Leeds

    Dr Edney trained in Manchester and now lives in North Wales. He enjoys rowing on the River Dee as time and fitness allow. He has additional responsibility as Clinical Governance Prescribing Lead. His areas of special interest are minor surgery, men’s health, mental health, safeguarding and medicines management.

  • DR CHRISTINE SNOWDEN

    Female

    MB ChB MRCP DFSRH MRCGP

    Dr Snowden has been with the practice since November 2012. She provides the whole range of general medical services and has special interest in child health surveillance, contraception, maternity care, end of life care and respiratory conditions.

  • DR AMY EVITTS

    Female

    MB ChB MRCGP

    Dr Evitts has been with the practice since July 2021. Dr Evitts trained in Leeds, then worked as a GP in Shropshire and more recently in Australia. She has special interests in elderly medicine and paediatrics.

  • DR WANDA HARGREAVES

    Female

    MB ChB MRCGP

    Dr Hargreaves had been with the practice since May 2021. She provides a whole range of general medical services and has a special interest in skin and anything dermatological based.

  • DR PENNY MORRIS

    BSc (Hons) MBBS MRCGP (2022)

    Dr Morris joined the Surgery in June 2024. She has a keen interest in women's health and the care of the elderly. Dr Morris completed her medical studies at the University of Nottingham and gained experience working in a range of settings, including New Zealand, before returning to her home county of Cheshire. Currently residing in semi-rural Cheshire, Dr Morris also works closely with the local training hub to provide support to newly qualified GPs across Cheshire.

Medical Education

This Practice has a long standing tradition of teaching both medical students and young doctors. We are an approved training practice and you may be offered an appointment with a GP Trainee or GP Registrar. These doctors are fully qualified and have had experience in several hospital specialities. They are completing their specialist training as a GP.

Nurses

  • PIPPA BURCHELL

    Female

    Pippa joined the practice in August 2008. Her clinical interests are in Travel Advice and Diabetes as well as general nursing practice.

  • VICKY CHISHOLM

    Female

    Vicky was originally a Practice nurse from 1984 to 2010 and then she took a break from Nursing before joining the practice in August 2017. Her clinical interests are in Sexual Health and young adults.

Healthcare Assistants

  • JOY ISHERWOOD

  • SARAH PRICE

Clinical Pharmacist

  • GEORGI GEORGIEV

    Male

Practice Management

  • EDWARD RIGBY BSC (HONS) MBA

    Male

    Managing Partner

    Mr Rigby joined the practice in December 2019 from a GP surgery in North Wales and prior to that he was employed at the Royal College of Physicians. Edward works closely with his GP Partners on the strategic direction of the Surgery and managing patient services both in Malpas and as part of the Rural Alliance Primary Care Network. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) which he achieved in 2017. Edward became Managing Partner in June 2024.

  • NICOLA BIRD

    Female

    Deputy Practice Manager

    Mrs Bird joined the practice in 2005, initially working in Dispensary. In 2009 she took up a position within Data Input and then took up the role of Pharmacy Support Technician where she was supporting Dispensary with the day to day running of the Dispensary. While doing this role she studied for her Level 3 Diploma in Leadership and Management. Nicola has recently been made Deputy Practice Manager, with responsibility for the day-to-day operations for the practice.

  • ANGELA BAKER

    Female

    Quality Manager

    Mrs Baker joined the practice in 1996 and is a fully trained Dispenser, having achieved a BTec in Dispensing (distinction) in 1998. She is primarily responsible for the work involved with doctors and nurses seeing and monitoring patients. This work underpins the quality of care patients receive from the clinical team. She works closely with the Practice Manager.

  • LESLEY BAKER

    Reception Manager

    Mrs Baker joined the practice in 2002 and became Reception Manager in 2007. She manages the logistics of the practice ensuring the smooth running of the Reception Team and the Doctor’s working arrangements.

Reception and Administration

We employ helpful and pleasant reception and administration staff who will be pleased to answer any general queries you may have. Our receptionists work a rota behind the reception desk and the scenes in the office. We operate a fully computerised appointments system and we are working towards a ‘paperless practice’. We have a computer link to the path lab at the Countess of Chester Hospital so blood and test results are received daily. All consultations are recorded onto the computer by the GPs and all letters are scanned into the records daily. Our receptionists arrange appointments, welcome patients to the surgery, answer patient queries and carry out administration tasks. They will make arrangements for you to see the doctor or practice nurses. They do a difficult and busy job so please be patient if they can’t attend to you straight away. Please give the Receptionists as much information as you can in order to help them help you. They may need to ask for further details or check information in your medical records when you telephone the surgery. They are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses. Everything that you tell them is treated in confidence. Please appreciate that receptionists are not qualified to discuss your clinical care but they will do their best to point you in the right direction. Please show the same courtesy to them as with all members of the team.

Dispensing Team

The dispensary is an important part of the practice and contributes a significant amount to the service the practice offers to patients. Our team of dispensers deal with all requests for prescriptions. They offer a service to patients attending the surgery, dispensing prescriptions written by the doctor during a consultation and repeat medicines for dispensing patients who live more than one mile from any chemist. This is approximately two thirds of our patient list. They have a good working relationship with the local pharmacy and pharmacist and assist patients with queries regarding their prescriptions which they take to the Chemist. Dispensers all have a recognised qualification or are working towards one. For details on the dispensary and how to order repeat prescriptions, please go to the prescriptions page.

Medical Secretaries

The medical secretaries arrange referrals for patients to hospital and follow up queries left with them by the clinicians. They type all the letters left for them via dictation. Some referrals are sent by electronic means, other by post. The Secretaries perform an administration role to members of the Primary Health Care team, supporting the demands of a modern public health service. They assist the practice manager, take minutes at meetings, maintain our practice website and produce a quarterly newsletter for the practice. They have also produced a range of patient information leaflets. They are happy to assist patients in queries about hospital appointments and results. They deal with all Insurance and Solicitor requests, medical examinations and reports and private forms.

Clinical Coders

The Data Inputers are responsible for receiving, sorting and summarising patient records so they are easy to understand and use, and then adding all the information to the practice computer system. They also capture information from letters and reports received from hospitals and other services.