Our Team

GP Partners

Dr. Nigel Lord

Dr. Nigel Lord

MB ChB FRCGP MEWI PG Cert in GP Education

GP Partner
Male

Available Monday and Tuesday. Dr. Lord qualified from Sheffield University in 1991 before returning to his home town and joining St Johns as a GP in 1999. Married with threeDr. Nigel Lord[continue]

Dr. Marik Sangha

Dr. Marik Sangha

MB ChB MRCGP

GP Partner
Male

Available all day Monday and Tuesday, plus Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Sangha lives locally and is married with three children. He qualified from Manchester University in 1992 and joined St JohnsDr. Marik Sangha[continue]

Dr. Christopher Pughe

Dr. Christopher Pughe

MB ChB DRCOG

GP Partner
Male

Available Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Dr. Pughe grew up in Chester, trained at Manchester Medical School and qualified in 1995. He worked as a GP in Stoke-on-Trent for more thanDr. Christopher Pughe[continue]

Dr. Tom Earnshaw

Dr. Tom Earnshaw

MB ChB DRCOG MRCGP

GP Partner
Male

Available Monday and Tuesday. Dr. Earnshaw trained in Sheffield, qualified in 1998 and joined St Johns in 2006. He has a particular interest in joint injections and is involved withDr. Tom Earnshaw[continue]

Dr. Lorna McCune

Dr. Lorna McCune

BSc MBBS MRCGP DRCOG

GP Partner
Female

Available Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Dr. McCune qualified from Barts and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2003 and completed her GP training in the South East.Dr. Lorna McCune[continue]

Dr. Tim Sandels

Dr. Tim Sandels

MBChB MRCGP PGDipSEM

GP Partner
Male

Available Monday afternoon plus all day Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Dr. Sandels studied at Sheffield Medical School qualifying in 2011, before completing GP Training at Wythenshawe Hospital and qualifying inDr. Tim Sandels[continue]

Dr. Sinead Hanley

Dr. Sinead Hanley

MChem (Hons) MBChB DRCOG MRCGP

GP Partner
Female

Dr Hanley completed a Chemistry degree at Edinburgh University before embarking on a change in career direction. She qualified from Keele University in 2012 and completed GP Training at SalfordDr. Sinead Hanley[continue]

Dr. James Evans

Dr. James Evans

GP Partner
Male

Available Tuesday morning and all day Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. GP Partner from 1st April 2025

Dr. Thomas Wright

Dr. Thomas Wright

MBChB BMedSci (Hons) MRCGP

GP Partner
Male

Available Monday, Tuesday AM, Thursday AM, Friday. Dr Wright qualified from Birmingham in 2016 before working in Liverpool and Bolton. He lives locally with his young family. GP Partner fromDr. Thomas Wright[continue]

Salaried GPs

Dr. Natalie Dawson

Dr. Natalie Dawson

MBBs MRCGP

Salaried GP
Female

Available Thursday and Friday. Dr. Dawson joined the practice in October 2018.  

Dr. Kate Hayhurst

Dr. Kate Hayhurst

MB ChB MRCGP DRCOG DFSRH Loc SDI PG Cert (Diabetes)

Salaried GP
Female

Available Monday and Thursday all day. Dr. Hayhurst qualified from Leicester Medical School and worked in the North East before undertaking her GP Training in South Manchester. Married with threeDr. Kate Hayhurst[continue]

Dr. Lisa Li

Dr. Lisa Li

MBCHB BMEDSc(Hons) MRCGP DFSRH

Salaried GP
Female

Available Thursday and Friday Dr. Li joined St Johns in September 2018.  

Dr. Susan Andrea Mottram

Dr. Susan Andrea Mottram

MB ChB MRCGP

Salaried GP
Female

Available Tuesdays & Wednesdays. Dr. Mottram graduated from Liverpool University in 1991. Having worked in a variety of GP roles across the region for almost 20 years, she joined StDr. Susan Andrea Mottram[continue]

Dr. Shalini Yaganti

Dr. Shalini Yaganti

MBBCh MRCGP

Salaried GP
Female

Available Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Dr. Yaganti joined St Johns Medical Centre in July 2018. ​

Nursing Team

Maria McDonnell

Maria McDonnell

RGN BA (Hons) PG Dip Clinical Practice (Masters Level)

Nurse Practitioner
Female

Available on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Maria qualified at MRI in 1990 after working as a staff nurse. She spent eight years as a Research Sister in the BreastMaria McDonnell[continue]

Jo Pottinger

Jo Pottinger

Nurse Practitioner
Female

Available on a Monday and Tuesday. Jo also assists with care and nursing homes

Lucy Baxendell

Lucy Baxendell

Practice Nurse
Female

Works Mondays & Tuesdays

Carolyn Dale

Carolyn Dale

Practice Nurse
Female

Available Monday, Thursday and Friday. Carolyn joined the practice in September 2015 and runs the chronic disease clinics.

Naomi Lawson

Naomi Lawson

Research Nurse
Female

Works Mondays, Wednesday and Thursdays.

Elizabeth Wells

Elizabeth Wells

Practice Nurse
Female

Available Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays. Elizabeth currently undertakes blood pressure checks, dressings, CHD and diabetes checks and injections.​

Emma Widdowson

Emma Widdowson

Practice Nurse
Female

Works Tuesday - Friday

Debra Riley

Debra Riley

Healthcare Assistant
Female

Works Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.

Julia Wardman

Julia Wardman

Healthcare Assistant
Female

Works Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Julie White

Julie White

Phlebotomist
Female

Works Monday to Friday.

Additional Healthcare Staff

Mental Health Practitioner

Mental Health Practitioner
Male

Will works Wednesday and Thursday The service is to provide comprehensive assessment, brief intervention, sign-posting and onward referral for patients over 18 presenting with mental health complaints. Ideally, patients presentingMental Health Practitioner[continue]

First Contact Physiotherapists

First Contact Physiotherapists

Maithilee (F), Greg (M), Pia (F), Krupa (F) available Tuesday - Friday Our team of First Contact Physios can help adult patients with musculoskeletal issues such as back, neck andFirst Contact Physiotherapists[continue]

Clinical Pharmacist Team

Clinical Pharmacists

Liam (M), Joseph (M), Adele (F), Dina (F), Jas (F) and Farhana (F) available Monday - Friday Working closely with both the administration team and clinicians, our Clinical Pharmacist teamClinical Pharmacist Team[continue]

Social Prescribing Team

Social Prescribers

Shannon (F), Leanne (F) and Nicola (F) The Social Prescribing Team supports St Johns Medical Centre's patients over the age of 18 to live well in their local community. The teamSocial Prescribing Team[continue]

Practice Staff

Laura

Office Manager

Laura joined the Practice in 2005 and is responsible for the management of St Johns Patient Services Team. Laura oversees the day-to-day non-clinical aspects of the practice. Any initial enquiriesLaura[continue]

Lynnette

Head Administrator

Lynnette is responsible for the daily running of the Admin Team, supporting all areas of administration duties within the department.​​

Diane

Finance Manager

Diane joined the practice in September 2024. She is responsible for our payroll, paying all our bills and keeping our accounting up to date. She has worked in financial rolesDiane[continue]

Vanessa

Operations Manager

Clinical Support Team

Clinical Support Team

Clinical Support Team

Our large Clinical Support Team includes Lynnette, our Head of Administration, Rachel our Assistant Admin Manager, Debbie Head Receptionist who job shares with Val also Head Receptionist. Administrators, Receptionists andClinical Support Team[continue]