Our Team
GP Partners
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 three … [continue] Dr. Nigel Lord
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 Johns … [continue] Dr. Marik Sangha
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 than … [continue] Dr. Christopher Pughe
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 with … [continue] Dr. Tom Earnshaw
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. … [continue] Dr. Lorna McCune
Dr. Kate Hayhurst
MB ChB MRCGP DRCOG DFSRH Loc SDI PG Cert (Diabetes)
GP Partner
Female
Available Monday morning, Thursday all day, Fri morning Dr. Hayhurst qualified from Leicester Medical School and worked in the North East before undertaking her GP Training in South Manchester. Married … [continue] Dr. Kate Hayhurst
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 in … [continue] Dr. Tim Sandels
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 Salford Royal, she has been practising at St John’s since 2019. She has interests in Palliative Medicine, Women’s Health, Lifestyle Medicine and Greener Practice.
Salaried GPs
Dr. Natalie Dawson
MBBs MRCGP
Salaried GP
Female
Available Thursday and Friday. Dr. Dawson joined the practice in October 2018.
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
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 St … [continue] Dr. Susan Andrea Mottram
Dr Thomas Wright
MBChB BMedSci (Hons) MRCG
Salaried GP
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.
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
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 Breast … [continue] Maria McDonnell
Jo Pottinger
Nurse Practitioner
Female
Available on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and alternate Thursdays. Jo also assists with care and nursing homes
Carolyn Dale
Practice Nurse
Female
Available Monday, Thursday and Friday. Carolyn joined the practice in September 2015 and runs the chronic disease clinics.
Elizabeth Wells
Practice Nurse
Female
Available Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays. Elizabeth currently undertakes blood pressure checks, dressings, CHD and diabetes checks and injections.
Additional Healthcare Staff
Mental Health Practitioner
Works Wednesday 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 presenting with mental health … [continue] Mental Health Practitioner
First Contact Physiotherapists
Our team of First Contact Physios can help adult patients with musculoskeletal issues such as back, neck and joint pain by assessing and diagnosing issues, giving expert advice on how … [continue] First Contact Physiotherapists
Clinical Pharmacist Team
Working closely with both the administration team and clinicians, our Clinical Pharmacist team is responsible for helping patients to manage long-term conditions, handles hospital discharge summaries, supports those on multiple … [continue] Clinical Pharmacist Team
Social Prescribing Team
Female
The Social Prescribing Team supports St Johns Medical Centre’s patients over the age of 18 to live well in their local community. The team focuses on improving the mental health and … [continue] Social Prescribing Team
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 enquiries … [continue] Laura
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
Vanessa
Operations Manager
Additional Practice Staff
Administrative Team
Lynnette is our Head of Administration and manages a large team of Administrators including Karen, Bev, Sandra, Rachel, Jan, and Gail.
Reception Team
We have a large team of Receptionists including Anne, Debbie, Grazia, Sue, Gaby, Janice, Val, Louise, Melissa, Amanda & Laura