Doctors
- Dr Nicola Smith (Female)
M.B.Ch.B. Leicester 1989, FP Cert 1983
Special interest: MKCCG Chair, Diabetes, Family planning - Dr Paul Minney (Male)
M.B.B.Ch. Cardiff 1988, M.R.C.G.P. 1993, FP Cert 1993
Special interest: GP Trainer, Diabetes, Skin & Minor Surgery - Dr Thao Nguyen (Female)
BMed Sci Nottingham 2000, BMBS Nottingham 2002, D.R.C.O.G & D.R.S.H 2009, nMRCGP 2009
Special interest: Skin, Women’s Heath, Health Promotion, Family Planning - Dr Tamara Baros (Female)
MD Serbia 1998, MRCS (Ed) 2007, nMRCGP 2012 - Dr Richard Simpson (Male)
Special interest: GP Trainer
Explanation of Doctors’ Qualifications
Doctors in Training
- GP Trainees
GP trainees are fully qualified doctors who are specialising in General Practice. - Foundation Year Trainees
Foundation Year Trainees are doctors who have recently qualified and doing their first two years of general training before they specialise.
For more information about Parkside as a Training Practice please see our Training Practice page.
Nurses
- Lesley Laurie (Nurse Prescriber)
- Barbara Martin
- Claire Baxter
Find out what conditions and services our Nurses assist you with.
Health Care Assistant
- Amanda Heatley
Smoking Cessation Advisor
- John Bateman
For more information about Smoking Cessation see our smoking cessation page.
Phlebotomist
- Carol Sylvester
Management
Practice Manager
- Debra Clarke
Patient Navigators
All our patient navigators are here to help you. They have a difficult job to do, with phone calls and enquiries descending on them from every direction. They have to judge the urgency of your request, so please help them by providing them with the information they need. They have been trained to make these enquiries so that you can be helped in the most appropriate way. Provision can be made for you to speak confidentially with staff. They will keep all your information confidential.
Our patient navigators are:
Morning team
- Team leader – Julie
- Helen
- Jade
- Anita
Afternoon team
- Team Leader – Gail
- Helen
- Jade
- Mary
Administrative Staff
Secretary
- Jo Wright
Prescriptions
- Jonathan Tibbenham
IT and Data quality manager
- Jemma Suttling
Medical Records Administrator
- Lauren Connor
Administration Assistant
- Angie Wells
Attached Staff
District Nurses
We are proud of our strong team of district nurses who work with us from Milton Keynes Community Health Services. You can contact them directly during office hours.
Midwives
We have a hospital midwife who holds a clinic at the surgery and works closely with the doctors to provide antenatal and postnatal care. Appointments can be made via one of our Patient Navigators. Find out more about our Maternity Services.
MKCCG Pharmacist
We have a named pharmacist from MKCCG, who visits us once a month and helps us ensure safe and effective prescribing.
Health Visitors
We have attached Health visitors at the surgery who run a child health clinic on Wednesday morning and a baby clinic on Tuesday morning.
For more information about Health Visitor Services please visit the Child Health Services page.