Meet your GP Surgery Team

Doctors

Dr Andreas Pantazis (Male)

BM, BSc, MRCP
Senior GP Partner
Dr Andreas Pantazis  trained in Souhthampton qualifying in 1992, he joined the practice in 2003.

Dr Kate Lawton (Female)

MBBS,MRCGP
GP Partner
Dr Kate Lawton joined the practice in 2016, she completed her medical training at the UEA in Norwich 2010. She lives locally with her husband and two of her children.

Dr Victoria Amies (Female)

MBBS (GP)
Trained at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School and qualified in 1992. She has worked as a GP in Norfolk since 1997.

Dr Nigel Thomson (Male)

MB, ChB, FRCP
Dr Nigel Thomson trained in Manchester qualifying in 1976, he joined the practice in 1984. Dr Thomson has retired but will continue to work as a locum for us.

Nursing Team

Practitioners

Clare Horton (Female)

Nurse Practitioner
Clare joined the practice in April 2016 as a Nurse Practitioner. Previously she worked for the District Nursing Sister team at Diss.

Joanna Mark (Female)

Enhanced Clinical Practitioner
Jo joined the Practice in 2024. Jo is our Enhanced Clinical Practitioner. A physiotherapist by background she has additional training in clinical assessment and prescribing, in line with the Nurse Practitioner role.

Specialist Nurses

Sharon Parry (Female)

Outreach Nurse
Sharon joined the practice in September 2017 as our Outreach Nurse, this is a new role to help reduce admissions and support the frail and elderly. Sharon was previously a staff nurse in the District Nursing team In Diss.

Nurses

Nurse Lisa Joy (Female)

RGN, Diploma in Nursing
Asthma Diploma 
Lisa Joy joined the surgery as a Practice Nurse in 2005. 

Nurse Michele Blake (Female)

Practice Nurse
RGN, Diploma in Nursing 

Nurse Jackie Hibbert (Female)

Healthcare Assistants

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.

 Nigel Scullion (Male)

Amy Matthews (Female)

Adrian Gedge (Male)

Pharmacy Team

Ilona Golembska (Female)

Clinical Pharmacist
Ilona joined the practice as a Clinical Pharmacist in 2024. Worked as a community Pharmacist in Norfolk and Suffolk since 2008 and as a Clinical Pharmacist at GP Practices since 2020. Qualified in Poland in 2005 from Poznan Medical University, awarded postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy at Keele University in 2020 and qualified as an Independent Prescriber with interest in diabetes at University of Hertfordshire in 2023.

Hayley Martin (Female)

Clinical Pharmacy Technician
Hayley joined the practice as a Clinical Pharmacy Technician in April 2023. She trained at Hellesdon Hospital, registered with GPhC in 2015 after completing level 3 NVQ diploma in Pharmacy service skills. Also accredited ACPT and Medicine Management Technician. Joined Lawns in April 2023.

Dispensers

Our practice dispensary, dispenses medicines for patients who live more than a mile from a chemist. Our dispensers and prescription clerks issue repeat prescriptions and deal with prescription enquiries.

Practice Team

Ann Steele

Managing Partner

Reception

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 dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Healthcare Team

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.