Meet the Team

Dr S Sircar (f)

About Dr Sircar

Dr Sircar joined Bideford Way Surgery as a full time Salaried GP in June 2006 and became a partner in August 2009. Dr Sircar has a special interest in both Dermatology and Women’s Health. Dr Sircar is a GP trainer and works closely with HEE in supporting Registrars working within General Practice as well as Keele University when hosting medical students in their placements at the practice.

MBBS, MRCGP, Diploma in Primary Care Dermatology (Cardiff), DFSRH (UK), Diploma in Diabetes Management (University of Warwick)

Dr A Sinha (m)

About Dr Sinha

Dr Arun Sinha joined as a partner in June 2017. Dr Sinha has extensive and specialist hospital experience having worked as a Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon for many years, in UK and abroad, before entering general practice . He maintains special interest in that field in his role as a GP and is the lead for Musculoskeletal problems, Joint Injections and Minor Surgery. Dr Sinha is a GP trainer and works closely with HEE in training of GP Registrars , Medical Students from Keele University and is also actively involved in teaching and training of other clinical staff including Paramedics, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Physician Associates, Clinical Pharmacists etc. He is a Director on board of local PCN and ex-Chair of local Clinical Alliance.

MRCS (Edinburgh), MRCGP (England)

Dr Augustine Isirima (m)

Dr Gbenga Durosaro (m)

Dr Soma Chakraborty (f)

Mark Samuels

Nurse Prescriber

About Mark

I have been nursing for a decade, I attained a BSc(Hons) in adult nursing and a University Advanced Diploma in Unscheduled Care whilst I was serving in the military, I have delivered primary and emergency care for soldiers whilst deployed and at home. This included acute illnesses/injuries and long-term conditions I am also on the ARTP register for spirometry for the diagnosis of respiratory issues such as asthma and COPD. I have recently qualified as a Nurse prescriber and aim to complete the advanced care practitioner in due course.

Nancy Gailey

Practice Nurse

About Nancy

Our new practice nurse, has brought with her 25 years of experience delivering exceptional care to a variety of patients.  In her many years in nursing she has develop an analytical and strategic mind for working along with excellent time management skills. She is skilled at maximizing patient comfort and safety while meeting strict quality standards and timeframes, along with being well-organised and forward-thinking in managing patient care/needs.

Ms Brenda Chambers (f)
Practice Manager

About Brenda

The Practice Manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The reception manager oversees the smooth running of the reception. All of the management team support the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering the best possible patient care.

Miss Grace Pike (f)
Senior Administrator

About Grace

Grace has joined our practice as a senior administrator.  She has numerous experience working within the GP environment, she has a wide range of skills that she can adapt to her role.

Carol Bowler (f)
Reception Manager

About Carol

Carol is our reception manager in the practice team and works alongside the Partners & practice manager promoting effective and efficient management around the running of the practice.

Anna Gee (f)

Receptionist

Jayne Pugh (f)

Receptionist

Amy Grace(f)

Receptionist

Charlotte Goring (f)

Receptionist/Administrator

Anna Sproston (f)

Receptionist/Administrator

Catherine Wilkes (f)

Receptionist/Administrator

Leigh Griffiths
Secretary

About Leigh

The role of our practice secretary is to type up all referrals, to liaise with hospitals and Clinicians and patients regarding appointments, including the Choose & Book system, Liaise with GPs and practice manager in preparation of Meeting minutes, to support with any letters requested from GPs for patients.

Mr Hardeep Dhillon
Clinical Pharmacist

About Hardeep

Clinical pharmacists are increasingly working as part of general practice teams. They are highly qualified experts in medicines and can help people in a range of ways. This includes carrying out structured medication reviews for patients with ongoing health problems and improving patient safety, outcomes and value through a person-centred approach.
A Clinical Pharmacist role ensuring that the medicine prescribed to the patients are suitable, advising about medicine, including how to take them. They can also do health checks like taking blood pressure. What reactions may occur and answering any questions.