Our Team

Primary Care Network Services

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Team | New Forest PCN

Doctors

DR IAN FITZSIMMONS

MBchB MRCP MRCPCH DRCOG MRCGP - Partner

Originally from Nottingham. Ian attended Leeds University and completed training as a Paediatrician, primarily in the Yorkshire region. General Practice Training followed in 2000 before becoming a Partner in Sway & Brockenhurst. Louise, Ian and their four children, enjoy taking full advantage of the myriad of leisure opportunities in the New Forest and Coastline. Within the Partnership lead responsibility for Child Health and Chronic Vascular Disease including Diabetes, in addition personal interest in Primary Care Research.

DR ELISABETH ROYSTON

GP Partner

Dr Royston joined the Surgery as GP Partner in October 2022. Dr Royston Graduated from Bristol in 2008. She undertook basic and higher surgical training in Wessex and Oxford Deanery before making the change to General Practice in 2018 after having her first child. She enjoys combining working as a GP with one day a week performing skin cancer surgery in Southampton.

DR KATE LANARY

GP Retainer

From July 2023 Dr Lanary will be working as a GP Retainer for 4 sessions a week.

DR HEATHER COVELL

Female

GP Retainer

Dr Covell joined the Practice as a GP Retainer in November 2023, having previously worked as a GP in Romsey.

Nurses

SUSAN RICE-MUNDY

Susan, originally from Surrey, qualified in 1989 as an Enrolled Nurse. She started her first post at Southampton General in Orthopaedics, before moving to Portsmouth to work in paediatrics and then district nursing in Kent. While there, she qualified as a Registered Nurse, before moving to Lancashire to work as a Sister for both the Twilight and Night Nursing Service. She subsequently moved into general practice and has been working within the locality for the last 6 years. Her primary interests included travel/women’s health, wound care and cardiovascular disease. Susan has lived in Lymington for the last 8 years with her daughter and both enjoy all New Forest outdoor pursuits, in particular cycling and swimming.

EMILY GRIFFITHS

Having previously worked as a nurse in the community, Emily joined NFCMG nursing team in October 2023.

LORNA GREAVES

Originally from Scotland, Lorna qualified as a Registered Sick Childrens's Nurse and Registered General Nurse in 1979. She trained at The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow and The Vale Of Leven Hospital, Alexandria. After moving to Windsor, Berkshire in 1983 she worked at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, in the paediatric unit. In 1999 Lorna combined a part time role in paediatrics with a part time Practice Nurse role until 2003, when she moved full time into Practice Nursing. Most weekends and holidays were spent with her family in The New Forest until 2011, when Lorna and her husband were able to move locally. Working part time at the Practice allows Lorna time to share her love of The New Forest with friends and family who frequently come to visit, and to persue her passion for walking and the theatre. Lorna specialist interests are paediatrics and respiratory disease.

Clinical Support

CHRISTOPHER CROSBY

Paramedic

Healthcare Assistants

ROSALIE TORAH

Practice Management

JULIE EVANS

Finance Manager

HELENA MACDONALD

Operations Manager

Reception

NICKY LAVERTON

CLAIRE AUGER

SARAH LANE

TRACEY CHAGGAR

KERRY KING

REBECCA LAWRANCE

JULIE HUNT

CLAIRE CORMACK

TINA MCENANEY

Administration

VALERIE GALE

Practice Administrator

SANDY RUSSELL

Clinical Coder

CARMINA PHILLIPS

Patient Care Coordinator

MARIE BENNETT

Female

Medical Secretary

RHIAN HAMMOND

Female

Medical Secretary

Attached Staff

VICKY CLARKE

Care Navigator