Practice Staff

The doctors practise together as a 5-doctor partnership, plus one salaried GP. We often have additional medical staff available including a GP registrar, GP retainer and a regular GP locum.

Dr Geoffrey P Payne	MA BM BCh FRCP FRCPE FRCGP DCH DRCOG DFFP Qualified 1975 Oxford
Dr Diana C Stevens	MB BS DCh FPCert MRCGP Qualified 1979 London
Dr Rachel M Firth	MB BS MRCGP Qualified 1986 London
Dr Christopher J W Davies	BSc MB BS DRCOG Qualified 1996 London
Dr Imran Khan	MB BS MRCGP Qualified 2001 London

Practice Manager

Monica Lawrenson MSc DMS is our practice manager and is responsible for the general management and administration of the practice.

Practice Nurses

Jenny Barton	RGN Dip Higher Education in Healthcare, ENB Practice Nursing, Diploma in Asthma Care, General Nurse and Asthma Specialist Nurse
Nicky Silcock	RGN Certificate in Diabetes Care General Nurse and Diabetic Specialist Nurse
Rose King	SEN DEN General Nurse and District Nursing experience
Lyn Tarn	RGN Certificate in Diabetes Care, Cardiovascular Disease and General Nurse including Travel Vaccines Advice
Shazia Ghafoor	Health Care Assistant
Naseem Kiani	Health Care Assistant

Our practice nurses see patients by appointment. They are involved in screening programmes as well as taking blood samples, ear syringing, routine blood pressure checks, undertaking electrocardiograms and cervical smears etc. They can offer advice on numerous health topics. They also work closely with the GPs in managing chronic illnesses including asthma, heart disease and diabetes. Our health care assistant assists the nurses and works under their direction.

Other Practice Staff

The practice also employs a deputy practice manager, IT manager, notes summariser, medical secretary, morning and afternoon reception/administration staff to deal with your enquiries and requests as efficiently as possible whilst respecting your confidentiality at all times.

Health Visitors

There are two/three health visitors who cover the practice. They have special responsibilities to mothers and children and are based at Sherwood House, Chesham (Tel: 01494 783991). They are employed by Buckinghamshire PCT.

Community Nurses

The community team of nurses (district nurses) care for patients who need nursing at home and are based at The New Surgery site. They can usually be contacted by leaving a message at reception or by calling the surgery on 01494 782262. They are employed by Buckinghamshire PCT.

Training Practice

We are an Oxford Region training practice and usually have a GP registrar with us for a year's training. GP registrars are qualified doctors who have undergone substantial training in hospital and then spend a year in an appointed general practice. Occasionally video recordings of consultations are made for teaching purposes. Only doctors view these. You will always be told when a video is being made. Please tell us if you would rather not take part. As a training practice, other doctors from outside the district regularly assess The New Surgery, in the course of which they need to view some medical records. If you are unhappy with this, please let us know and we will ensure that your records are not used for assessment purposes.