Our team pride themselves in delivering outstanding NHS medical care. If you’re looking for a GP surgery which values personal care and continuity then look no further.
“Helping you to Better Health”
GPs
Dr Reshmi Salam
(F)
Appointment availability: Monday, Wednesday, Friday AM
Dr Salam is a Yorkshire lass who moved up to the North East in 2000. She qualified as a GP in 2011. She is a GP trainer with an interest in medical education, children’s and women’s health.
Dr Jennifer Rickard
(F)
Appointment availability: Currently on maternity leave & due back December 2023
Dr Rickard qualified as a doctor in 2009 and has worked at a number of hospitals in the region since then. After qualifying as a GP, she initially spent several years working in palliative care alongside general practice. Her interests include palliative care, managing long term illness, psychological problems and teaching.
In her free time Dr Rickard loves to bake.
Dr Andy Roberts
(M)
Appointment availability: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Dr Roberts graduated from Liverpool University 1994. His clinical interests include supporting people with mental health problems, palliative care and the wide variety of issues which present to GPs.
Dr Roberts likes to sing and go wild camping.
Dr Victoria Bastain
(F)
Appointment availability: Monday AM, Tuesday, Thursday
Dr Bastain’s interests include women’s health (coil and contraceptive implant fitting), palliative care, minor surgery, joint injections and teaching.
Dr Bastain enjoys exercise and spending time outdoors with her family in her spare time.
Dr Hannah Tomlin
(F)
Appointment availability: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
Dr Daniel Bell – Foundation Year 2 Doctor
(M)
Appointment availability: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Dr Declan Stokle – GP ST3
(M)
Appointment availability:
Dr Stokle is in his final year of GP training. After completing his medical degree at Newcastle University in 2017 he has done placements in hospital and GP practices throughout the North East of England.
Outside of work he plays football for a local team and is an avid fan of Newcastle United.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Sam Thomas (M)
Paramedic
Appointment availability:
Beth Houghton (F)
Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Coordinator
Appointment availability: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Beth has worked at Monkseaton Medical Centre for 9 years starting as a receptionist, then working as a secretary and is now one of our Mental Health and Learning Disabilities coordinators. Beth studied a masters in Psychology and has also completed a counselling skills qualification.
Beth is enjoying being a new mum and taking her son on long walks. She is looking forward to returning to work in January.
Susan Gent (F)
Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Coordinator
Appointment availability: Monday, Thursday
Susan has worked in Public Health for many years, coordinating & delivering Health & Wellbeing Programmes-GP Referral, Weight Management, Physical Activity & Health Assessments to reduce health inequalities & strengthen communities.
Susan also holds over 9 years knowledge & experience supporting vulnerable young people & their families helping with a wide range of issues; mental health, housing, money/debt issues, benefits, substance misuse, domestic abuse and worklessness.
In her free time, Susan is currently studying a FD in Counselling. Susan also likes to keep fit by walking & runs for a local athletics club.
The practice works closely with Whitley Bay Primary Care Network who employ clinicians in various roles for the Whitley Bay area. We currently have a compliment of clinical staff working part-time within the surgery to enable us to deliver excellent care to our patients, including physiotherapists, pharmacists, mental health coordinators and frailty nurses.
Nursing Team
The Nursing Team at Monkseaton Medical Centre consists of:
Laura Doris
Practice Nurse
Jennifer Renney
Health Care Assistant
Angela Auld
Health Care Assistant
Andrea Edgar
Health Care Assistant
Between them, the Nursing Team can help with almost anything.
The Doctors often pass their patients over to our team after diagnosis of things like hypertension for ongoing care, medication management, and lifestyle advice. If you suddenly develop a high blood pressure you will find yourself under their management and being put through your paces.
Our Health Care Assistants and are not qualified nurses. They are the blood takers in the practice and look after most of our patients requiring dressings. They take routine blood pressures, take part in Health Checks and annual reviews. They also assist the GPs and the other members of the nursing team.
Pharmacy Team
Eliza Hughes
Pharmacist
Alaa Daraji
Pharmacist
Michelle Collins
Pharmacy Technician
Our Pharmacy team are responsible for all patient medication reviews. They look at any changes in medication on behalf of our doctors.
GP Net Earnings Computation
NHS England require that the net earnings of doctors engaged in the practice is publicised, and the required disclosure is shown below. However it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice, and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparison with any other practice.
All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.
The average pay for GPs working in this practice in the last full financial year was £64,878 before Tax and National insurance. This is for Zero full time GPs, 10 part time GPs and Zero locum GPs who worked in the practice for more than six months.