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: Tuesday, Thursday AM, Friday
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 cliinical 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 Rebecca Hart
(F)
Appointment availability: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Dr Hart qualified from Newcastle university in 2006. Her clinical interests include women’s health.
Dr Hart exercises regularly and loves to spend time with her family.
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 Mohammed Elmalieh – GPR Doctor
(M)
Appointment availability: Mon AM, Tuesday, Wednesday PM, Friday AM
Dr Emily Pass – Foundation Year 2 Doctor
(F)
Appointment availability: Monday, Tuesday PM, Friday
Dr Pass grew up in Derbyshire and trained at Newcastle University. She has completed one year of foundation training in hospital and is looking forward to spending some time in Primary Care. In her spare time Dr Pass enjoys running and spending time with friends and family. She is also a cat lover and is often found making feline friends when she is out and about!
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
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.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Beth Houghton (F)
Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Coordinator
Currently on Maternity Leave and due to return in January 2023.
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.
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.