Our Staff
Doctors
DR MELISSA ST LEDGER
MBBS BSc MRCGP - GP Partner
Dr Williams joined us on Monday 20th May 2019. She trained at St George's Hospital Medical School in London and worked in the North of England for a number of years and moved back to Suffolk in 2014. Dr Williams main areas of interest in general practice are Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and palliative care. Dr Williams enjoys the variety and challenge of general practice.
DR OJONUGWA ADAH
Female
DR MELISSA FORSYTH
Female
DR BIDYUT DAS
Male
Nurses
Our Nurses are available for pre-booked appointments and are happy to provide advice on lifestyle, blood pressure, cholesterol, diet, exercise, smoking. The practice also provides care for sufferers of asthma, diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. Our Nurses are available for dressings, removal of sutures, baby immunisations, NHS foreign travel vaccinations, family planning advice and cervical smears.
NICOLA OSBORNE
JANET PHILLIPS
MILLIE INCE-SLATER
JENNY COBERN
Nurse Prescriber
Healthcare Assistants
MICHELLE NUNN
Practice Management
If you have difficulty in using any of the services at the surgery, our Practice Management Team is there to help you on Glemsford 01787 280484. If you have any suggestions as to how we might improve our services, please let us know.
CAT ARMOUR
Female
Practice Manager
MELISSA ANSELL
Female
Deputy Practice Manager
Reception
Our receptionists and secretary try to keep both doctors and patients happy; it can be a difficult job, so please be a patient patient! As well as meeting and greeting patients in person and on the telephone, they deal with many administrative roles. Please remember our receptionists are not clinically trained. Clinical questions will need to be referred to a doctor, nurse practitioner or nurse accordingly.
Community Midwives
A team of midwives help look after our pregnant patients in Glemsford. They arrange antenatal classes, and also visit mothers and babies after delivery. The midwives arrange their own appointments, please be aware that Midwives are not employed by the Practice. If you need to contact the midwives, they are available 08:00am – 17:00 seven days a week on the following contact number: 01284 712851.
Health Visitors
A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.