Doctors

Dr David Elliott
BSc MB ChB (Manchester) 1975
Dr Elliott was brought up in London and the Midlands. He trained at St Andrews and Manchester, and has worked at Queen Square since 1979.

His main interests in the practice are Palliative Care, Drug Dependence, and Psychiatry. He is one of the Lead GPs for Palliative Care in North Lancs. PCT.

Dr D. John Yarnall
MB ChB (Bristol) 1976 DCH FRCGP Dr Yarnall was originally from Hyde, but was brought up in the Thames Valley. He trained in Bristol, and did his General Practice training in Kendal and Lancaster. He has run the local GP Training scheme since 1999. He has been a Partner since 1981.

Dr Simon Wetherell (m)

MA BM BCh (Oxon) 1985 DRCOG FRCGP Dr Wetherell was brought up near York, and trained at both Oxford and Cambridge. Most of his General Practice Training has been done in Morecambe Bay. He has worked at Queen Square since 1989. His interests include Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Clinical Governance. He is the Lead GP for Diabetes in North Lancs. PCT.

He also trains Foundation doctors (training grade) in the practice.

Dr Kamlesh Sidhu (f)

MB ChB (Manchester) 1983 MRCGP Dr Sidhu has been a partner at Queen Square since 1990. She graduated from Manchester University in 1983 and completed her GP training in Lancaster.

Dr Sidhu is the lead for prescribing in the practice. She has a special interest in Dermatology and gained a distinction in the Diploma for Practical Dermatology in 2004. Since 1990 she has been part of the Dermatology team at Royal Lancaster Infirmary. She is enthusiastic about educating GPs in Dermatology and has run many teaching sessions over the years. Currently Dr Sidhu is developing her interest in Dermatological surgery.

Dr Jeremy Marriott (m)
MB ChB(Birmingham) 1986, FRCGP. Dr Marriott went to Medical School in Birmingham. After his training he worked mainly in the North West, but spent 15 months in Auckland, New Zealand. His interests in the practice include musculoskeletal problems, Travel Medicine and drug and alcohol rehabilitation services. He is a member of the Professional Executive Committee of North Lancs. PCT and Chairman of the Practice Based Commissioning Consortium. He has been a partner at Queen Square since 1992

Dr Alison Bateman
MB ChB (Sheffield) 1989
Dr Bateman was brought up in Manchester, and trained in Sheffield. After a spell working in New Zealand, she completed her GP training in Glasgow, before moving to Lancaster, where she has been with the practice since 1994.

Her interests in the practice are in women's health, and Family Planning. She is a Family Planning Trainer. She works as a job- share with her husband, Dr Johnstone.

Dr Nicholas Johnstone

MB ChB BSc (Dundee) 1986 MRCGP

Dr Johnstone was brought up in Bradford, and trained in Dundee. After leaving Medical School, he completed part of his General Practice Training in the UK before working as a Medical Officer in the Antarctic for a year. He then moved to Auckland, New Zealand, where he met his wife, Dr Bateman, who is also a GP in the practice. He has been a partner since 1994, and his interests include medical computing, and psychiatry.

Dr Simon Connell (m)

MB ChB (Manchester) 1993 DCH MRCGP Dr Connell was brought up in Lytham St. Annes, graduated from Manchester University in 1993 and completed his GP training in Lancaster. He has been a GP in Lancaster since 1997 & has been a partner at Queen Square since 2000.

His medical interests include training new GPs, IT, Epilepsy and Learning disabilities. Dr Connell is one of the lead Medical Educators responsible for training new GPs locally. He is married to Dr Helen Connell who is also a partner at Queen Square.

Dr Martin Soole
MBBS (London 1986) MRCGP DRCOG DPD Dr Martin Soole grew up in London and trained at the Royal London Hospital. He eventually arrived in Lancaster after over twenty years working as a Partner in both single-handed and group practices in London and Nottingham. His particular interest is Dermatology. He joined Queen Square Medical Practice as a Partner in February 2010.

Dr Helen Connell

MB ChB (Manchester) 1995 DRCOG MRCGP Dr Helen Connell was born and brought up in Derbyshire. She is married to Dr Simon Connell and they have 2 girls. She has worked at Queen Square since May 2001 and was made a partner in April 2010.

She is a GP with a Special interest (GPSWi) in Genito-urinary Medicine, and trains foundation doctors(training grade) in the practice.

Dr Fiona Stuart
BSc ChB (London) 1987 DRCOG MRCGP

Dr Stuart was previously a partner for a number of years at a practice in the South of England before moving to Lancaster. She has been an associate GP at Queen Square since August 2002.

Dr Brandon John (m)
MBChB (Sheffield), MRCGP, DRCOG

Nurse Practitioners

Sister Christine Hudson (f)
Chris Hudson is a specialist nurse who is highly trained to examine, assess and prescribe. She works closely alongside the doctors in providing a high standard of medical care and wherever appropriate you may be offered an appointment with her as an alternative to a doctor. Appointments can be booked with her in advance, or on the day. She has training beyond that of a Practice Nurse and is able to treat a wide variety of illnesses/conditions; a doctor will be on hand if she requires advice on your further management. She specialises in respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases and runs a regular spirometry clinic.

Nurses

Sister Lynn Burke
Lynn is the lead nurse at the practice. Lynn has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of travel medicine. Lynn’s other specialised area is chronic disease management. Lynn is also a trained midwife

Sister Vi Knowles
Vi joined the Queen Square Nursing Team in March 2010. She is a registered nurse with Chronic Disease Management training. She has worked as a practice nurse for the past fifteen years. She holds a diploma in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma and Chronic Heart Disease. She has also previously worked with young adults at the University and has experience of minor illness clinics. In the near future, Vi will be undertaking the TREC course in travel medicine.

Nicky Harding
Nicky joined the practice in March 2010. She is a registered nurse with experience working in general practice, hospital and community settings. Nicky is also a qualified Nurse Practitioner and has a degree in Health Management. Nicky is working at the Practice as a Research Nurse and may contact you to ask if you wish to be involved in a research project that the practice is involved with.

Sister Amy Warburton (f)

Treatment Room Nurses

Sister Waddington Lisa (f)

Healthcare Assistants

Jan Ainscough

Judi Bentinck

Mary Farrell

Lisa Dilworth

Health Care Assistants are important members of our team supporting the nursing staff. They are on hand to assist the doctors and nurses. Amongst the services they are trained to provide are: Blood Samples, Blood Pressure Testing Including 24hr blood pressure monitoring, Urine Sampling, Medication Monitoring, ECGs, Glucose Tolerance Testing, Spirometry, Minor Operations, B12 injections, Flu injections

Phlebotomists

Tina Kerr

Emma Moore (f)

Currently in training

Practice Management

Jonathan Whitford-Bartle
Practice Director – Jonathan has been with the practice since 1998. He has overall responsibility for the smooth running of the practice and financial matters. It is his role to ensure that we are constantly providing our patients with the best service possible and strives to drive the practice forward. He is the Caldicott guardian for the practice (“a person with overall responsibility for ensuring that the confidentiality and security of patient information is maintained”).

Mrs Joan Hanson
Assistant Practice Manager – Joan has been with the practice since 2001. She works closely alongside Jonathan. Her main role is to oversee the reception and administration of the practice. If you have any non-medical queries related to your health that cannot be dealt with by a Receptionist, or wish to make a suggestion or complaint about the running of the practice, Joan will be happy to help you.

Pharmacists

David Rowlands
David is our Pharmacist Practitioner. He can examine, assess and prescribe for a wide range of conditions David works closely alongside the doctors in providing a high standard of medical care and wherever appropriate, you may be offered an appointment with him as an alternative to a doctor.

He advises the practice team on all aspects of medicines and also runs a medication review clinic. Please feel free to book an appointment with him if you would like to discuss your medication in more detail.

Community Midwives

Brenda Cowling

Emma Thomas

Brenda and Emma have a wealth of experience as midwives. They hold three antenatal clinics per week and also visit mums in their homes before and after the baby is born. They are qualified to see you throughout your pregnancy but if you do wish to see a doctor instead or as well as, you are welcome to.

Community Nurses

District Nurses provide general nursing care to patients in the community who are housebound. In addition, they run clinics at the surgery for procedures such as leg ulcer assessment, dressings and suture removal. They liaise closely with the doctors and practice nurse team. Clinics are by appointment and can be booked at reception or over the telephone.

The team will work with those complex health and social care needs to prevent crisis and promote independence. The team will also provide advice and support to a range of patients and carers to make living at home as easy as possible.

Health Visitors

Jo Stretch

Sarah Fergusson

Kathleen Freear

Michelle Kettlewell

The Health Visitors have weekly immunisation clinics. They are on hand to give advice to expectant mothers, parents of children up to six years of age. They also encourage health education and carry out developmental assessments on children at various ages up to six years.

Debbie Chamberlain

Ruth Smith

Marilyn Parsons

Ruth Smith

Attached Staff

Joanne Macauley
Physiotherapist – Joanne holds regular clinics in the Healthub building on Queen Street. This is a triage assessment clinic and if necessary, you will be referred by Joanne to the Hospital for further treatment

Mental Health Graduate

The Mental Health Graduate is based at St Leonard’s House, St Leonardsgate, but comes into Queen Square weekly to hold a counselling session. Please make an appointment with your GP if you would like to access the counselling service.

Noticeboard

We are currently experiencing problems with our computer system. This means that you may find Emis Access unavailable intermittently. We are working to rectify this problem as quickly as possible.

STATEMENT FROM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is aware of problems with its outpatient appointment system.

A team, which includes clinicians, is working to establish the number and nature of appointments that may be affected. If delays are identified, individual patients will be contacted directly to make a new appointment.

Should any patients have immediate concerns about their follow-up appointment they can call a 24 hour, seven days a week, dedicated phone line on 0845 608 0278.

Contact details Please remember to update your contact details when they change, including mobile phone numbers, thank you.

Free Sexual Heath Screens available at Healthub (our building on Queen Street), Friday mornings. Ring 01524 580970 to book into a clinic.

Online Booking & Meds Ordering!

Please try our online appointment booking(and cancelling) option via EMIS ACCESS. This also allows you to order repeat prescriptions online. Talk to one of the practice team and we will help you set it up.