Our Team

Dr Helen Connell was born and bred in Derbyshire. She qualified from Manchester Medical school in 1995. She joined Queen Square Medical Practice in May 2001 and became a partner … [continue] Dr Helen Connell

Dr Brandon John grew up in Manchester. He went to medical school in Sheffield, then came to Lancaster to do his GP training. He is a General Practitioner Trainer. Dr … [continue] Dr Brandon John

Dr Sam Moon joined the Practice in December 2012. He studied Medicine at the University of Birmingham and completed his General Practice training in the West Midlands. He spent five … [continue] Dr Sam Moon

Dr Haslam initially studied Acoustical Engineering in Southampton before training in medicine in London at Bart’s & The London Medical School. After working in Somerset, he completed his GP training … [continue] Dr Patrick Haslam

Dr Whitaker joined us as a Partner at the begining of August. Dr Whitaker has clinics at Queen Square and Caton Health Centre.

Dr Vare qualified in India and has been working in the UK since 2005. He has experience of working in various surgical specialities in Manchester. He completed his GP training … [continue] Dr Chaturvedi Vare

Dr Bath became a partner in the Practice in Dec 2020

Dr Whitaker became a partner in the Practice in April 2021

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 … [continue] Dr Fiona Stuart

Dr Bateman initially joined the practice in 1994 as a partner. Her interests whilst in the practice were in women’s health, and Family Planning. In 2008 Dr Bateman furthered her … [continue] Dr Alison Bateman

Dr Traynor grew up in Hull. She qualified in 2014 having trained in Liverpool. She has three young boys. She joined Queen Square Medical Practice in January 2018 as an … [continue] Dr Catherine Traynor

Dr Sam Moon joined the Practice in December 2012. He studied Medicine at the University of Birmingham and completed his General Practice training in the West Midlands. He spent five … [continue] Dr Sam Moon

Eleanor joined the Practice in January 2018.  She is a Registered Nurse with twenty years experience working in a variety of areas including Intensive Care, A&E, Palliative Care and Lancaster … [continue] Sister Eleanor Sowerby

Salma qualified as a Pharmacist in Egypt in 2004 and she has been working in the UK since 2012. Salma joined Queen Square in January 2021.  Due to the current … [continue] Salma Sadek

Yasmin grew up in Lancaster and qualified as a pharmacist from The University of Manchester in 2010. She then joined Boots as a Community Pharmacist where she worked for over 10 … [continue] Yasmin Thompson

Rebekah was born and bred in Lancashire.  She joined Queen Square in 2020 as a Paramedic Practitioner. Rebekah qualified as a Paramedic in 2010 and worked for North West Ambulance … [continue] Rebekah Gunn

Chris has been with the practice for many years and has a great deal of experience in all areas of general practice.  She is qualified to prescribe and can refer … [continue] Sister Christine Hudson

Nicola joined the practice in 2019 as a Practice Nurse and became Lead Practice Nurse in 2021. Prior to joining Queen Square Nicola worked in the community with the Long … [continue] Sister Nicola Hamblett

Cath joined the surgery as Lead Nurse at the beginning of May 2017. She studied nursing at Glasgow Royal Infirmary 1984 to 1987. She moved to Lancaster in 1987 and … [continue] Sister Catherine Jackson

Catherine joined the Practice officially in January 2013. Catherine has worked over four years in Practice Nursing and previously nine years in the Community as a Nurse Visitor for the … [continue] Sister Catherine Townsend

Lisa is a qualified Nurse with twenty years experience. For most of this time she worked as a District Nurse. She has a wide range of knowledge and skills particularly … [continue] Sister Lisa Waddington

David joined the practice in 2022 as a Practice Nurse. David started his career with local hospital RLI where he worked for few years in A&E, Stroke ward, Gastroenterology, Oncology, … [continue] David Fasina

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 … [continue] Mr Jonathan Whitford-Bartle

Janet joined the practice in October 2019. 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 … [continue] Mrs Janet Byrne

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 … [continue] Healthcare Assistants

The District Nursing Team provide nursing care and support to patients in their own homes when they are too ill to attend surgery. The team provides specialist nursing care as … [continue] District Nursing Team

Community Midwives provide antenatal care throughout pregnancy, during labour and after birth. They can be contacted on 01524 584130 or you can self refer at www.uhmb.nhs.uk/maternity.

The Long Term Conditions Team and Community Matron Team will work with those complex health and social care needs to prevent crisis and promote independence. The team will also provide … [continue] Long Term Conditions Team and Community Matron Team

The Health Visiting Team can advise on health care to all age groups but is mainly involved with mothers, babies and young children. Their work includes child health surveillance, childhood … [continue] Health Visiting Team