Seaford Medical Practice

Our Team

Doctors

Dr Shavetha Vasdev

M.B,B.S, MRCGP, DRCOG, PGCERT (Med Ed and Leadership)

GP Partner
Female

ON DUTY: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. I started my Registrar training at the Practice in 2012 and briefly worked in London before returning to Sussex. I have been a … [continue] Dr Shavetha Vasdev

Dr Matt Jackson

MB BS, BSc

GP Partner
Male

ON DUTY: Mondays and Tuesdays. I graduated from University College London in June 2000. I completed my postgraduate training at Seaford Medical Practice in August 2006. I have been working … [continue] Dr Matt Jackson

Dr Paul Aron

MBChB (hons) MRCGP DCH

GP Partner
Male

ON DUTY: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. I graduated from The University of Birmingham in 2003 and completed my GP training in London in 2009. I have a young family which … [continue] Dr Paul Aron

Dr Ian Cockburn

MBBS,DRCOG,MRCGP (London 2000)

GP Partner
Male

ON DUTY: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Having qualified at St. Bartholomew’s and working as a junior doctor in East London, I returned back home to Sussex. I live locally … [continue] Dr Ian Cockburn

Dr Serena de Clermont

BSc, MBBS, DRCOG, MRCGP

GP Partner
Female

ON DUTY: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. I qualified from St. George’s Hospital Medical School in 2005 and did my vocational training in Brighton. I joined the Practice in August … [continue] Dr Serena de Clermont

Dr Gordon le Roux

BMedSc (Hons) MBChB MSc DRCOG MRCGP (Birmingham 2005)

GP Partner
Male

ON DUTY: Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. I completed GP training in Shropshire in 2010 and went on to work both rurally and in London, before joining the Practice in 2017. … [continue] Dr Gordon le Roux

Dr Heather Tidbury

BSc,MBBS,DRCOG,MRCGP

GP Partner
Female

ON DUTY: Mondays and Wednesdays. I joined the Practice in April 2008 having been employed as a GP in Eastbourne for the previous four years. I live just outside Eastbourne … [continue] Dr Heather Tidbury

Dr Nicholas Pope

MB,ChB,MRCGP

Salaried GP
Male

ON DUTY:  Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. I qualified from the University of Bristol in 2002 and have worked in East Sussex since 2005. I joined the Practice in March … [continue] Dr Nicholas Pope

Dr Opemipo Imoukhuede

Salaried GP
Male

ON DUTY: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays   Having qualified from the Latin American College of Medicine in Havana Cuba , I started working as a junior doctor in Surrey and … [continue] Dr Opemipo Imoukhuede

Dr Sarah Richards


Female

SALARIED GP (commences 12th April 2023) Further information to follow.

Dr Rupert Hutchinson


Male

SALARIED GP (commenced January 2023). Further details to follow.

Acute Care Team

The Practice’s Acute Care Team is made up of highly skilled clinical professionals, including: Duty GP – the Duty GP will work with the team to lead and manage the urgent needs of patients. This will include telephone consultations and, where indicated, will arrange for a face to face appointment. Advanced Clinical Practitioners - come from a range of professional backgrounds such as nursing and paramedics. They assess, diagnose, plan, implement, prescribe and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis Paramedics – Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment and or interventions and care for patients within the clinical and domiciliary setting. Clinical Pharmacist – works with the team to provide important pharmaceutical input where medication is required.

Grant Barzdo


Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Paramedic Practitioner)

Anna Cave


Advanced Clinical Practitioner (nurse)

Vicky Donno


Advanced Clinical Practitioner (nurse)

Emma Richards


Paramedic

Kat Westlake


Paramedic

Treatment Room

We have a team of Practice Nurses and Healthcare Assistants who provide a range of nursing services, including wound care, management of long term conditions, vaccination and cervical cytology.

Christine Thomsett

EN,RGN. Day-to-day management of the nursing team. Diabetes and chronic disease management, well woman screening, anti-coagulation monitoring, ear micro suction, annual healthchecks for people with learning disabilities, respiratory condition monitoring

Clinical Nurse Manager

Alison Jones

EN / RGN Asthma, blood pressure, spirometry, minor Injuries, triage, wound dressings, respiratory condition monitoring, child & adult immunisations, travel, diabetes & chronic disease management, well woman screening

Sister

Vivienne Zeitlin

RGN Well woman screening, travel, adult & child immunisations, anti-coagulation monitoring, asthma, CHD management, ear micro suction

Sister

Leanne Crisp

Phlebotomy and supervised warfarin monitoring

Nurse Associate

Sarah Hoggarth

Practice Nurse

Beth Young

Practice Nurse

Yasmine Louati

Practice Nurse

Yas joined the Practice in May 2022 and has recently completed her Nursing Prescribing qualification.

Nic Gardener

Practice Nurse

Nic joined the Treatment Room team as a Practice Nurse in August 2023.

Isabella (Bella) Simpson

Practice Nurse

Bella joined the Practice  in July 2023 as a Practice Nurse.

Danielle Willetts

Practice Nurse
Female

Marisa Tavares Galveias

Phlebotomist
Female

Carrie-Anne

Phlebotomist Receptionist

Pam

Phlebotomist Receptionist

Healthcare Assistants

Karen Comelio

Wound care & leg ulcer management, contraception monitoring, ear care, CHD / stroke / TIA management

Health Care Assistant

Wayne Farrington

Health Care Assistant

Debbie Verrall

Wound care, leg ulcer care, dopplering, compression hosiery & bandaging

Wound Care Assistant

Anita Jevans

Phlebotomy (Over 16s)

Health Care Assistant / Phlebotomist
Female

Diane Langley

Weight loss management, phlebotomy, blood pressure monitoring, ECG's, dopplex assessment, 24 hour blood pressure moniroing

Health Care Assistant

Social Prescriber Link Worker

In January 2023, NHS England introduced a new Social Prescribing National Framework which is a key component of Universal Personalised Care. This approach connects people to activities, groups, and services in their community to meet the practical, social and emotional needs that affect their health and wellbeing. Social prescribing link workers give people time, focusing on ‘what matters to me?’ to coproduce a simple personalised care and support plan, and support people to take control of their health and wellbeing. Social prescribing also support existing community groups to be accessible and sustainable, and help people to start new groups, working collaboratively with all local partners. Social prescribing is an all-age, whole population approach that works particularly well for people who: • have one or more long term conditions • need support with low level mental health issues • are lonely or isolated • have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

Grainne O’Kill

Social Prescriber Link Worker

Grainne joined the Practice in September 2023.

Management Team

Angela Paice

Business Manager

Lorraine Downey

Practice Operations Manager

Ian Carter

IT Manager

Paul Colburn

Reception Manager

Sue Curtis

Workflow Transformation Manager

Teirney Fraser

Systems and Governance Manager

Nic Hone

PCN Transformation Manager

Christine Scott

Finance Manager

Clinical Pharmacist

Grant Turner

Clinical Pharmacist Manager

I am the Practice based Clinical Pharmacist. I have been in post since June 2023 as part of the pharmacy team. Previously, I have worked in community pharmacy for 20 … [continue] Grant Turner

Debbie Chadwick

Pharmacy Technician

I have worked as a pharmacy technician in a variety of roles for over 18 years and I have been covering Seaford medical practice since Sep-21. I joined Seaford Medical … [continue] Debbie Chadwick

Prescribing Team

Our Prescribing team organise all repeat prescriptions required. Please see our Repeat Prescription page for further details.

Grant Turner

Clinical Pharmacist Manager

I am the Practice based Clinical Pharmacist. I have been in post since June 2023 as part of the pharmacy team. Previously, I have worked in community pharmacy for 20 … [continue] Grant Turner

Debbie Chadwick

Pharmacy Technician

I have worked as a pharmacy technician in a variety of roles for over 18 years and I have been covering Seaford medical practice since Sep-21. I joined Seaford Medical … [continue] Debbie Chadwick

Care Co-Ordinators

Care co-ordinators help to co-ordinate and navigate care across the health and care system, helping people make the right connections, with the right teams at the right time

Ka Wai Tang

Care Co-Ordinator

Mandy Aylett

Care Co-Ordinator

Reception

This is the key part of our Practice, where patients will have their first contact, either in person, by phone or via online platforms. Our Reception team are highly trained to ensure patients are looked after and ensure they are sign-posted to the most correct part of the Practice to ensure their health needs are taken care of.

Paul Colburn

Reception Manager

Kelly Bell

Assistant Reception Manager

Louise Mason

Assistant Reception Manager

Carrie-Anne

Phlebotomist Receptionist

Pam

Phlebotomist Receptionist