Meet the Team

Doctors

Dr Tim Baker

GP

BMedSci (Hons) BMBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH, Diploma in Sports & Exercise Medicine

Male
Dr Baker graduated from The University of Nottingham in 1996 and has been a Partner at Cripps Health Centre since 2001. 

He is interested in sport and exercise medicine, minor surgery, lung disease and acupuncture and has also spent time working with Nottingham’s Alcohol and Drug Team.

He is also involved with St John Ambulance as County Medical Officer for Nottinghamshire.

Dr Clare Manktelow

GP

MB BS, MRCPCH, MRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG

Female
Dr Manktelow qualified at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1992, initially training in Anaesthetics and then in Paediatrics. She completed her General Practice training in 1999 and joined the Partnership at Cripps in 2001.

She has a special interest in dermatology.

Dr Abigail Walton

GP

BMedSci, BMBS, DCH, DRCOG, MRCGP, DFFP

Female
Dr Walton graduated from Nottingham University in 1998 and completed her GP training in Derby. She has worked as a GP in Nottingham and in Melbourne, Australia before joining Cripps in 2012.

Dr Matthew Litchfield

GP

B Med Sci, BM Bs, MRCGP, DRCOG, Diploma in Sports & Exercise Medicine

Male
Dr Litchfield graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2003. After a spell working in A&E he then completed his GP training in Nottingham. He joined Cripps Health Centre in 2014.

He enjoys the wide range of conditions seen in general practice, but has an interests in Sports and Exercise Medicine.

Dr Simon Royal

GP

BMedSci, BMBS (Nottingham 1994), MPH, MRCGP, DCH

Male
Dr Royal joined the practice in 2006 having previously worked in the Division of Primary Care at the University of Nottingham.

He is interested in all aspects of health promotion and disease prevention and leads the practice in clinical research.

He also works for the National Institute for Health Research as a Primary Care Clinical Specialty Lead.

Dr Owen Hughes

GP

MChem (Oxon), BMBS (Nottingham 2016), DipTH (LSTM), MRCGP

Male
Dr Hughes qualified from The University of Nottingham in 2016 and completed his GP training in Nottingham.

Dr Hughes previously worked in drug discovery research, having completed a Masters degree in Chemistry at the University of  Oxford in 2004.

He supports Dr Royal with clinical research activities at the practice.

Dr Hughes enjoys the variety of conditions seen in General Practice, and has interests in travel medicine and palliative care.

Dr Haneen Ali

GP

MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, PGDip Derm

Female
Dr Ali graduated from Leicester Medical School in 2009 and completed GP training in 2014. She has lived and worked in Nottingham City since 2015.

She enjoys managing the wide variety of health problems seen within general practice but she has a special interest in dermatology and women’s health.

Dr Sarah Armitage

GP

BA (Hons), MB BChir, MRCPCH, MRCGP

Female
Dr Armitage joined the practice as a salaried GP in 2018. She graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2009.

She initially trained in paediatric medicine and then undertook GP training in Oxford.

She has a special interest in children and young people’s health.

Dr Sarah-Louise Hamlyn

GP

BSc Neuroscience, MBCHB, DFSRH, DRCOG, MRCGP, PGMEC

Female
Dr Hamlyn qualified from the University of Edinburgh in 2008.

After a couple of years spent working abroad, in A&E in Australia and as a trainee GP in New Zealand, she completed her GP training in Lincoln in 2015.

Her clinical interests include contraception and sexual health. She is qualified in performing minor surgery, coils and implants. She teaches medical students at the university and is qualified as a GP trainer.

Dr Puja Nanda

GP

MRCGP, DRCOG, DFRSH, MBChB

Female
Dr Nanda graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2005.

She trained in Obstetrics and Gynaecology for 4 years, before changing to a career in General Practice.

She completed her GP training in 2014 and joined Cripps Health Centre in 2014.

She is interested in Womens’ Health and contraception.

Dr Anna Swain

GP

MBBS ( Newcastle 1998), MRCGP

Female
After qualification Dr Swain spent a year working in Australia before returning to Newcastle to start training in Anaesthesia.

After three years she relocated to her home town of Nottingham and decided to change direction in her career and qualified as a GP in 2005.
 
Her special interests are diabetes, lifestyle medicine and wellness coaching. 

Dr Clare Veltman

GP

BMedSci (Hons), BMBS (Nottingham 1994), MRCP, MRCGP, DFSRH

Female
Dr Clare Veltman qualified as a doctor from Nottingham University then spent a year working in New Zealand.

She returned to Nottingham to train further in medicine, before deciding she would be better suited as a GP.

She worked as a GP in south Derbyshire for 15 years before joining Cripps in 2017.

She has a special interest in women’s health, contraception and sexual health.

Dr Zarina Beg

GP

MRCGP, BMedSci, MBChB, RCGP

Female
Dr Beg qualified from Kings College London School of Medicine in 2009 and completed her GP training in London in 2015.

She has interests in medical education, lifestyle medicine and health coaching.

Dr Katherine Metcalfe

GP

Female

Dr James Cottee

GP

Male

Dr Orla McLaughlin

GP

Female

Dr Shalini Nayak

GP

Female

Dr Catherine Cheesman

GP

Female

Dr Bettina Bottcher

GP

Female

Dr Rashmi Dahal

GP

Female

Nursing Team

Sue Belton

Senior Healthcare Team Manager

Female

Sarah Poole

Deputy Nurse Manager
Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Female

Jakki Moon

Deputy Nurse Manager
Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Female

Amy Hart

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Female

Annmarie Swallow

Practice Nurse

Female

Caroline Pates

Advance Nurse Practitioner

Female

Carmel McCarthy

Practice Nurse

Female

Danielle Siberry

Practice Nurse

Female

Emma Kirton

Nurse Practitioner

Female

Melissa Shillito

Practice Nurse

Female

Sharon Clarke

RGN

Female

Healthcare Team

Jane Nice

Senior General Practice Assistant

Tracey Williams

General Practice Assistant

Victoria Thornhill-Smith

Healthcare Assistant

Becca Hollingsworth

Phlebotomist

Clinical Pharmacists 

Aliah Wadud

Clinical Pharmacist

Isobel Kaushal

Clinical Pharmacist

Rajan Hari

Clinical Pharmacist

Mental Health Team

Stuart Keeling

Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Steven Hall

PCN Mental Health Practitioner 

Health & Wellbeing Team

Sally Cuthbert

Senior Occupational Therapist

Laura Slinger

Occupational Therapist 

Annabel Ogilvie

Social Prescriber

Practice Team

Daniel Hammersley

Chief Operating Officer

Hayley Bembridge

Practice Manager 

Lyndsay Evans

Care Navigator Manager

Jenny Baxter

Admin Manager 

Research Team

Jenny Salmon

Senior Research Nurse

Stacey Wood

Research Nurse

Ellie Cooper

Research Nurse