Practice Team

Doctors

DR ANDREW VANCE

Senior Partner

DR ZUBAIR AHMAD

Partner

Dr. Zubair Ahmad is currently a General Practitioner (GP) and GP trainer at RCFP. With over 25 years of experience within the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, Dr. Ahmad is deeply committed to passionate patient care and medical education. For more than 17 years, he has been actively involved in teaching and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is an accredited GP trainer from Health Education England and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in General Practice Education from Manchester University. In 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Recently, Dr. Ahmad has taken on the esteemed role of Head of GP Education at the RCGP North West Faculty. Dr. Ahmad is frequently invited to speak at educational and clinical events both nationally and internationally. He holds faculty positions at two international medical universities in Malaysia and the UAE. His accolades include the APPS 'GP of the Year' award in the UK (2013), nominations for the 'Pride of Oldham' award (2005), 'Asian Professional of the Year' award (2016, UK), and the "Asian Business Leader Award" (2018/19, GMUK), for which he was also a runner-up in 2020. Dr. Ahmad has appeared on various TV and radio channels, including the BBC, Ummah Channel of Europe, and Hidayat Channel of the UK. In addition to his professional achievements, Dr. Ahmad is actively involved in charitable work. He has served on the board of the International Foundation of Mother and Child Health (IFMCH), a UK-based charity, for six years, helping to raise over £400,000 to build a free hospital in Pakistan. He was also a trustee of the British Ethnic Health Awareness Trust, a UK charity focused on health awareness campaigns among the BAME population. Dr. Ahmad founded the ABMA Foundation, which provided free courses for overseas doctors and medical students to help them advance in their careers. In 2019, he organized a medical camp and teaching program at the Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh with a UK based charity ‘Doctors Worldwide’ operating under the UNHCR project and the United Nations. Dr. Ahmad is an avid cricket fan and is married with two grown-up sons.

DR SALIM MOHAMMAD

Partner

DR KIRTI KOHLI

Partner

DR JOEL CHATTERJEE

Salaried GP

DR AHMED AZIZ SIDDIQUI

Salaried GP

DR ABBIE GREGORY

Salaried GP

DR AZEEZ AKINADE

Salaried GP

DR EKENE NWEKE

Salaried GP

DR SHAZIYAH ALI

Salaried GP

DR TAHER EDEL

Salaried GP

DR SHAZIA SHAFI

Salaried GP

DR MICHAEL BEARD

Long Term Locum GP

Doctors In Training

We have a number of Foundation Year Doctors (F2s) doctors who come for 4 months rotations as part of their training. We also have GP trainees who come for 6-12 months as part of their final GP training. From time to time we will also have medical students. All are closely supervised by our GPs. Royton and Crompton Family Practice is an Accredited Teaching Practice. Having attained the required quality standards set by the Department of Postgraduate GP Education we are permitted to teach medical students and qualified doctors undergoing further training (FY2 doctors and GP Registrars). PLEASE NOTE: All trainees within the practice are supervised by senior clinicians. You may be offered an appointment with a trainee, you will be informed of this when you are contacted for an appointment.

Pharmacy Team

Clinical pharmacists work as part of the general practice team to resolve day-to-day medicine issues and consult with and treat patients directly. This includes providing extra help to manage long-term conditions, advice for those on multiple medications and better access to health checks. Having a clinical pharmacist in GP practices means GPs can focus their skills where they are most needed, for example on diagnosing and treating patients with complex conditions. This helps GPs manage the demands on their time. Our senior clinical pharmacist is supported by prescribing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

NICHOLAS MILAI

Senior Pharmacist

ZABIR HUSSAIN

Pharmacist

Nurse Practitioners

Within our on the Day Team, we have Nurse Practitioners working alongside the GPs assessing and managing acute presentations that require urgent attention. The Nurse Practitioners are registered nurses and have undertaken advanced training to work autonomously and prescribe medication.

KATHRYN ASH

Nurse Practitioner

TAMMY COOKE

Nurse Practitioner

My name is Tammy, I currently work as a clinical practitioner and have done this role for the last 8 years, I have been nursing for 25 years and before this i served 5 years in The Royal Navy. The military has been a big part of my family over the last 50 years, serving both in the Army and The Royal Navy, from 5 years to 25 years. Being a veteran champion is an important and meaningful role to me and I hope we as a GP Practice can be of help and support to all our Military Veterans

Practice Nurses

Our Team of practice nurses are available for routine appointments, Monday to Friday. They carry out a wide range of services such as vaccinations, cervical smears annual reviews and other health reviews.

LISA SNOWDEN

Senior Practice Nurse

HEATHER CASEY

Practice Nurse

DIANE FOX

Locum Practice Nurse

HUMAIRA AHMED

Locum Practice Nurse

LISA GOSLING

Trainee Practice Nurse

ANN JONES

Trainee Practice Nurse

Healthcare Assistants

Our healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work are available for routine and some evening appointments, Monday to Friday. They carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

ALISON SEALEY

Senior Health Care Assistant

KAREN MOLLOY

Health Care Assistant

HANNAH MCCLEAN

Health Care Assistant

AIDEN TAYLOR-DICKINSON

Health Care Assistant

Additional Clinical Roles

JAMES STANTON

First Contact Practitioner

ROSS MITCHELL

First Contact Practitioner

CHRIS HOLLOWAY

First Contact Practitioner

NATALIA JAMES

Physician Associate

Practice Management

CATH CENCI

Practice Manager

DONNA REECE

Operations Manager

JULIE MALONEY

Office Manager

RUTH HICKLIN

HR Manager

DONNA MOORES

Administration Manager

CLAIRE ORRISS

Systems Manager

Patient Liason Advisor, Finance, IT Team

The team supports the smooth running of the practice and day to day operations.

Reception Team

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query and dealing with booking or changing appointments. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses.

Administration Team

The administration team covers a variety of support for the practice, including secretaries who deal with sending off GP referrals and typing letters to patients and other clinicians, Prescription Team who process all of the incoming prescription requests and Prescription queries, Recall Team who ensure that patients come in for their routine checks on time and have bloods taken regularly when needed and ensure all specified patients are correctly invited for annual flu vaccinations and other immunisations when needed and also run many searches and audits. Our Coding Team ensure process patient letters coming into the practice. They all provide general day to day support the practice.
Page last reviewed: 22 August 2025
Page created: 28 June 2024