Meet the team
Newbridge Surgery is made up of a range of healthcare professionals who help you with your health needs.
Our friendly and helpful team are here to help you manage your health and wellbeing, and make sure you have access to healthcare services in the local area.
Meet our team below.
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Nursing team
Melody Perea
Healthcare Assistant
Support staff
Ruth Elms
Practice Manager, CQC Registered Manager
Liza Clarke
Operations Manager
Rachel Richards
Data and Facilities Co-ordinator
Andrea Collins
Lead Medical Administrator
Anita, Archie, Ashley, Emily, Jane, Maisy, Rhi
Medical Administrators
Read more about Anita, Archie, Ashley, Emily, Jane, Maisy, Rhi
Our medical administrators work behind the scenes and at the front desk to ensure that the practice runs efficiently and provides the best possible patient experience.
Lucy Hitchcock
Minerva PCN Manager
Allied Health Professionals
Ed Gilding
Physiotherapist Practitioner
Read more about Ed Gilding
Ed works at Newbridge. He sees patients 12 and above who have spoken to a GP first.
He mainly does face-to-face appointments but will do telephone assessments if requested by the patient.
He will provide a physical examination, rehab support/advice, exercises and hands-on treatment if appropriate.
Fiona James
Clinical Pharmasist
Clare James
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Read more about Clare James
I graduated from Aston University in Birmingham and registered as a pharmacist in 1990. Since then I have worked at hospitals in Leeds, Derby and Brighton. I moved to Bath in 2006 and have been working with the NHS BaNES clinical commissioning group as a prescribing adviser supporting GPs with optimising medicines. In 2017 I qualified as an Independent Prescriber and now work for all 4 practices in the Minerva health group with a focus on complex prescribing and older people.
Vivianna Tse
Clinical Pharmacist
Read more about Vivianna Tse
I graduated from the University of Bath and qualified as a pharmacist in 2015. I started my pharmacy career in Boots and became a store based pharmacist in Bristol for 3 years. In 2019, I became a care home pharmacist in North Somerset as part of the NHS pilot scheme – Medicines optimisation in care homes (MOCH) project . I have an interest in frailty/ the care of older people. I completed my independent prescribing course as part of my clinical diploma and qualified in March this year.
Rachel Lock
Clinical Pharmacist
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You can book an appointment online to see your GP or one of our nurses.