Doctors

Partners

Dr Karen A Jones (f)
Senior Partner

MB BCh 1988 (Cardiff), MRCGP DCH, Medical Officer University Of Glamorgan, Diploma in Occupational Medicine

Special Interests: Gynaecology, IUD, Asthma, Child Health, Minor Surgery, Acupuncture

Languages: English

Dr Andrew D Blair (m)
Partner

MB BCh 1987 (Manchester) MRCGP DRCOG

Special Interests: Diabetes, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Asthma, Minor Surgery, Vasectomy, Joint Injections, GP Training, Undergraduate Teaching

Languages: English

Dr Paul S Colquhoun (m)
Partner

MB BS 1992 (London) FRCS DRCOG MRCGP

Special Interests: Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, Minor Surgery, Joint Injections, Vasectomy, GP Training

Languages: English

Dr Rebecca Rowlands (f)
Partner

MB BCh 2002 MRCGP (Merit) DRCOG DFSRH - joined us in 2007 as a Salaried GP and became a Partner in October 2010

Special Interests: Mental Health, Family Planning, Gynaecology, IUD, Undergraduate Teaching, Minor Surgery

Languages: English

Dr Thomas S Hodges-Hoyland (m)
Partner

MB ChB 2003 (Birmingham) MRCGP DFSRH, Certificate in Child Health Surveillance, Diabetes Diploma - joined us in 2008 as a Salaried GP and became a partner in December 2011

Special Interests: Diabetes, Family Planning, Contraceptive Implants (Nexplanon), Child Health

Languages: English

Dr Edward Pritchard-Rowlands (m)
Partner

MB BCh, MRCGP

Special Interests: Joint Injections, Minor Surgery, Dermatology

Languages: English, Welsh

Dr Esther Lomas (f)
Partner

MB BCh (Wales) MRCGP BSc (Hons) DRCOG DCH DFFP MSc

Special interests: Women’s Health, Sexual Health, Paediatrics

Languages: English

Salaried GP's

Dr Ai Lean Ko (f)
Salaried GP

Qualifications: MBChB MRGP MRCGP DFFP

Special interest:  All specialities

Languages:  English and Hokkien

Dr Emma Hall (f)
Salaried GP

Qualifications: MBChB 1995 (Edinburgh) MRCP MRCGP DFFP DCCH MsC (Public Health)

Special Interests: Mental Health, Child Health

Languages: English

Dr Emma Matthews (f)
Salaried GP

Qualifications: MBBCh, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH

Special interests: Sexual and reproductive health, ENT and palliative care

Languages: English and Welsh

Dr David Williams (m)
Salaried GP

Qualifications: MBBCh Cardiff 2010

Special Interests: Respiratory, Palliative Medicine

Languages: English

Registrars

Dr Catherine Handley (f)
GP Registrar

Qualifications:   MBBCh Cardiff 2012

Special Interests:  Child Health, ENT

Languages:  English

Dr Mari Thomas (f)
GP Registrar

Qualifications:  MBBCh Cardiff 2010

Special Interests:  Emergency care & endocrine medicine

Languages:  Welsh/English

Dr Paul O'Connell (m)
GP Registrar

Qualifications:  MBBCh 2015 Swansea Medical School

Languages:  English

Pharmacists

Mrs Elly Thomas (f)
Partner

BSc (Hons) in Pharmacy (University of Manchester), MRPharmS Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, Diploma in Therapeutics, Supplementary Prescribing, Independent Prescribing, Certificate in Substance Misuse.

Special Interests: Therapeutics in long term conditions, anti-coagulation and substance misuse. 

The role of the Pharmacist is to provide mentorship and medicine management support to the Practice.

Mr Daniel Hay (m)
Practice Pharmacist

MPharm (Hons) in Pharmacy (Cardiff University), Clinical Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, Independent Prescribing.

Special Interests: Anti-coagulants and Respiratory.

Languages:  English and Welsh.

The role of the Pharmacist is to provide mentorship and medicine management support to the Practice.

Nurses

Sister Jenny Reynolds (f)

Qualifications: RGN, BSC Community Health Studies Specialist Practitioner and Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber, Diploma in Clinical Effectiveness, Diploma in Nurse Management, Marie Curie Cervical Screening and Breast Awareness, Diploma in Family Planning in Clinical Practice, Diploma in Diabetes Management.

Special Interests: Family Planning, Health Promotion, Women’s Health, Wound Management, Hypertension, Travel Health and Diabetes.

Languages: English.

Sister Rachel Jones (f)

Qualifications: RGN, BSc Community Health Studies, Specialist Practitioner and Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber, Diploma in Respiratory Health, Diploma in Wound Healing, Cervical Screening and Breast Awareness, Diploma in Respiratory Management.

Special Interests: Respiratory Disease, Childhood Immunisation, Travel Health, Wound Healing, Contraception, Sexual Health.

Languages: English, Welsh.

Sister Fiona Jenkins (f)

Qualifications: RGN, BSc (Hons) Clinical Practice. Maintaining Respiratory Health degree module.

Full Certificate in ARTP - spirometry.  Completed Diploma in Diabetes.

Special interests: INR and anticoagulation management, Respiratory disease, Contraception, Cervical screening, Childhood Imms, Wound care.

Languages: English.

Sister Sarah Morgan (f)

Qualifications: First-class honours from University of South Wales in Adult Nursing.

Special Interests:  Sexual health, diabetes management.

Languages:   English.

Anita Cornish (f)

Qualifications: Accredited Phlebotomist (RGH). City & Guilds (NVQ 3) in Primary Care.  Research Co-ordinator.

Special Interests: Duties include taking bloods, urine testing, BP recording, ECG and spirometry recording. All results and readings are interpreted by the clinician requesting the test. Diabetic foot checks and removal of stitches/sutures, simple dressings. Aesthetics, Immunisations (Flu, Fluenz, Pneumovax, B12), Research Co-ordinator.

Languages: English.

Cheryl Benson (f)

Qualifications:  Accredited Phlebotomist (UHW). City & Guilds (NVQ 3) in Health & Social Care.

Special Interests: Phlebotomy; Wound care, suture/staple removal; Aseptic technique to assist in theatre; ECG; Urine dip; Spirometry training; Blood pressure readings.

Languages: English.

Katherine Pritchard (f)

Qualifications: Accredited Phlebotomist (RGH).  Agored Cymru Level 3 Certificate (underway, awaiting certificate).

Special interests: Phlebotomy; ECG; Urine dip; Spirometry training; Aseptic technique to assist in theatre; Blood pressure readings; immunisations (Flu, Fluenz); B12 injections; diabetic foot checks.

Languages: English.

Helen Hanks (f)

Qualifications: Accredited Phlebotomist (UHW).

Special interests: Phlebotomy.

Languages: English.

Practice Management

Gareth George
Practice Business Manager

Gareth joined the practice in November 2019. He heads up the business side of the practice, and is responsible for implementing Practice policy, the performance of Practice Staff and the efficient deployment of all Practice Resources.

Sarah Powell
Operational Manager

Sarah is responsible for the efficient day-to-day operational management of the surgery.

Administration

A team of administrative support for the practice, thereby releasing reception staff and clinical personnel to devote their time to patients.

Reception

The reception staff will treat you in a friendly, courteous manner and do all they can to help you. An area has been set aside at reception to enable conversations to take place in private. Please advise the receptionist if you wish to take advantage of this facility.

Data Barring Service - all staff at the practice have been vetted by the DBS.

Community Midwives

Midwives

A team of midwives support the doctors in providing antenatal care.

Please Note: From August 2018, the Midwives will be based at Pontypridd Health Centre.

Community Nurses

District Nurses

A team of staff nurses and a nursing auxiliary led by Nursing Sister Jane Hooper (a nurse prescriber), provide nursing support at home.

Health Visitors

A team of three: Karen Harvey, Bethan John and Carys Lear, provide child health care, health promotion and child protection via home/school visits and clinics at the Practice to the under five year olds.

We provide the Healthy Child Wales Programme from late pregnancy to 5 years which includes vaccination schedule at Child Health Clinic and monitoring a child's growth and development milestone via a home visiting service.

Health Visitors and Nursery Nurse team work with young families through times of difficulty and sometimes safeguarding problems and offer support with behaviour and development concerns.  Health visitors support parents to identify and develop family resilience.