Our Team
GP Partners
Dr Ross Anderson
GP Partner
I have been a GP Partner at Court Thorn Surgery since 2017 and thoroughly enjoy working here as a rural GP. Originally from Cheshire, I went to medical school inDr Ross Anderson[continue]
Dr Maria O’Hare
GP Partner
Having worked at Court Thorn as Dr Grainger’s first GP Registrar, I jumped at the opportunity to join as a Partner at the beginning of September 2017. I knew fromDr Maria O’Hare[continue]
Nursing team
Elaine Clarkson
Practice Nurse
Alison Chapman
Practice Nurse
Leanne Ridley
Nurse
Nicola White
Nurse Associate
I am from Penrith, where I still live and am married with 2 children. When I joined the practice I had previously worked at both Carlisle and Penrith Hospitals .Nicola White[continue]
Rachel Walker
Nurse Associate
I’m a married mum of 1 girl and I have lived in Durdar for 14 years. Before joining Court Thorn, I was a Health Care Assistant at Brampton for 5Rachel Walker[continue]
Practice management
Craig Lapka
Business Manager
Craig Lapka is Court Thorn’s Business Manager, Craig joins us from a career of over 25 years in banking however he isn’t completely new to GP Practice having spent manyCraig Lapka[continue]
Leanne Bell
Assistant Business Manager
Dispensary team
Grahame Young
Dispensary Manager / Pharmacist
Polly Tomlin
Dispenser
Alanis Brown
Dispenser
Donna Jardine
Dispenser
Dorothy Jackson
Dispenser
Imogen Starkey
Dispensary Assistant
Practice staff
Hannah Saunders
Medical Secretary
Hannah Graham
Medical Secretary
Sharron Williamson
Care Co-ordinator
Niamh Hughes
Care Co-ordinator/GP Assistant
Tracey Tedham
Care Co-ordinator
Rosie Wardlow
Care Co-ordinator
Chloe Pilmer
Care Co-ordinator
Nicola King
GP Assistant
Nicola has been with the Court Thorn team since Feb 2024 after 30 years of working in Dentistry. During Covid Nicola used her knowledge and clinical skills to retrain asNicola King[continue]

