MB BS MRCGP PGCE Registered London 1999

I qualified from St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London, in 1998. I then worked at various hospitals in the South of England before completing my GP training in Dorchester.

I joined Puddletown Surgery in 2004 and became a GP Trainer in 2012.

Like many others I enjoy travelling to  far flung places around the world, and have previously worked in Namibia as an expedition doctor.

I am also a member of Festival Medical Services and have enjoyed being part of the team providing medical cover at Glastonbury since 2003. 

I thoroughly enjoy working in Puddletown Surgery, where our aim is to offer a friendly and convenient service for all our patients.

BM MRCGP DRCOG

After finishing at Southampton University in 2001 I moved to Dorchester and worked in the hospital, first doing house jobs and then GP training. 

I finished my GP training at Maiden Newton and Beaminster Surgeries in 2006. Since then I have been gaining experience working all over the county as a locum GP.

Outside of work I live with my wife, who is also a GP, our two sons and cat in the Piddle Valley.

Together with my wife I love walking, particularly around our beautiful countryside, and in more mountainous areas such as the Alps. Travelling is also a passion and I have travelled extensively in North America, South- East Asia and Africa.

MBBS BSc (Hons) DRCOG Registered 2001

Dr Julia Griffiths qualified from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1997, where she also did an intercalated degree in Molecular Medicine. 

She obtained the Diploma from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists whilst working as GP registrar at the Cornwall road medical Practice in Dorchester. 

She completed her GP training in 2001 then spent 2 years working as a medical officer at the Joseph Weld Hospice in Dorchester. Julia has enjoyed working in General Practice in Dorset since then, as a salaried GP and also as a GP locum. 

She has maintained an interest in Palliative Care and Women's Health over that time. Julia's husband is a GP in Dorchester and they live locally with their two sons and assorted pets!

Our team of Nurses provide a full range of nursing services both at home and in the surgery:

• Dressings, wound assessments and bandaging techniques
• Diabetes checks
• Asthma/COPD checks
• Routine health checks
• Cervical Smears
• Smokestop
• Child Immunisations
• Travel Immunisations
• Post-operative care including stitch/clip removal
• Palliative Care
• Prescribed injections
• Continence advice
• Health promotion and lifestyle advice/referral

Nurse Team Lead

Our Healthcare assistant supports the Primary Care nurses with their daily work and 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. They can also visits patients at home to undertake routine procedures.

Senior Administrator

The Senior Administrator helps the practice manager with finance and other administration roles

Reception Team

The reception Team forms the hub around which the rest of the surgery revolves. They are here to meet and greet patients, their relatives, health professionals and visitors to the surgery. They handle all incoming telephone calls, taking messages for doctors, nurses, Health Visitor, other Health Care Professionals and practice manager.

They respond to requests for test results, surgery appointments, visits from the doctors, follow-up of outpatient appointments at the hospital, and are able to give general advice.

The support they provide to the whole team is critical to the smooth running of the surgery and their pleasant, co-operative and kind disposition is appreciated by staff and patients alike.

Admin Team lead and Practice Secretary

Rachel offers support, advice and a listening ear to you and your family. Areas she can help with include...

• parenting
• post-natal depression
• sleep
• behaviour management
• breastfeeding
• weaning/feeding
• and, with you, assessing your child’s development.

Our CAB adviser, Gill King, is available every Tuesday morning to see clients either in the Surgery or at a Home Visit for those not able to get into the Surgery. Telephone reception for an appointment.  The Citizens Advice service provides free, confidential and independent advice to help people resolve problems with their: 

• debt
• benefits
• housing
• legal issues
• discrimination
• employment
• immigration
• consumer, money and other problems

The Dispensary team have all gained experience in different sectors of the NHS and pharmaceutical industry.

The Dispensary issues nearly 8,000 items per month (which translates to 1,800 per week and 360 a day).  3,000 prescriptions are processed and sent to the Prescription Pricing Authority for payment each month. On average only 10% of patients pay any charges.

The Dispensary has two drug deliveries a day and any items out of stock can normally be obtained within 48 hours.

The Dispensary team offer an efficient, safe, friendly and confidential service, giving advice and help to patients and maintaining high standards of practice.

Dispensary manager

I qualified as a dispenser in 1992, so have many years of experience.

I joined the Dispensary team in April 2012.

Dispensary trainee