Eastwood Primary Care Centre sits at the heart of the community. We are proud to be rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and for the contribution we make to healthcare locally.
We have a great team who offer a high quality and caring service to our patients. We are pleased to also offer regular joint injection clinics, contraceptive coil and implant clinics and pessary changes.
Our team of clinicians consist of General Practitioners (GPs), Clinical Pharmacists, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Healthcare Assistants, Mental Health workers and Phlebotomists who work closely with our management and administrative team to deliver high quality care to you and your family. Further information on local healthcare can be found on the the NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board website including roles in primary care.
Eastwood Primary Care Centre is a GP training practice, involved in the training of doctors who wish to become GPs. They are qualified doctors on a Postgraduate Training Programme. Patients seeing these doctors may be asked for consent for the consultation to be videoed. This is part of the doctors’ training and is only used for teaching and training purposes.
Our team is exceptionally motivated and contribute to the wider health of Nottinghamshire and work with the GP Federations, Primary Care Networks, Community Gynaecology Service and Nottingham Medical School.
Doctors
Dr Paul Scullard (m)
BMedSci (Nottingham) BM BS MRCGP DCH DRCOG 2005
About
Dr Paul Scullard is the Clinical Lead for Cardiovascular Primary Prevention and Prescribing.
Dr Scullard is also the Clinical Pharmacist Lead and Lead in Education, along with Dr Mark Dickson.
Dr Scullard is Clinical Lead for the Primary Care Network in the North of Broxtowe covering Eastwood, Kimberley, Giltbrook and Newthorpe.
Dr Hersad M Vaghela (m)
MBBS (London) 1997 MRCS 2001 MRCGP MRCSEd BSc DLO DRCOG DFSRH
About
Dr Vaghela is the Clinical Lead for Minor Surgery, Hypothyroidism, Rheumatology, Quality Outcomes Framework, Summarising and Recalls.
Dr Vaghela also carries out joint injection treatments at the practice.
Dr Beth Homer (f)
BMBS 2008 (Nottingham) BMedSci, DRCOG, MRCGP, PC Cert Clinical Education
About
I am the Clinical Lead for Safeguarding, Prevent, Respiratory, Stroke, Epilepsy, Neurology, Dementia and Screening. I am the GP Nursing Lead and involved in training GP Registrars as a GP Trainer.”
Dr Syed Zaidi (m)
MB BS 2004 (Karachi)
Aug 2008
About
Dr Zaidi is the Clinical Lead for Atrial Fibrillation, Chronic Kidney Disease, Frailty and Osteoporosis.
Dr Summer Scullard (f)
BM BS 2005 (Nottingham)
About
Dr Summer Scullard is the Clinical Lead for Sepsis at the practice.
Dr Scullard is also an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teaches at the University of Nottingham Medical School.
Dr Sophie H Walker (f)
BMBS 2014 (Nottingham) (Hons), BMedSci, MRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG
About
Dr Caroline Norris (f)
BMBS 2016 (Hons) (Nottingham), BMedSci, MRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG
About
Dr Laura Campbell (f)
BM BS (Nottingham) 2016 MRCGP BMedSci
About
Dr Campbell
Dr Sarah Hamer (f)
MA(Oxon), BM BS(Hons) (Nottingham), MRCP, MRCGP, DFSRH, PC Cert Clinical Education
About
Dr Dr Hamer has particular interests in women’s health and skin diseases and provides coil and implant fits/removals for family planning.
Dr Hamer is involved in training GP Registrars as a GP Trainer.
Dr Amy White (f)
Medicine and Surgery MBChB (Leeds) 2013, MRCGP (Nottingham) 2023, Sport and Exercise Sciences BSc (Leeds) 2004
About
I also carry out steroid joint injections.”
Dr Lauren Taylor (f)
BMBS 2014 (Hons) (Nottingham), BMedSci, MRCGP (2020)
About
In addition to her role at Eastwood, Lauren also works for the local workforce retention scheme and has interests in staff and patient wellbeing.
Louise Lee (f)
Paramedic
Nursing Staff
Nurses
Nurse Kelly Philips (f)
Joint Clinical Lead Practice Nurse and Infection Control Lead.
Nurse Stacey Atkins (f)
Joint Clinical Lead Practice Nurse and Safeguarding Lead
Nurse Susan Davey (f)
Diabetic Specialist Nurse
Nurse Cynthia Casimir (f)
Nurse Claire Blake (f)
Nursing Associates
Hayley Pritchett (f)
About
Amy is a qualified Nursing Associate supporting the Nursing Team and the Practice.
The role of NA is a distinct profession with their own part of the NMC register once qualified.
Amy Wathall (f)
About
The role of NA is a distinct profession with their own part of the NMC register once qualified.
Healthcare Assistants
Carolyn Wardle (f)
HCA
About
Carolyn is the Lead Clinical Nurse Support. She can perform blood tests, blood pressure checks, ECGs and dressings, supporting the Practice Nurses.
Lynne Green (f)
HCA
About
Lynne supports the Practice Nurses and can undertake registration medicals, phlebotomy, dressings, blood pressures and other treatments.
Phlebotomists
Joy Roe (f)
Phlebotomist
About
Joy is a phlebotomist and also undertakes blood pressure readings and NHS health checks, along with some long-term chronic disease reviews.
Emma Stapleton (f)
Phlebotomist
About
Emma is a phlebotomist and also undertakes blood pressure readings and NHS health checks.
Lisa Platts (f)
Phlebotomist
About
Lisa is a phlebotomist and also undertakes blood pressure readings and NHS health checks, along with some long-term chronic disease reviews.
Practice Team
Medical Secretaries
The secretarial team provide a full and comprehensive service, dealing with referrals, liaising with hospitals and consultants on behalf of the clinicians and patients when necessary.
Administration Team
The admin team deal with hospital letters and recalls for patients with long-term conditions.
Healthcare Team
Pharmacists
Nisha Desai (f)
Clinical Pharmacist Partner
MRPharmS
Emily Wyman (f)
Pharmacist
About
Nisha is a Clinical Practice Pharmacist and a Partner at Eastwood Primary Care Centre and is also the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Primary Integrated Community Services, overseeing the team of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in the Primary Care Networks.
Nisha is an Independent Prescriber, working as part of the general practice team to resolve day-to-day medication issues by consulting with and managing patients directly.
This includes supporting with the management of long-term conditions, providing advice for patients on multiple medications and improving access to health checks.
Nisha manages the other Clinical Pharmacists and the Prescription Team based at the Church Street site, and is responsible for managing patients’ medications after they have been seen by the hospital teams.
Having a Clinical Pharmacist at the practice enables the GPs to focus their skills where they are most needed, diagnosing and treating patients with complex conditions and acute conditions.
Emily is a Clinical Pharmacist who hold clinics within the surgery 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.
Community Midwives
The contact number for the Midwife Team for Eastwood Primary Care Centre is 0115 8832128 and women can self-refer directly to the team. There is an answer phone for women to leave their contact details and the team will return your call at their earliest possible convenience.
The Administration Leads for midwife referrals and ante-natal care at the surgery are Sam Papworth and Susan Burton, from our Reception Team.
Community Nurses
Ilkeston Health Centre Nottingham West, South Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 5PZ Tel: Hub 0300 0830100
Specialist Conditions Nurses
We have a dedicated team of nurses who see patients in the community although they are not based at the surgery. They specialise in chronic heart and lung conditions and also palliative care. Referral to these services is made by the GP.
Healthy Families Team
Specialist Community Practitioner (previous title – health visitor and school nurse)
This Team cover children 0 – 18 years of age. They are based at:
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Ilkeston Health Centre,
South Street,
Ilkeston,
Derbyshire,
DE7 5PZ
Tel: 0115 8440591