Chilwell Valley and Meadows Practice Team

Doctors

Dr Gina Finch (f)

Senior Partner

MbCHb MRCGP, DGM, DRCOG

Dr Finch sees patients on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Qualified Leicester 1990. Joined November 2023 having previously worked in Derbyshire.

She is the practice’s Senior Partner and lead for safeguarding adults. She is also Trainer of Registrars with the Nottingham VTS.

Dr Jo Ratan (f)

Partner

Bmedsci, BM, BS, DRCOG, DFSRH, MRCGP

Dr Ratan sees patients on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Dr Ratan qualified from Nottingham University in 1998 and did her GP training in Nottingham.

Before joining the practice in July 2022 she spent most of her career working just over the border in Derbyshire.  She is the practice lead for diabetes.

She has a wide range of clinical interests including Women’s Health, Contraception & Sexual Health, Urology and Mental Health.  She fits contraceptive implants.

Dr Sarah Thomas (f)

Partner

BM BS Bmedsci MRCGP

Dr Thomas sees patients  on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Qualified from Nottingham University Medical School in 2009. Her clinical interests include respiratory illnesses and osteoporosis.
She is the site lead for safeguarding adults and children.

Dr Kunaal Shah (m)

Partner

MB ChB DipSEM MRCGP

Dr Shah sees patients on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. 
Qualified from the University of Manchester in 2016. He joined the practice in 2023 as a partner.

His clinical interests include all areas of general practice but has a specialist interest in Sports and Exercise/ Musculoskeletal Medicine and he does joint injections.

Dr Nicola Egan (f)

Partner

BM BS BMedSci DCH MRCGP

Dr Egan sees patients on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Qualified from Nottingham University Medical School in 2011. Joined the practice as a partner August 2016 having completed GP training in Reading and Newbury.

Her clinical interests include all areas of general practice.

Dr Jessica Patel (f)

Partner

MBBCH, BSc, MRCGP, DRCOG

Qualified from Cardiff University in 2012. She trained and worked as a GP in Nottingham and joined the practice in 2022 as a partner.

She enjoys all clinical aspects of general practice and has an interest in dermatology.

Dr Marcia Clark  (f)

Partner

BSc (Hons), MBBS, PhD, MRCGP

Dr Clark qualified from The University of Newcastle in 2011 and completed her GP training in Nottingham. She joined the practice in 2025 as a partner. Her clinical interests include all aspects of general practice, but she is particularly interested in mental health and palliative care. She also enjoys teaching GP trainees and medical students, and being involved in clinical research.

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Dr Nicholas Boddy (m)

Salaried GP

BMBS BMedSci MPhil (Engineering) DCH MRCGP

Dr Boddy sees patients on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Qualified from the University of Nottingham in 2013 and completed his GP training in Cambridge in 2020 before moving back to the Nottingham area.

He joined the practice in 2023 and his clinical interests include joint injections, child health and ENT.

He also works as a researcher at the University of Nottingham and teaches medical students at the University of Leicester.

Dr Jonathan Murray (m)

Salaried GP

MBChB MRCGP, PGCME

Dr Murray sees patients on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 
Qualified from Manchester University in 2006. He had trained and worked as a GP in Nottingham previously. He does joint injections and injections for carpal tunnel syndrome.

His clinical interests include all aspects of general practice. He has also completed the of GP trainers course for teaching GP Registrars.

Dr Rachel Smith

Salaried GP

BSc (Hons), MSc, BMBS

Dr Sarah Stewart (f)

Salaried GP

BM BS BMedSci MRCGP

Dr Stewart sees patients on Mondays and Thursdays.
Qualified from University of Nottingham Medical School in 2015.  Interested in all areas of general practice.

Dr Savita Bhattathiri

Salaried GP

MBBS (2005), MRCP (UK) (2011), MRCGP (2025)

Dr. Bhattathiri qualified as a doctor in India in 2005 . She has a range of experience across various medical specialties. She transitioned to general practice and qualified as a GP in 2025. She enjoys all clinical aspects of general practice.

Dr Tony Avery (m)

Salaried GP

DM, FRCGP, BMedSci, DCH, DGM, OBE

Dr Avery sees patients on Thursdays.
Qualified from Sheffield University in 1986 and joined the practice in 1992. He is the patient safety lead at the Valley Surgery.

He does joint injections and injections for carpal tunnel syndrome. He is National Clinical Director for Prescribing and a Professor at the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham, and this involves him in teaching medical students and research.

He is also a Senior Investigator for the National Institute for Health Research . His research interests are in prescribing and patient safety.

Dr Mo Ahmed

GP Registrar

Dr Farid Metussin (m)

GP Registrar

Our Nursing Team

Practice Nurses

The Practice Nurses offer a wide range of services including health advice, respiratory and diabetic checks, blood pressure and coronary heart disease monitoring, family planning and cervical smears, childhood immunisations as well as other nursing tasks such as dressings.

Appointments to see them can be made at reception. We need to know the reason for the appointment so we can give them the appropriate length of time they need.

Helen Collier (f)

Practice Nurse

The Valley Surgery
Helen can help with diabetes, immunisations, contraception, cervical cytology, dressings and travel vaccinations.

Jill Cheetham (f)

Practice Nurse

The Valley Surgery
Jill can help with for learning disability checks, asthma, dressings, cervical cytology and travel vaccinations.

Sharon McTaggart (f)

Practice Nurse

The Valley Surgery
Sharon can help with respiratory conditions, cervical cytology, contraception, immunisations, travel health, learning disability checks and is our infection control lead.

Polly Southgate (f)

Practice Nurse

The Valley Surgery
Polly can help with diabetes, immunisations, contraception, cervical cytology, dressings and travel vaccinations.

Rhian Schofield (f)

Practice Nurse

Chilwell Meadows Surgery
Rhian can help with respiratory conditions, diabetes, cervical cytology, contraception, immunisations, travel health and learning disability checks.

Vickie Verhoeven (f)

Practice Nurse

Chilwell Meadows Surgery
Vickie can help with diabetes, immunisations, contraception, cervical cytology, diabetes, asthma, dressings and travel vaccinations.

Cheryl Harris (f)

Practice Nurse

Chilwell Meadows Surgery
Cheryl can help with immunisations, contraception, cervical cytology, diabetes, asthma, dressings, travel vaccinations and is our infection control lead.

Mehrun Ashraf (f)

Practice Nurse

Chilwell Meadows Surgery
Mehrun can help with a variety of treatment room activities.

Ellie Angelova-Cooper (f)
Research Nurse

Along with our other core research team members Ellie is responsible for the smooth running of our clinical research activities at the practice.

Healthcare Assistants

Michelle Stone (f)

Healthcare Assistant

The Valley Surgery
Michelle Stone is one of our Healthcare Assistants. She is trained to carry out dressings and well being health checks, take blood pressures, give flu vaccinations and take blood for blood tests.

Kelly Lowe (f)

Healthcare Assistant

The Valley Surgery
Kelly Lowe is one of our Healthcare Assistants. She is trained to carry out dressings and well being health checks, take blood pressures, give flu vaccinations and take blood for blood tests.

Debbie Leivers (f)

Healthcare Assistant

Chilwell Meadows Surgery
Debbie is trained to carry out dressings and well being health checks, take blood pressures, give flu vaccinations and take blood for blood tests.

First Contact Physiotherapist

Sean Massey (m)

First Contact Physiotherapist

Chilwell Meadows Surgery
Sean is our experienced physiotherapist with the advanced skills necessary to assess, diagnose and recommend appropriate treatment or referral for musculoskeletal (MSK) problems on a patient’s first contact with healthcare services. Please book an appointment with him by calling Reception.

He sees patients on Wednesdays.

Our Clinical Pharmacist Team

Zhi Law (f)
Clinical Pharmacist

Zhi is Clinical Pharmacist for the Nottingham West PCN. She joined the Nottingham West PCN in 2023 providing cover to Chilwell Meadows and Valley Surgery.

She helps with medication queries and reviews especially involved in drugs used for anticoagulation.

She also looks after our care home patients and is part of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes service for the PCN.

Vevila Wen Hong (f)
Clinical Pharmacist

Vevila is Clinical Pharmacist for the Nottingham West PCN. She joined the Nottingham West PCN in 2024 providing cover to Chilwell Meadows and Valley Surgery.

She reviews patients who are new to the practice on medication.

She also looks after our care home patients and is part of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes service for the PCN.

Samantha Garside (f)
Pharmacy Technician

Samantha is our Pharmacy Technician. Her role involves medicine safety and optimisation. If you need help synchronising your medications click here.

Our Practice Team

Practice Management

Nazia Rehman
Practice Manager

Nazia is responsible for the administration of the practice and is happy to discuss queries, comments and suggestions regarding the day-to-day running of the practice

Ed Longridge
Practice Systems and Research Manager

Ed helps us manage improvements in our information and communication systems, including maintaining the practice website and co-ordinating the practice’s research activities.

Laurie Bell
Deputy Practice Manager

Lurie helps us manage the practice deputising for Nazia and Ed.

Receptionists

Our reception team will deal with your queries and appointment requests. They may ask you a few details in order to work out how best to help you but they are bound by the same levels of confidentiality as the doctors.

Steph

Office Manager

Chilwell Meadows Surgery

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Office Manager

The Valley Surgery

Allison

Receptionist

Chilwell Meadows Surgery

Angela

Receptionist

Chilwell Meadows Surgery

Anne

Receptionist

The Valley Surgery

Asha

Receptionist

Chilwell Meadows Surgery

Caroline

Receptionist

The Valley Surgery

Chloe

Receptionist

Chilwell Meadows Surgery

Debbie

Receptionist

Chilwell Meadows Surgery

Faye

Receptionist

The Valley Surgery

Helen

Receptionist

The Valley Surgery

Jasmine

Receptionist

Chilwell Meadows Surgery

Margo

Receptionist

The Valley Surgery

Nomiesha

Receptionist

Chilwell Meadows Surgery

Suzanne

Receptionist

Chilwell Meadows Surgery

Wendy

Receptionist

The Valley Surgery

Will

Receptionist

The Valley Surgery

Practice Secretaries

The practice secretaries will liaise with hospitals for us. One of them is here every day. If you have issues with your liaison with hospitals please speak to reception or the medical secretaries for help with this.

Mel
Secretary

Sonia
Secretary

Donna
Secretary

Summariser

Our summariser is responsible for the maintenance of new patient records.

Andrea
Summariser

Our Attached Team

Phlebotomists

Our phlebotomists are with us every Tuesday and Wednesday. They are especially trained to do blood tests. Appointments to see them can be made at reception. They can only take blood in morning appointments as the blood is collected at lunchtime to go to the hospital to be analysed. Many blood tests cannot be left overnight. If the hospital has requested your blood test you can take this to the hospital phlebotomy walk-in clinics. Reception can let you know the times of these or you can click on this link.

Community Nurses

Our team of experienced community nurses is based at Stapleford Care Centre. They offer a wide variety of services to the housebound and those recently discharged from hospital. This includes care of the young people with disabilities, wound care, injections and advanced and palliative care. They can be contacted by telephoning 03000830100 Monday to Friday 8.30am-5.00pm. At bank holidays, weekends, evenings and nights, call 0115 846 2377.

Healthy Family team (0-19 years)

The Healthy Family team role is to support children and young people with physical and mental health needs. For basic advice please call 0300 123 3387 Option 4, or the team can be contacted directly  for advice or for a home visit by leaving a message at Dovecote House where they are based on 0115 9522412.

Community Midwife

The Community Midwife team is involved in the care of all mothers before and after the birth of their child. You can self refer to them. They are available for any queries or concerns on 0115 8542264. For the emergency midwife call 07967204126 (9am-5pm) or outside of these times on 0115 9299971.