MB BS DFFP

Registered 1989 London

Providing contraceptive, maternity and child health services and minor surgery in addition to general medical services.

Dr Harris studied at St George’s Hospital, London. For six years she worked in hospitals in the South and the Midlands before her vocational year in the Meon Valley. She joined the practice in 1999.

BM DFFP

Registered 1993 Southampton

Providing contraceptive, maternity and child health services in addition to general medical services.

Dr Rushen studied at Southampton, and worked in Poole, Dorset until 1999. He has a special interest in joint problems and minor surgery. He joined the practice in 2000.

BM MRCP   MRCGP

Registered 1995 Southampton

Providing contraceptive, maternity and minor surgery services in addition to general medical services.

Dr Hatfull initially trained in general and then specialist respiratory medicine at Southampton and Portsmouth. His special interests include education, registrar training, respiratory medicine, cardiology and elderly care. He joined the practice in 2001.

BM FPCert

Registered 1981 Southampton

Providing contraceptive and maternity services in addition to general medical services.

Dr Nagvekar trained in Southampton and has worked locally as a general practitioner for several years. She joined the practice in 2002 as a part-time partner.

BSc Hons MB ChB DCH DFFP DRCOG MRCGP

Registered 1995 Manchester

Providing contraceptive, antenatal, child health surveillance and minor surgery services in addition to general medical services.

Dr Corrin Phillips studied in Manchester. She worked in hospitals in Manchester, New Zealand, Southampton and Salisbury in various specialties before moving into General Practice. She has worked in General Practice for several years, initially in Salisbury and then in Hedge End.

Corrin has an interest in women’s health, paediatrics, and medical education; she fits coils and performs minor operations.

Corrin joined the Practice part time in May 2006.

MB ChB DRCOG DFFP MRCGP

Registered 1982 Birmingham

Dr Reynolds completed the Wessex Returner scheme in 2008 after a career break to raise her family. Prior to this she spent time as a partner in NHS General Practice.

Ros joined the practice part time in April 2009.

BM MRCGP 

Registered 2002 Southampton

Dr Kieran Gilmartin studied at Southampton University and has served in the Royal Navy for 16 years gaining the rank of Surgeon Commander. He has travelled extensively while serving in the Royal Navy and has deployed to the Northern Arabian Gulf, Afghanistan and assisted in humanitarian situations such as in Lebanon in 2006. Kieran was previously a GP Registrar here at the practice in 2008 – 2009. He has an has an interest in men’s health, child health, medical education and minor operations.

Kieran joined the Practice in October 2015.

BMBS BMedSci MRCGP DCH DRCOG DEEP

Registered 1999 Nottingham

Will be working part time. Has experience of working in practices across Hampshire for the last 10 years. She studied in Nottingham and undertook further training in London before settling on the south coast with her family.

She has an interest in women’s health and child health and she fits coils, implants and undertakes joint injections. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her two children and husband, who is also a doctor, and playing tennis and cycling.

MBchB

Registered 1994 Leicester

Will be working half-time. As well as general medical services, she has a particular interest in diabetes and in palliative and end-of-life care.

She has two very active boys, and her husband Simon is currently serving in the military.

Training

In 2004 the practice became accredited as a training practice for new GPs.

Dr Hatfull and Dr Phillips are the GP trainers. We will have GP registrars attached to the practice on a regular basis. Our registrars are fully qualified and have a great deal of hospital experience. Registrars are attached to the practice for 12 months and usually become general practitioners after completing their training. They are at all times encouraged to seek advice when required from the practice partners.

GP Registrar

I qualified from Southampton University in 2012 with degrees in both medicine and biomedical science. I got married whilst a student and moved to Hampshire where I have stayed ever since! I have completed my foundation training in Southampton General Hospital where I experienced a wide variety of medical and surgical specialties. I have spent the last year at the QA hospital working in the Medical Assessment Unit and the Paediatric departments.

When I’m not at work, I enjoy running, singing, playing my violin and spending time with my friends, family and church.

GP Registrar - On maternity leave 

I trained at Cardiff University medical school and graduated in 2010. I worked for 2 years in Wales before moving down to the South coast. I worked in the Fareham Centre Practice as a Registrar until July 2015, before taking a 6 month sabbatical. I returned to the practice in February 2016 to complete my Registrar training.

My main hobbies are cycling in the South Downs and swimming.

GP Registrar

After completing a degree in Biology at the University of Portsmouth, I went on to study Medicine at Norwich Medical School from which I graduated in 2012. I then completed my Foundation training at the Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth, gaining experience in several different departments, including a general practice post in Gosport. I began my General Practice training in 2014, spending six months working in A&E at the Queen Alexandra Hospital and six months working in Old Age Psychiatry at Gosport War Memorial Hospital. I have now joined the Fareham Centre Practice after a period of maternity leave to continue my training as a GP Registrar

GP Registrar

Dr Caroline Puckering came to medicine following degrees in biochemistry and neuroscience. After graduating from the University of East Anglia (Norwich Medical School), Dr Puckering completed her foundation years in Cornwall and has now come to Fareham to complete her final years of GP training under the guidance of her trainer Dr Dean Hatfull.

Caroline is an accomplished dinghy and yacht sailor, though her time is currently taken by a recent addition to her family

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Trained in London, qualifying in 1989. She worked in Australia in A&E for 3 years, then spent the next 6 years travelling the world working on P&O and Princess cruise ships. In 1998 Jan joined the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service and worked at various shore-based military establishments around the UK, mostly in primary healthcare. She also served in Afghanistan and on board HMS Ark Royal.

Leaving the Royal Navy as Lieutenant Commander in 2012, Jan worked at various local surgeries adjusting to civilian life in the NHS. She has a special interest in carers and their support, having cared for her disabled mother at home for 7 years whilst juggling her own career.

In her spare time she enjoys her dogs, scuba diving, gardening, dance aerobics/keeping fit (but only the enjoyable sort!), and muddy obstacle-course races!

We offer several specialist nurse-run clinics (see Clinics). All the nurses who run these clinics have undertaken additional training.

We have a well-equipped treatment room where specially trained nurses are available by appointment. They apply dressings, remove sutures, carry out ear-syringing, blood tests, injections and can give health advice and deal with minor injuries. 

Practice/Business Manager

Suzanne is responsible for all aspects of practice business and deals with finance and strategic planning.

Patient Services Manager

Fiona is responsible for the day to day running of the practice. She also handles patient complaints so do not hesitate to contact her if you have any concerns.

Administration Manager

Sue is responsible for the Administration team. She also creates and administers the doctors rota.

Prescribing Manager

Karen is responsible for the prescribing team.

Typing and admin staff type all referrals and correspondence as dictated by the doctors to Hospital consultants and local services, send out routine health check reminders and ensure that all patient information from hospitals and local services is scanned into patient computer notes.

Reception is normally your first point of contact with the practice. We have fifteen part-time reception staff, all of whom are trained to provide you with a friendly, efficient service. They make your appointment, take requests for and give out repeat prescriptions, and give you information about our services. Please speak to them if you have a problem and they will do their best to help - but please remember that we have limited resources so cannot always provide a solution.

The doctors’ secretaries have many duties including taking requests for house calls, giving out test results, and arranging hospital transport. Should you need advice from your doctor you are likely to be put through to the secretary initially, also you can use the E-consult on our home page. For non-urgent requests please call between 11:00 and 16:00; house calls should be requested between 08:30 and midday where possible.

You contact the secretaries between 8.30am-4pm

Sam Firth books all medicals you can contact her by email - sam.firth@nhs.net

We are proud of our strong team of district nurses who work with us in the community. You can contact them on 01329 227200 during office hours.

Our health visitors can offer advice on caring for children, special needs, benefits, relationship problems and counselling relating to children aged 0 - 19. Development checks are also carried out at regular intervals. Please ring 01489 554930 - www.southernhealth.nhs.net

Physiotherapist

A fully equipped state of the art facility exists at Fareham Community Hospital in Sarisbury Green and can be accessed via a referral from your doctor..