Our Staff

GP Partners

DR RAJ SAHA

Male

MBBS, BSc, MRCGP accredited 1999, GP Trainer (GMC No. 4234074)

Completed his GP training in 1999. He is a GP trainer and has specialist interests in diabetes and heart failure. Dr Saha is Safeguarding lead and Caldicott guardian

DR ROSS HUDDLESTON

Male

MBBS MMedEd MRCGP (GMC No. 7477336)

Fully qualified as a GP in January 2023, after living, working and training in the North East his whole life (apart from the bits when he was working in Malaysia or travelling). The proud holder of a Master's Degree in Medical Education, Ross very much enjoys teaching and helps out with all the students you may see joining us in the practice.

DR ALEXANDRA JONES

Female

MBChB, MRCGP – GP Trainer, Pg Cert Medical Education (GMC No. 7038102)

Dr Jones completed her GP training in 2016. She is a GP trainer and is lead GP for prescribing and teaching. Dr Jones’ specialist interests are chronic disease management and psychiatry.

DR JAMES GOSSOW

Male

MBChB, FRCGP (GMC No. 4323907)

Dr Gossow performs acupuncture for our patients with chronic pain and also completes medicals and medical forms at the surgery. Dr Gossow has a specialist interest in drug rehabilitation and prison/forensic medicine. He has held numerous VSM (very senior management) posts including: PEC (Professional Executive Chair) South Tees, Medical Director for prisons in the North East and Medical Director for Tees PCTs (Primary Care Trusts). Currently Dr Gossow is working as Medical Director for NECS (North East Commissioning Support) and assistant Medical Director for Cumbria and the North East. Dr Gossow became a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2009.

DR GILES HORNER

Male

MBChB, MRCGP - GP Trainer (GMC No. 4715856)

Dr Horner is an experienced GP with specialist interests in muscular skeletal issues. Dr Horner performs injections and minor surgery within the practice. He is also a GP trainer and lead GP for Palliative patients.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner Partner

YVONNE MINEHAM

Female

Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Nursing Team Lead

GP Registrars

As an accredited GP training practice we have the privilege of raising local GP's in our region. They contribute to appointments and sometimes become the doctors of the future in our practices regionally. They are overseen by specialist GP trainers (Dr R Saha and Dr A Jones). They are not medical students but doctors learning the competencies of General Practice. Our current Registrars are Dr S Ameh and Dr R Mehmood.

Emergency Paramedic Practitioners

This role compliments and supports the GP’s and Nurses Practitioners. The Emergency Care Practitioner are former paramedics and are able to prescribe. They have extra qualifications and training in different areas. They are able to assess, diagnosis and treat. They deal with a lot of on the day minor illness but do have the skills to deal with more complex cases.

DONNA HAYCROFT

Female

Emergency Paramedic Practitioners

SHARRONA GOLDEN

Female

Emergency Paramedic Practitioners

Clinical Pharmacist

The clinical pharmacist works to support the practice in relation to prescribing

BLANKA KUCHARSKA-SZYLER

Female

Practice Nurses

All of the Practice Nurses deliver nursing care to our patients and each has their own special area of interest, the Practice Nurses can help with a wide range of health issues, this includes the management of long-term conditions such as Diabetes and Asthma. They can also offer healthy living advice, administer travel vaccines, perform cervical smears and advise on wound management.

KATHERINE EDWARDSON

Female

Long Term Condition Nurse

MEGAN WELCH

Female

Practice Nurse

JULA SILL

Female

Practice Nurse

Healthcare Assistants/Phlebotomists

The Healthcare Assistant supports the Practice Nurses with their daily work; she is responsible for carrying out the following duties Blood tests, Blood Pressure monitoring, Wound Management, ECG’s, Weight Management, Smoking Cessation and Health checks, B12 injections.

CHARLOTTE MILLWARD

Female

HCA

Practice Management

MICHAEL JONES

Male

Business Manager

CLAIRE REAMES

Female

Operations Manager

Reception

Our reception team are your first point of contact at Zetland Medical Practice and provide a friendly welcome to the practice. Receptionists are able to provide you with information on the services we provide and can assist by ensuring that you see the most appropriate clinician for your healthcare needs. Our reception team perform a number of duties within the practice such as dealing with appointment requests, prescription requests, contacting patients on behalf of a clinician, managing in-coming mail, inputting patient data, and many other tasks that assist with the efficient running of our practice.

Care Co-ordinators

AMY BUSE

Female

JOANNE SMITH

Female

Attached Staff

The following healthcare professionals are attached to our practice via our local PCN and other healthcare providers: community midwife, district nurses, coronary heart disease nurse, health visitor, pharmacists, pharmacy technician, first contact practitioner, children and young peoples' mental health advanced nurse practitioner.
Page last reviewed: 13 August 2025
Page created: 23 December 2019