Meet the Team

Doctors

Dr Aimee Barnes

GP

BMBS MRCGP

Female
Dr Barnes joined the practice as a GP Registrar in August 2016. Having passed all her exams she joined the practice as a fully qualified General Practitioner and became a Partner in early 2019. She is married with two young boys.

Dr Nick Berry

GP

BMBS MRCGP Dip Sports Med

Male
Dr Berry qualified in 1997 from Nottingham Medical School. He has additional qualifications in sports medicine and medical education. He joined the team at the Grove in 2019. He has previously worked elsewhere in Dorset, and before that in Cornwall. Nick believes “we don’t always get to choose everything about our health, so it’s important to keep active and think positively – even in the face of adversity”.
Dr Berry is currently working in Qatar but has remained a Partner and will be re-joining us in August 2025.

Dr Sally Dangerfield

GP

MB ChB DFFP DRCOG MRCGP

Female
Dr Dangerfield graduated from Birmingham Medical School in 1992 and joined the Army until 2006 as a GP travelling to interesting places and living in a lot of tents! She moved to Dorset in 2008 and joined the practice in September 2015.
She is married and has two children. Outside of work Sally loves travel, cooking, golf, fly fishing  and Pilates.

Dr Ruth Lawes

GP

MB MRCGP ChB DRCOG

Female
Dr Lawes graduated from Bristol University in 1996 and spent several years working as a GP in North Somerset before relocating further south. She joined the practice in 2011. She is married to a Yeovil Hospital Consultant, and has 2 children.
Outside of work, her time is spent keeping fit, gardening and standing on the side of football or cricket pitches supporting her two boys. 

Dr Liz Long

GP

MB BS, DFFP, DRCOG, MRCGP

Female
Dr Long has been a GP since 1995, and a Partner since 2006. She became the Senior Partner in April 2025. Her specialist areas are Contraception, Womens Health, Orthopaedics and Cardiology.

Dr Rebecca Lye

GP

MbChB BSc MRCGP

Female
Dr Lye graduated from Leicester Medical School in 2014 and returned to Somerset in 2016 following the birth of her daughter. She joined the practice in February 2021 to complete her training as a General Practitioner. Her clinical interests include Leadership, Sustainable Healthcare and Women’s Health. We are very pleased that Dr Lye completed her training and joined the practice as a GP Partner in October 2022 
She is married with two young children and enjoys reading, green spaces and yoga. Her current ambition is to improve her skills in plant care!

Dr Charlie Middle

GP

MB BS MRCGP Diploma in Sports medicine

Male
Dr Middle was the Senior Partner until the end of March 2025 he is now a salaried GP and also Medical Officer for the Sherborne School for Girls. His clinical interests are Sports and Orthopaedic Medicine, Adolescent Health Care and Surgery – Dr Middle performs the Minor surgery for the Practice.

Dr Matt Phelan

GP

BMBS MRCGP Dip Palliative Medicine

Male
Dr Phelan graduated from Kings College London in 2002 and has an interest in Palliative Medicine. He is married with 2 young children and outside interests include all sports, particularly cycling and triathlons.

Dr Adam Wood

GP

MBBS MRCGP

Male
Dr Wood qualified from Norwich Medical School in 2014. After completing his foundation doctor training  in Somerset, he has subsequently worked in Australia and Somerset. He completed his GP training in South Somerset before joining The Grove Medical Centre in September 2022 as a GP Partner.
Outside of work he is married and has three young children.  

Dr Lucius Covell

GP

MBBS

Male
Dr Covell has joined us from a doctors surgery in Notting Hill, London and has moved down to be closer to his family.  He is particularly interested in men’s health and palliative care. He studied at Imperial College School of Medicine.  He’s looking forward to getting to know Sherborne, the surrounding area and getting stuck in looking after our patients.

Dr Katie Thomas

GP

BMBS DFFP DRCOG MRCGP

Female
Dr Thomas is an experienced GP who was a partner until April 2024 and has since become a salaried member of staff, covering our patients at Sherborne Girls School.  Her medical interests include in particular chronic disease management and paediatrics. 

Nursing Team

Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Lead

Lisa Considine

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Registered Nurses

Danielle Moncrieff

Senior Nurse

Julie Brown

Practice Nurse

Wendy Darkins

Practice Nurse

Melanie Goodenough

Practice Nurse

Harriet Mallon

Practice Nurse

Victoria Morris

Practice Nurse

Alex Weldon

Practice Nurse

Healthcare Assistants

Emily Goodall

Healthcare Assistant

Sara Holder

Healthcare Assistant

Alison Moody

Healthcare Assistant

Julie Nutland

Healthcare Assistant

Klaire Whittle

Healthcare Assistant

Vicky Rogers

Healthcare Assistant

Claire Pounde

Community Healthcare Assistant

Nursing Administration

Ali

Nurse Clerk

Practice Team

Practice Management

Mrs Alex Kimber

Managing Partner

Alex is our Managing Partner and is responsible for the overall management of the practice including the business and finance function.

Mrs Debbie Perkins

Operations Manager

Debbie is our Operations Manager and is responsible for the day to day running of the practice including management of the dispensary. She is also the Administrative Lead for the Nursing Team.

Mrs Sarah Mackrell

Patient Services Team Manager

Sarah is our Patient Services Team Manager and is responsible for the management of the patient services and administration teams as well as being the main point of contact for complaints and compliments.

Miss Hayley Jenkins

Quality Assurance Manager

Hayley is our Quality Assurance Manager and is responsible for the management of the Care Co-ordinators.

Patient Services Team

Chloe

Patient Services Team Leader

Tash

Patient Services Team Leader

Eleanor

Patient Services

Ellie

Patient Services

Hayley

Patient Services

Helen

Patient Services

Karen

Patient Services

Lottie

Patient Services

Louise

Patient Services

Maxine

Patient Services

Mel

Patient Services

Sharyn

Patient Services

Sue

Patient Services

Business Administration

Donna

Business Administration

Administration/Secretarial Team

Nikki

Administration/Secretarial Team Leader

Amy

Administration/Secretarial Team

Jan

Administration/Secretarial Team

Laura

Administration/Secretarial Team

Mel

Administration/Secretarial Team

Vanessa

Administration/Secretarial Team

Dispensary Team

Tracey

Dispensary Team Leader

Aime

Dispenser

Clare

Dispenser

Emily

Dispenser

Judie

Dispenser

Rachel

Dispenser

Sarah

Dispenser

Victoria

Dispensary Assistant

Care Co-ordinators

Jasmine

Care Co-ordinator

Lewis

Care Co-ordinator

Mandi

Care Co-ordinator

Primary Care Network Staff

Sarah Webster

PCN Operational Manager

Sarah oversees all of the PCN team and is responsible for leading the delivery and administration of projects committed to or commissioned by the PCN.

Emma Grunnill

PCN Digital Care Co-ordinator

Emma supports patients and colleagues in the use of digital healthcare technology and also provides administrative support to the PCN team.

Pharmacy Team

We have three pharmacists and three pharmacy technicians who work between the surgeries in the Sherborne Area Primary Care Network.

Their main responsibility is for the care management of patients with long term diseases and undertaking medication reviews to proactively manage patients who may be on medication for multiple conditions. This supports patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote selfcare. The are also available to answer medication queries that patients may have.

Their main responsibilities are to support the pharmacists with ensuring patients are using their medications effectively, reconciling medication for new care home patients and ensuring medication is synchronised for patients moving between care settings.

Brian Charlton

Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Lucy Powell

Clinical Pharmacist

Sarah Roper

Clinical Pharmacist

Kylie Godden

Pharmacy Technician

T Schwanethal

Pharmacy Technician

Debbie Heals

Pharmacy Technician

Mental Health Practitioners (16+ only)

Our mental health practitioners support the three practices by seeing patients with a wide range of mental health issues. They are specially trained to provide expertise in mental health, which now accounts for around 40% of all GP appointments.

Hannah Broad 

Mental Health Practitioner

Julie Phillips

Mental Health Practitioner

Frailty Nurse

Emma Willett 

Frailty Nurse

Social Prescribers

Our Social Prescribers provide general support for non-clinical issues and are able to signpost patients to local or national services which may be able to help them. Patients will be contacted within 3 days of being referred to the social prescribing team.

Vicky Morland

Social Prescriber

Ellis Ford

Social Prescriber

Jill Warburton

Social Prescriber