GMC 4203498 MBCHB (Dundee 1995) FRCGP, DFSRH

Dr Johnston joined the Practice in September 2012 as a salaried GP and became a partner in April 2013. Previously she was a salaried GP in Settle, North Yorkshire and a GP partner in Silloth.

As well as working in the Practice, Dr Johnston is also the Clinical lead for our local Integrated Care Community (ICC) and is interested in preventative health and general wellbeing.  She also attends the practice patient participation group (PPG) meetings.

In her spare time, she enjoys running and Thai boxing.

GMC 4473668 Dr. Med (Hanover 1993), DCH, DRCOG

Dr Rath qualified at the Medical School of Hanover, Germany in 1992. After 4 years voluntary work in Zimbabwe he started GP training in Newcastle. After completing the training he worked for 8 years as a GP partner in Stowmarket, Suffolk. 

Dr Rath moved with his family to Ulverston in 2011 and joined the practice in April 2013.  He became a partner in July 2013. He covers all aspects of General Practice and provides continuity of care for our patients.

His special interests are dermatology, travel/tropical medicine, diabetes, minor surgery, palliative care, antenatal care and child health.

Occasionally Dr Rath works for the out of hours service (CHOC) and supports St Mary's Hopsice.

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Julie is our trainee Phlebotomist and will be undertaking on site training alongside our practice nurses. Once her training is complete she will be supporting our Nursing team running blood clinics throughout the week.

Practice Manager

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Assistant Practice Manager

The assistant practice manager plays an important role within the Practice and assists the Practice Manager in the smooth running of the Practice.

In addition to this role Jenny has responsibility for the Quality and Outcomes Framework and other administrative duties including recalls for Cervical Screening, Hypertension, Asthma, Diabetes and annual Flu Vaccination campaigns.

Patient Services Manager

As our Patient Services Manager, Karen has responsibility for the smooth running of our patient services administrator team as well as supporting the Practice Manager

Karen is an initial point of contact for the administrators and organises the appointment pages for our GP's, Nurses and Phlebotomist. In addition to this role Karen has other administrative duties, which help in supporting the day to day management of the practice.

Julie is our Medicine Manager, working behind the scenes by providing support to our GP's in the processing of prescriptions and medication changes to ensure the safe prescribing of medicines.  She is the main point of contact for prescription queries.

Patient Services Team

Patient Services Administrators

Our friendly team are the first point of contact for patients and work across all aspects of the practice needs covering reception, secretarial, workflow administration, patient records and medication requests. They triage patient calls and help signpost patients to the most appropriate care pathway.

All of our Patient Services Team are trained chaperones.  If you would like a chaperone to be present during an examination or consultation please let the Clinician know when you are called in for your appointment.

District Nurses

Social Prescribers

In house Pharmacists