Wantage PCN Team

All members of the Primary Care Network work across both Newbury Street and Church Street Practices.

A Primary Care Network (PCN) is a group of local GP practices that work together to improve the patient care of their local population. We are part of Wantage PCN, including Newbury Street Practice, and care for 32,000 patients together.

Drs Ladd and Mackenzie provide strategic and clinical leadership for the PCN, developing plans to improve patient services and quality of care. Key responsibilities include shaping strategic plans, leading quality improvement, fostering workforce development, and building relationships with stakeholders and other healthcare providers within their Integrated Care System (ICS). The role is primarily about people and relationships, focusing on building trust and encouraging collaborative change across member practices to achieve the network's goals and effectively deliver local health services.  

They are supported by a small administrative team that provide the back-office functions of the PCN.

Toyosi Akinbami -  Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Toyosi works as part of the general practice team across Church Street and Newbury Street Practices and provide expert advice on medicines for patients and consults with and treats patients directly. This includes providing extra help to manage long-term conditions and advice for those on multiple medicines.

Ffion Baker - Clinical Pharmacist 

Ffion comes from a background in community pharmacy.  She is full time and works with the pharmacy team supporting the patients of Church Street Practice. 

Martina Paparo & Emma Nunn Pharmacy Technicians 

Ffion comes from a background in community pharmacy.  She is full time and works with the pharmacy team supporting the patients of Church Street Practice.

Matthew Hillis & Rachael Floyd 

Matthew and Rachael have joined the Primary Care Network to provide clinical care of the patients in our local community who are frail and/or elderly.

They will regularly collaborate with the GPs at the practices, our pharmacy team, consultant geriatricians when needed, and other community teams to meet the needs of the patients, whilst ensuring their families and carers are supported and kept informed with the care and management of the patient.

They are supported by 3 Care Co-ordinators and a Social Prescriber.

Kirsty Gough & Becky Case - Newbury Street Practice & Katie Gardiner - Church Street Practice 

The role of the care co-ordinator is able to proactively identify and work with a cohort of patients (for example the elderly, disabled or at risk) to deliver personalised care e.g. patients with learning disabilities and bring together all of a person’s identified care and support needs and explore their options to meet these into a single personalised care and support plan.  They are able to help patients through answering queries, making and managing appointments, and ensuring that people have good quality written or verbal information to help them make choices about their care.

The Care-Coordinators actively identify and support groups of patients, like the elderly, disabled, or those at risk, to provide personalised care. For patients with learning disabilities, they gather all identified care and support needs into one personalised care plan.

Mandie Mitchell 

Our Social Prescriber, Mandie, supports Church Street and Newbury Street patients.

Mandie has previous experience working in GP practices and takes a holistic approach to people’s health and well-being, giving people time to focus on what matters to me.

Mandie can connect people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.

Social prescribing works for a wide range of people, including those with one or more long-term conditions, people who need support with their mental health, those who are lonely or isolated and those whose social needs are affecting their wellbeing. Your GP, nurse, HCA, or any practice team member can refer patients to Mandie.

Catherine Hooper & Ann Williams

A First-Contact Practitioner (FCP) is an experienced physiotherapist with advanced skills in assessing, diagnosing, and recommending treatment/referral for Musculoskeletal (MSK) problems.

They are often the first person the patient may see for a joint, muscle, and bone problem at their surgery, hence the term ‘first contact‘.

Patients with MSK complaints can be booked in to see an FCP by one of the practice staff or by a GP. An FCP offers expert MSK opinions, but if appropriate, an FCP may refer the patient for an X-ray, blood test, or other investigations.

They may also refer the patient to other services, such as routine physiotherapy, if further appointments are required or to other specialities, such as rheumatology or orthopaedics.

Each team member works the equivalent of 2 days per week per practice.

Margot Pimm

The Children & Young Persons Wellbeing Workers offer services for 7 to 17-year-olds. They are employed full-time by Oxfordshire Mind and work across both Church Street and Newbury Street Practices.

They receive referrals from the patient’s GP to provide support for 7-17-year-olds with a diagnosed or undiagnosed mental health problem using age-appropriate resources/tools.

Referrals may include, but are not limited to, social, physical health and/or neurodevelopmental issues with an identifiable impact on mental well-being, depression, anxiety, stable psychotic illness and personality disorder.

Ashley is a qualified Mental Health Nurse and has experience working in secondary care with the Adult Mental Health Team locally and have established links with local third sector mental health services.  Ashley works Monday and Tuesday in Church Street Practice and Thursday and Friday with Newbury Street Practice.

His role is to support all adult patients in the network with a diagnosis of serious mental illness and to try to support patients who may not meet criteria for support from either Talking Space Plus or the local Adult Mental Health Team.

Kimberley Embling - Newbury Street Practice & Caroline Sherwood - Church Street Practice 

The nursing associate is a clinical support role that requires professional registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council. Still, it bridges the gap between healthcare support workers and registered nurses.

Caroline and Kimberley deliver hands-on, person-centred care as part of their nursing teams. The Nursing Associate role works with people of all ages.

Nursing Associates are pivotal in the broader health and care team, providing crucial support in several areas. They facilitate the advancement of healthcare support workers’ careers, allow nurses to concentrate on more intricate clinical tasks, and contribute to expanding the nursing workforce by offering a pathway towards becoming a qualified nurse.