Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Advanced Nurse Practitioners are nurses who have gained extensive qualification to have authority in patient diagnosis and are able to independently assess, diagnose, mange and care for patients with complex clinical issues which includes prescribing medication within the scope of their competencies.
Jo Hawkins

Female
Jo has been a nurse at Lion Health, and previously Worcester Street Surgery, for 22 years. She is an Independent Nurse Prescriber, with a vast knowledge of the full spectrum of Long Term Conditions.
Andy Caddick

Male
Andy qualified as registered nurse in 2002. He has a background of acute medicine and went on to specialising in cardiology. He has 16 years experience as clinical lead and clinical nurse specialist in cardiology. He was later involved in cardiac outreach service for acute admissions to secondary care. Andy is a registered independent non-medical prescriber and has worked for 7 years as an ANP at Lion Health covering cardiovascular health, diabetes and now asthma.
Paula Middleton

Female
Qualifying in 1992, after working a short spell in the Dudley hospitals, Paula moved into community nursing. Here she gained extensive experience in a number of nursing roles, enhancing her knowledge and skills along the way. Paula’s keen clinical interest has always been caring for the elderly. Paula now runs the Home Visiting Service and is involved in Long Term Condition management.
Rachel Higley

Female
Qualifying in 1997 as a Registered Nurse from the University of Wolverhampton, Rachel spent 4 years on an Acute Medical ward at Wordsley Hospital. Rachel then took a position within the community and completed her BSc Hons in District Nursing in 2004. Following this, experience and skills were gained as a District Nurse Team Leader. An interest in the management of Long Term Conditions was developed and Rachel spent 6 years in a nursing position as an Assertive Case Manager, caring for those with multiple Long Term Conditions. Rachel has gained extensive experience and skills in health and physical assessment have been developed. Rachel now runs the home visiting service and is also involved in Long Term Condition Management.
Michelle Holland

Female
Qualifying in 1991, Michelle worked in vascular surgery before training as a midwife in Worcester. She then moved back into nursing working as a district nurse for several years before moving to general practice in Worcestershire. Employed as nurse manager and clinical lead for chronic disease for 16 years before returning to secondary care as Lead diabetes specialist nurse. Michelle’s current role as part of the ANP LTC team specialises in all long term conditions with a lead role for managing diabetes. She has a passion for diabetes education with experience as a visiting lecturer, national speaker and local educator.
Alison Harvey

Female
She has extensive years of community nursing experience, as a District Nurse, and working with patients with long term conditions.
She moved to Wolverhampton to become a Community Matron supporting patients at risk of admission to hospital.
As part of the Rapid Intervention team she has gained physical assessment skills and is an independent nurse prescriber, these skills are used to support the GP’s to do home visits to the housebound patients within the practice. Alison now runs the home visiting service as well as being involved in Long Term Condition Management.
Sarah Fellows

Female
MSc Birmingham City University. Sarah is part of the on-call first contact team for Acute Conditions at Lion Health. Sarah has over 30 years experience of primary care initially within sexual health and Chronic Disease Management moving to holistic management of primary care needs with homeless patients in Birmingham. Sarah then moved to become a Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Birmingham GP Practices now working at Lion Health. Sarah works alongside the on call GPs and works with a broad spectrum of medical conditions encompassing both adult and children’s problems.
Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Prescriber
Nurse Practitioners are trained specialist nurses. They are highly experienced nurses who have undertaken additions medical education. They can provide treatment and advice for many problems and main expertise include management of common illnesses and long term conditions. They work closely with doctors and liaise frequently about patient care.
Julie Evans

Female
As one of the the Senior Practice Nurses Julie has worked at our practice for many years. Generally she works within the general nursing clinics, and has a keen interest in travel health and related travel immunisations, children’s immunisations and also works in the chest clinics at the Practice.
Practice Nurses
Practice nurses are responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services working as part of the practice multidisciplinary Primary health care team, delivering care within the scope of practice to patients. They can help with chronic disease management, health prevention, various health clinics.
Jenny Costello

Female
Jenny is our Practice Nurse Manager and has been at the surgery since 2004.
Jenny has a wealth of experience in both General Practice Nursing Duties and Long Term Condition Management. In her clinical role, Jenny holds supplementary qualifications in Diabetes, COPD, Asthma management, Tissue Viability and Assessor/Supervisor Mentorship. In her management role, Jenny is responsible for the welfare, training and development of 20 + nurses within the team. In addition, Jenny supplements the GP team with Clinical Governance support and also leads on the delivery of the Annual National Flu Campaign.
Helen Hanson

Female
Helen Qualified in 1988 and moved to London to work in plastics for 5 years then moving to Stourbridge joined the district nursing team. Clinical background lies mainly within district nursing. Practice nurse for 12 years with particular interest in diabetes and wound care but experienced in all aspects of practice nursing.
Fiona Crimmons

Female
After qualifying as an RGN in 1987 at Southampton University Hospital Fiona spent time working in London then afterwards training as a Burns and Plastic Surgery Specialist Nurse. She spent the first half of her career working in this area at a Regional unit. Fiona then went to Canada where she worked in the Military and at the Military Hospital in Gosport before moving to Birmingham. Here she ran the Burns and Plastic Surgery Outpatients department and developed nurse led specialist dressing clinics .
In 2003 Fiona changed career and became a Practice nurse and over the years she has trained in Family Planning and Diabetes care. She became an Independent non-medical prescriber in 2009 and worked as a Diabetic Nurse specialist at Worcester General hospital before joining Lion Health as a Practice nurse in 2023.
Jennie Sandford

Jennie qualified as a Nurse at the Russells Hall Hospital 1993 and then as a Midwife in 1995 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Jennie worked as a fertility specialist up to 2001 and has an interest in women’s health. Her specialties are in gynaecology and obstetrics.
Female
Joanne Gubbins

Female
University of Wolverhampton, RN Diploma in Adult Nursing 2003, University of Wolverhampton, Specialist clinical practice and cardiac care 2007.
Jenny Hayden

Female
I am a qualified practice nurse graduating in 2022. However, I worked at Worcester St Surgery and Lion Health for 10 years previously as a senior HCA before going to do my nurse training which I studied at Masters Level at Wolverhampton University. I have particular interests in family planning, travel health and diabetes.
Amy Harrison
Female
FdSc in Nursing Associate at the University of Worcester.
Charlotte Harris

Female
I am currently completing a top up degree from Registered Nurse Associate to Registered Nurse at Birmingham City University. Its a 2-year course where I am on placement in A&E at present, gaining exposures into lots of different avenues including, Adult, Child, Mental Health and Community Care. Previous jobs include community care, QE hospital in oncology and ITU.