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Dr John Flather

MS,BS,MRCGP,DCH,DRCOG

Trained at Barts (St Bartholomews Hospital Medical School in London), qualifying in 1978. I completed my pre-registration 'House Jobs' at Bart's and Whipps Cross Hospital. I did my GP vocational training scheme in Winchester. I'm married to Mandy who is a University History Lecturer and have two sons; one is studying medicine in London and the other a Graduate Surveyor. I'm very keen on the holistic approach to family medicine. These days I'm an increasingly inactive sportsman, but still enjoy golf, cricket and football from the touchline.

Dr Cope

BM,BS,DRCOG,MRCGP

Born and educated in the South West, I studied Medicine at Nottingham University School of Medicine, graduating in 1984. Having returned to Exeter to do my pre-registration year, I then moved to Ipswich and stayed in East Anglia ever since. I was on the Ipswich VTS and joined the Hadleigh Boxford Group Practice in 1988. My medical interests include Diabetes, Family Planning and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. I am married with two sons.

Dr Nabarro

BSC,MBBS,MRCGP,DRCOG

I qualified from UCH in 1988, I then spent 18months in New Zealand and Australia doing my house jobs, skiing, walking and playing hockey, I met my husband while a student and we married in 1991. He is a Psychiatrist at Colchester General. We lived in Hertfordshire for 8 years and I worked as a GP in Potters Bar. We moved to East Anglia in 2001 when he got offered his job in Colchester, hence my arrival as a partner in Hadleigh. We have three children Leuan, Ffion and Rhian who keep us both on our toes! I work part time 3 days a week. My interests include being a busy mother of three, gardening, keeping fit, skiing, walking and cooking. I am the Practice GP Trainer and have interests in Mental Health and in particular Obesity.

Dr Carrie Everitt

MBBS

I was born in London and brought up in Cambridge. I went to Newcastle Medical School, graduating in 1989. I came down to Suffolk to do my GP training intending to only stay 3years but find myself still here. I have been a partner at the Hadleigh Practice since 2002 and feel very privileged to be living and working in such a lovely area. I am married to Mark, also a GP; we have four children, Emma, Jack, Annie and Topher.

DR GILLIAN CROOT

BSC,MBBS,CRCGP,DRCOG

I was brought up in Norfolk and moved to London to study medicine. I qualified from Charing Cross and Westminster medical school in 1994. I worked for a few years in London hospitals as a junior doctor and completed my GP training scheme there.

In 2000 I moved to Suffolk and worked as a GP at Needham Market Country Practice, before becoming a partner at Hadleigh Health Centre in 2002. My medical interests are Family Planning and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. I am married with two daughters, Alice and Mary. Offiicial practice 'bat lady'.

Dr Jane Hill

MBBS DRCOG MRCGP

I qualified from the Royal Free Hospital in 1986. I completed my GP training in Berkshire and was subsequently a full-time GP in Reading for 8years. I moved to Suffolk in 2003 and have been at Hadleigh Health Centre since January 2004. My special interests include psychiatry, women's health, teaching and training. I live in Boxford with my husband and toddler.

Dr Peter Irwin

MS,BS,MRCGP,DCH, D.Occ.Med

I trained at St. Thomas' Hospital and did my GP training in Aberystwyth and in the

Snowdonia National Park. I joined the practice in 1991. I try to combine modern general practice with the best of traditional family medicine. I am also on the local medical committee. My outside interests are my wife! And three teenage girls, dog, three chickens and a vegetable garden. I have also taken up horse riding initially to keep up with the girls but seem to have caught the bug in a big way and I am never certain whether it is the horses or the girls who cause me more trouble!

Dr Matthew Glason

MB,BS,DFFP

Brought up in East Anglia. Qualified in 1986 from the Royal Free Hospital, London. Then promptly joined the Royal Navy. Spent over two years at sea followed by vocational training both within the RN as well as NHS hospitals before marrying and then spending a further two years looking after service families in Gibraltar.

After a short spell in occupational health training roles joined the Practice in 1996. Married with one daughter. Main interests are in sports related injuries and dermatology and also run the Respiratory clinics. Outside interests are travel, sailing and skiing. Also built a car around the time in Gibraltar but rarely seen due to the weather in East Anglia!

Dr Chris Cullen

MA, MB, BChir, DCH, DRCOG, MRCGP

Born, bred and educated in Edinburgh ('The Athens Of The North'). I trained at Cambridge University and St. Thomas's Hospital in London, qualifying in 1987. I trained as a GP in London, after which I did Psychiatry for a few months. My wife and I moved to Hadleigh in 1993. My main medical areas of special interest are Child Health, Psychiatry and Cardiovascular medicine. My interests outside medicine are music (making and listening), classic cars, history and property maintainance. I have two children, aged 7 and 9. My other great passtime is photography - with a some of my better efforts on display in my consulting room.