Doctors
Dr Andreas Pantazis (Male)
BM, BSc, MRCP
Senior GP Partner
Dr Andreas Pantazis trained in Souhthampton qualifying in 1992, he joined the practice in 2003.
Dr Kate Lawton (Female)
MBBS,MRCGP
GP Partner
Dr Kate Lawton joined the practice in 2016, she completed her medical training at the UEA in Norwich 2010. She lives locally with her husband and two of her children.
Dr Victoria Amies (Female)
MBBS (GP)
Trained at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School and qualified in 1992. She has worked as a GP in Norfolk since 1997.
Dr Nigel Thomson (Male)
MB, ChB, FRCP
Dr Nigel Thomson trained in Manchester qualifying in 1976, he joined the practice in 1984. Dr Thomson has retired but will continue to work as a locum for us.
Nursing Team
Nurse Practitioners
Clare Horton (Female)
Clare Horton started at the practice with us in April 2016 as a Nurse Practitioner. Previously she worked for the District Nursing Sister team at Diss.
Specialist Nurses
Sharon Parry (Female)
Sharon Parry started with us in September 2017 as our Outreach Nurse, this is a new role to help reduce admissions and support the frail and elderly. Sharon was previously a staff nurse in the District Nursing team In Diss.
Nurses
Nurse Lisa Joy (Female)
Started working at the Lawns Medical Practice as a Practice Nurse in 2005.
RGN, Diploma in Nursing
Asthma Diploma
Nurse Michele Blake (Female)
Practice Nurse
RGN, Diploma in Nursing
Nurse Ruth Brown (Female)
Nurse Jackie Hibbert (Female)
Healthcare Assistants
Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.
Nigel Scullion (Male)
Amy Matthews (Female)
Adrian Gedge (Male)
Practice Team
Ann Steele
Managing Partner
Reception
Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.
Dispensers
Our practice dispensary, dispenses medicines for patients who live more than a mile from a chemist.
Healthcare Team
Health Visitors
A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.