Team
Our Goal
Our goal is to deliver high quality Primary Health Care to you.
We aim to treat you promptly, courteously and in complete confidence.
To achieve this we have a loyal and dedicated team of Doctors, Nurses, Administrative and Attached Staff co-ordinated by our Practice Manager.
Training
We are a Training Practice linked with the Northumberland Vocational Training Scheme and as such we regularly have a Registrar Doctor working with us to gain experience of working in General Practice.
Partners
Dr John Knapton. Full time Partner (Retired end April 2020)
Graduated Newcastle Medical School 1983
MBBS (Ncle), Diploma Obstetrics (University of Otago New Zealand), Family Planning Certificate RCOG, AFOM, MSc(Occupational Medicine) University of Manchester)
Dr Knapton first came to the practice as a Registrar in 1985 and returned as a Full Time Partner in 1988 after a period of working in New Zealand and completing his training at Greystoke Surgery, Morpeth Northumberland.
He is experienced in Minor Surgery and Occupational Medicine.
Dr Knapton retired from the practice at the end of April 2020. He wishes to pass on his appreciation for the kind messages he has received from staff and patients since announcing his retirement. It has been a pleasure to have worked in the practice since joining shortly after his GP training.
Dr Tony Miller. Part Time Partner
Graduated Glasgow University 1984
MBChB
Dr Miller came to the practice in 2000 having previously worked as a Full time Partner in Yorkshire.
He oversees issues relating to Prescribing and Dispensing within the practice, and has an interest in Respiratory Medicine leading the care of patients with Asthma and Chronic Lung disease.
He is registered on the Child Health surveillance list and takes part in running our well Baby Clinics with our Heath Visitor.
He is trained in the techniques of Joint Injections a service he shares with Dr Donaldson.
Dr Miller has decided to resign from the practice and will be leaving us in June. He wishes to pass on his thanks to the staff and patients for the privilege of working with you all for many years.
We wish him well for the future.
Dr Rod Donaldson. Full Time Partner
Graduated Glasgow University 1989
MBChB, DRCOG, MRCGP, Family Planning Certificate RCOG.
Dr Donaldson joined the practice in 2001 having previously worked as a full time partner in Scotland.
He is our GP Trainer overseeing the Training of our GP registrars on the Northumberland GP Vocational Training Scheme.
He is also registered on the Child Health surveillance list and takes part in running our well Baby Clinics with our Heath Visitor.
He is also trained in the techniques of Joint Injections
Dr Jackie Halliday-Pegg. Part Time Partner
MBChB (Liverpool 1990) MRCGP DRCOG DCCH
Dr Jackie Halliday-Pegg joined us in June 2016 having been a partner in East Lothian. She became a Partner in the practice following Dr Knaptons retirement at the end of April 2020.
She has interests in gynaecology, child health and sports/exercise medicine
She is registered on the Child Health surveillance list and takes part in running our well Baby Clinics with our Heath Visitor.
She is also trained in the techniques of Joint Injections
She is responsible within the practice for managing the computer system to co ordinate the care of chronic illness and maintaining our high achievement in the Quality and Outcome Framework.
Salaried GP
Dr Lindsey Clowes
Dr Clowes joined us in June 2020. She an experienced GP with interests in child health & safeguarding, women's health and family planning.
We hope she will be able to provide a contraceptive implant service in the near future
GP Registrar.
Dr Andrew Fretwell
Our registrars are fully Qualified Doctors who are undergoing Higher Training in General practice on the Northumberland Vocational training scheme. They are usually working with us for six months.
As part of their training they are required to Video some Consultations to be used for training purposes. This is only done with your informed consent and under rules of strict confidentiality.
We value your co-operation if you feel happy to allow some consultations to be videoed to help in this way but do not mind if you wish not to take part in this aspect of medical training.
You will be given information if a video session is taking place during the day when you might attend and be given the option to opt in or out of having your consultation videoed.
Receptionists, Clinical and Administrative Staff
We have a dedicated and loyal team of receptionists and other administrative staff who are vital to the smooth running of Riversdale.
Practice Manager
- Lesley White
Receptionists
- Tina Drinkeld
- Janice Howard
- Jackie Teasdale
- Catherine Atkinson
- Jacqui Brown
- Judith Jamieson
- Zoe Hart
- Jill Spooner
- Denise Cavanagh
Practice Nurses
- Pauline Sykes
- Julie Smith
Health Care Assistants
- Patricia Staines
- Belinda Newton
Secretaries
- Dawn Simpson
- Tina Drinkeld
- Jill Spooner
Dispensers
- Julie Gasgoigne
- Kim Patterson
Our Community Nurses
Community Matron
- Community Matron
District Nursing Staff Nurses
- SN Kathleen Healy
- SN Amber Newton
- SN Fay Brent
- SN Maggie Baker
- SN Vicky Reynolds
Community Health Care Assistant
- Joanne McDermott
Midwife
- Jill Abbott
Health Visitor
- Jill Lee
NHS England require that the net earnings of doctors engaged in the practice is publicised, and the required disclosure is shown below. However it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice, and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparison with any other practice. All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.The average pay for GPs working in this practice in the last full financial year was £93,897 before Tax and National insurance. This is for two full time GPs, two part time GPs and zero locum GPs who worked in the practice for more than six months.