Meet the Team

Kerry joined the surgery in 2017 and currently sees patients in a similar way to the GP’s.

Kerry qualified as a registered general nurse in May 2000.

A large proportion of her career was spent working in Emergency departments and then in walk in centres.

She commenced her role at the surgery as a nurse practitioner and has since gained an MSC in Advanced clinical practice, graduating from UCLAN in 2021.

She has a special interest in safeguarding and is our Safeguarding Lead for Children.

Tracey qualified in 1985 and has been working as a Practice Nurse for the past 27 years.

She has qualifications in asthma, COPD, diabetes and a diploma in sexual and reproductive health.

Karen qualified in 1995 and has worked as a practice nurse for the past 12 years.

Karen has qualifications in Coronary Heart Disease, Asthma/COPD, Diabetes and Women’s Health.

Launa qualified from the University of Central Lancashire in 2011 and joined Sandy Lane in 2018, she previously worked on the coronary care unit for 7 years caring for patients with cardio vascular disease.

Launa is passionate about educating and supporting people to manage chronic health conditions.

Julie has worked in Healthcare for over 25 years and has gained a lot of experience as a HCA in general practice and secondary care.

She is always looking to further her knowledge and skills and attend all courses and study available.

Julie is interested in a healthy lifestyle and keeps herself fit and healthy by running, walking and cycling.

Katie is our first apprentice Healthcare Assistant and she started with Sandy Lane in 2021.

Jane has worked at the practice since 1988.

She has previously been involved in fundholding and was Deputy Practice Manager for a number of years.

From 2010 – 2013 Jane was acting Practice Manager before officially accepting the Practice Manager role in 2013.

Jane now manages all financial aspects within the surgery.

Salman is our Clinical Pharmacist. Salman graduated from University of Central Lancashire in 2013 and then spent a number of years working in community pharmacy.

Since 2018 Salman has been working in a primary care and joined Sandy Lane in 2019 after qualifying as Independent prescriber.

Salman now sees patients for diabetes reviews and medication reviews.

Clinical Pharmacist Mehnaz works to deliver better outcomes for patients by improving the understanding of their patients circumstances, needs and desired outcomes with regards to their medicines. Often treating patients with long-term conditions such as asthma, Clinical Pharmacists can give individual advice about how medicines work, carry out monitoring and checks, and talk about side effects, providing much needed reassurance and clinical advice to patients.

First Contact Physiotherapists use their expertise to triage, assess, diagnose and manage musculoskeletal problems and related conditions.

Early intervention from a physiotherapist can help to prevent chronic musculoskeletal issues and promote self-management, first contact physiotherapist.

Will is able to administer exercise & injection therapy and refer onto primary community and secondary health care services using his expert judgement.

Dave is a Social Prescribing Link Worker and she can connect people to local community groups and agencies to help address the wider determinants of health such as debt, housing, isolation and other social issues.

Please speak to a member of the team if you would like to be referred.

Karen is a Health and Wellbeing coach and provides personalised coaching sessions to help patients become active participants in looking after their own health by building skills, knowledge, and confidence to deal with health conditions such as pre-diabetes, diabetes and weight management, and also offers support around coping with the symptoms of peri-menopause and menopause.

Rachel is a Health and Wellbeing coach and provides personalised coaching sessions to help patients become active participants in looking after their own health by building skills, knowledge, and confidence to deal with long term conditions such as diabetes, smoking cessation and weight management.

Kundai works within GP practices to carry out face to face and telephone consultations for structured medication reviews, reviews of medication of care home residents, answering medicine-related queries, and ensuring cost-effective and safe prescribing.

She works alongside other clinical pharmacists, technicians, and the wider PCN team to give the patient a holistic approach to their health care and to ensure that patient safety is a priority.

Kundai role is to work alongside the clinical pharmacists within the practices to help maximise safe, cost-effective prescribing, to help patients get the best from their medicines and signposting to other services where appropriate.

She also liaises with other healthcare professionals within the local hospitals and outpatient clinics to ensure correct and safe transfer of medicines.

As part of the Primary Care Network she am involved with the Impact and Investment Fund work plan such as a sustainable NHS and providing high quality care by assisting with Structured Medication Reviews.

Stephen is the the Care Home Lead providing an enhanced service to care homes, with the aim to take pressure of the GP practices and provide a consistent practitioner to residents with complex needs in care homes.

Within the role he provides a weekly ‘home round’ and will see residents who are acutely unwell, to support the care home to manage residents long term conditions and to treat residents within the home, thereby avoiding hospital admission where possible.

Iwona joined Leyland PCN in September 2022. Prior to becoming a Care Coordinator, she worked as a Medical Secretary for Initial Response Services, supporting the local mental healthcare team.

As a Care Coordinator, Iwona manages health inequality projects by analysing data, developing targeted interventions, and monitoring key performance indicators. Additionally, she assists with organizing events and provides comprehensive administrative support to the PCN.

As an NHS App Ambassador, Iwona promotes and assists with the app’s adoption across multiple surgeries, and as a Digital Champion, she provides administrative support for PCN websites