Our Staff
Doctors
DR SIMON KERR
GP Partner - MB BS BSc MRCGP DRCOG DGM DFFP
Dr Kerr has spent many contented and busy years at the Coleridge Medical Centre, including twelve years as a clinical assistant in older peoples mental health as well as Clinical lead for Carers in Devon. He is now Chair of the Eastern Devon Locality, the largest sub division of the largest Clinical Commissioning Group in the Country. Dr Kerr is married with three sons, and is probably happiest singing and creating the practice partner's cabarets & has been known to dabble in a touch of karaoke from time to time. Tropical plants, soft fruit & palm trees are amongst his non clinical interests.
DR KATHARINE GURNEY
GP Partner - MA (Cantab) MB B Chir 1998 MRCGP DRCOG DFFP
Dr Kate Gurney has been a GP partner since 2004, having previously been a GP Registrar in the practice. She continues the long tradition of GP training at Coleridge mentoring and supporting our GPs of the future. She is also involved in Medical Student teaching, and is a Faculty Registered Trainer for the FSRH ( Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health). In addition to this, Kate is actively involved in Devon LMC ( Local Medical Committee) as a representative for East Devon at various meetings, and ensuring the voice of primary care is heard at national level. Her clinical interests include women’s health, safeguarding and palliative care. She is married to local consultant orthopaedic surgeon, and has a daughter at Medical School in Edinburgh.
DR SARAH FLETCHER
GP - MB ChB MRCGP DTM&H
Dr Fletcher trained in Leicester, qualified in 1995 and after working overseas qualified as a GP in 2002. She has been with the practice since 2015. She enjoys skiing, sailing and walking with her family when she gets the opportunity.
DR HARRIE JONES
BMBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFRSH
Dr Jones trained in the South West and did her GP training in Coleridge. She liked it so much that she decided to stay on as a GP, qualifying in 2015. She has since done her contraceptive implant training and fits these in practice. She has an interest in Women's health and palliative care. She also works as an associate specialist in breast disease for the local hospital. She has 2 energetic children at home and enjoys exploring Devon and Cornwall with them.
DR SALLY CASWELL
GP - BSC MB ChB MRCGP DRCOG DFFP
Dr Caswell moved to Devon in 2009 having previous been a GP partner in Canterbury, Kent. She enjoys skiing, walking and outdoor activities with her 4 boys.
DR LOUISE KNIGHT
GP - MBChB MRCGP (Distinction)
Dr Knight trained in Bristol and qualified as a GP in 2002 , since then she has been working as a GP in the South West. She has an interest in elderly care and dementia care. She also works in the breast team at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, and has an interest in breast care and breast disease. She has a further role working in the Medical Examiners service. She enjoys walking the South West Coast Path, spending time with her family, book club and supporting the Exeter Chiefs.
DR ALEX WERHUN
GP - MBBCh MRCGP BSc (Hons) MRes
Qualified from Cardiff University in 2006. After working in hospitals in U.K. and Australia qualified as a general practitioner in 2014 in Exeter. Dr Werhun specialises in skin surgery and joint injections, and is often the GP leading the minor ops clinics in the practice. He also has an interest in dermatology and general medicine.
DR CATHERINE BATES
GP- MBChB MRCGP DCH DRCOG DFSRH
Dr Bates grew up in Devon and moved back here after completing her GP training in the Midlands in 2011. She enjoys running, pilates, walking in the countryside and spending time with her family.
DR SUSANNA OLSEN
GP- MBBCh DRCOG MRCGP
Dr Olsen completed her GP training in London before returning to her routes in Devon. She spent some time as a locum before starting at Coleridge in 2020. She enjoys walking, watersports and being outdoors with friends and family.
DR LUCY FREYNE
GP - BM, BSc, MRCGP
Dr Freyne qualified from Southampton University in 2012. She completed her GP training in Cornwall and has worked as a GP in both Cornwall and Jersey before moving to Devon. She enjoys horse riding, skiing and spending time with her family.
DR JOHN HUDSON
GP- BSc BMBS MRCGP
Dr Hudson came to Exeter in 2007 to train at the Peninsula Medical School, and apart from two years in Cornwall and one in Christchurch (NZ), has lived in Devon ever since, qualifying as a GP in 2021. He most enjoys spending time with his young family, but still likes to dabble in rowing, rugby, cycling, and supporting AFC Wimbledon (from afar) when he has a few spare minutes. He is also a "Parkrun" enthusiast and encourages everyone to try it!
GP Assistants
RUTH CHARLES
Pharmacists
GAIL FORESHEW
Practice Pharmacist
Gail qualified as a pharmacist in 1998 working at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS trust for 14 years before moving to Devon. During this time she qualified as a prescriber working in the Emergency Department and acute medicine. She worked for NEW Devon CCG as their patient safety pharmacist for 7 years where her special interest was medicines in care homes. Gail is married with 2 young boys who she enjoys bringing up in the Devon Countryside.
Advanced Nurse Practitioners
TANYA CANNON
JULES ANDERSON
JO INGHAM
LOUISE ROWE
Nurses
EMMA BLAKE
JEAN COOMBES
NATALIE HENDERSON
HELEN WAKELIN
PENELOPE BROWN
Assistant Practitioner
EMMA SNOW
Healthcare Assistants
MEGAN HOSKING
LAURA HOSKING
SHARON DOSWELL
Phlebotomists
ELLIE GUEST
Practice Manager
SUE STOKES
Practice Manager
Sue joined the Coleridge Medical Centre in December 2005 as Assistant Practice Manager and has been in post as Practice Manager since June 2010. Sue describes how her role involves working "with colleagues in health and social care, other practices, and patients, to find innovative and sustainable ways to maintain our high standards of care, within the financial constraints of the ever changing National Health Service". Sue lives locally and spends time enjoying the amenities this beautiful part of the world has to offer.
Assistant Practice Manager
MEL GOODING
Assistant Practice Manager