Meet the team

Dr Colman is the Senior Partner in the Practice and works 3 days a week.

Dr Blemings is a Partner in the Practice and works 3 days a week.

Dr Stiasny is a Partner in the Practice and works 3 days a week at the practice.

Lynda is our longest serving member of staff. She is a registered nurse who undertakes all aspects of general nursing.
Lynda has a specialist interest in supporting our learning disability patients.

Gemma is a qualified Nurse Prescriber and sees patients for Minor Illnesses. Gemma specialises in respiratory treatment - in particular looking after patients with Asthma & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and helping them to manage their condition.

Claire is a qualified prescriber and can see patients and prescribe for minor ailments. Claire specialises in patients with Diabetes and their management.

Lucy joined the surgery in 2023, after completing her nursing qualifications within the field of paediatrics. Lucy has joined the team as a general practice nurse.

Jonny qualified in 2014 and spent 5 years working with Kingsbridge Ambulance Crew. He joined the practice in May 2021 following a spell working with the Community Crisis Response Team at Livewell.

Jonny is undertaking many home visits for both acute problems and also monitoring our housebound patients with their routine follow-ups. Jonny is a qualified prescriber and sees patients with minor ailments.

Paddy joined the practice in 2022 following time working on the ambulance crew with SWAST. Paddy is undertaking many home visits for both acute problems and also monitoring our housebound patients with their routine follow-ups.

Ruth supports the nurses and also carries out blood tests as requested by the doctors. She is also available for ear syringing, minor dressings and some injections.

Leire joined the practice on 1st April 2022. She is a qualified Pharmacist Prescriber and can help with all aspects of your medication. She undertakes medication reviews with patients along with monitoring their long-term conditions.

Please contact the surgery if you want to make an appointment with her. Leire currently works on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday until 2pm. 

Beth is our Pharmacy Technician and is happy to help with any aspect of your medication.

If you are unsure about anything or perhaps your medication is not synchronised and you are getting packets of pills at all different times of the month - then contact the surgery and speak to Beth who will be happy to help.

Beth currently works on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.

Racheal joined the practice in 2023. She has worked in Community Mental Health Teams across Devon. She will see patients for anxiety, depression and mental health problems and where needed is able to issue fit notes. She will also review patients with a mental health diagnosis.

Anel is an advanced practitioner working within primary care with expertise in the clinical assessment, diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. Anel is based at Devonport Health centre (not Stoke surgery) but works there for our surgery one day a week on a Tuesday.

Health visitors based at the Green Ark Centre are available for advice on child healthcare and carries out regular child development examinations. They can be contacted directly on 01752 439715. A drop-in child health clinic is held every Monday morning from 10:00 -12:00 at the Green Ark Children’s Centre located at the end of Devonport Road, on Raglan Road.

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

We have a fantastic support team at the surgery consisting of:

Receptionists who 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, nurses and paramedics. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries.

We have a medical secretary who is responsible for managing referrals and typing all letters at the request of our GPs. She also oversees the completion of medicals and reports by the GPs. If you need to discuss the progress of a referral, medical or report you can ask to speak to the medical secretary. 

We also have scanning staff who are responsible for ensuring all clinical letters are scanned and saved into your medical record.