We are lucky enough to be governed by the same ‘jobbing GPs’ that govern the Primary Care Networks across the City. This allows for a direct route for every member in their monthly PCN members to the NGPS Board.
Our board members are as follows:
Rebecca Haynes – Rebecca attends board meetings as the Chief Executive of NGPS. She has been Chief Exec since October 2022 having worked for the business since 2017.
Dr Natalie Crowe is the Chair of our Board of Directors, and the Clinical Director of the Newcastle East Primary Care Network. She is a GP Partner at Thorn eld Medical Group, where she is the Management Partner. She also has a special interest in medical education, supervising the training and development of various allied primary care staff and she is a GP Trainer.
Dr Marie Wright is the Clinical Director of Newcastle Central PCN, and a GP at Saville Medical Group. Her interests include Cancer & Palliative Care and CHD.
Dr Ben Davies is the Clinical Director of Jesmond and Lower Gosforth PCN, and a GP partner at Jesmond Health Partnership. His interests include technology in healthcare and collaborative working.
Dr Sarah Rae is a GP Partner at Brunton Park Health Centre and Clinical Director of North Gosforth Primary Care Network. She has an interest in women’s health, offering all forms of contraceptive services. She is also passionate about medical education and is a GP Trainer.
Dr Ian Morgan is the Clinical Director of the Outer West PCN and a GP partner at Newburn surgery. His medical interests include mental health, cardiovascular disease, and cancer diagnosis.
Dr Lorna Longworth is the Clinical Director of West End Family Health PCN and is a GP at West Road Medical Centre. Her interests include care of elderly patients and she works with other team members to co-ordinate the Patient Participation Group
Dr Gill Rowlands is a GP in Newcastle upon Tyne, and Clinical Director of the Newcastle Inner West Primary Care Network. She is passionate about person-centred clinical care, and is a GP trainer with a focus on supporting Doctors in Training to develop high quality clinical skills. Her teaching and research interest is in health literacy – how people get hold of, understand and use information for health. She is an Emerita Professor of Primary Care at Newcastle University. She founded the Health Literacy UK group, and chairs the IUHPE Global Working Group on Health Literacy. She has over 80 peer-reviewed publications and six book chapters and has co-edited two books.
Read about the team that works at NGPS.