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Doctors

Dr Helen Burgess (f)
Dr Helen Burgess has been a GP partner at Ladybarn Group Practice since 1988, taking over from her father, Dr Peter Burgess, when he retired.

She is also a member of the executive committee of South Manchester PCT, the organisation responsible for the provision of healthcare services in South Manchester. She has a particular interest in medicines management and is prescribing lead GP on South Manchester PCT.

Dr Burgess lives locally and is married with two children.
Dr Jullien Walkley (m)
I qualified in medicine in 1984 from Manchester University. Junior jobs took me to Derby where I met my wife, Jo. We married in 1987 and have three children.

I joined Ladybarn Group Practice in 1992 and have been here ever since. I have special interests in treatment of people with drug and alcohol problems, Ear, Nose & Throat illnesses and I do some of the minor surgery at Ladybarn.
Dr Clare Ronalds (f)
Dr Clare Ronalds joined Ladybarn Group Practice in January 1995, as a partner, taking over from Dr Stanley Goodman as the practice GP trainer. She has been delighted to train a new GP each year ever since.

From 1981-1995 she was a GP principal at the Robert Darbishire Practice in Rusholme and a lecturer in General Practice at the University of Manchester, where she taught medical students and researched the outcome of anxiety and depression.

She was lead GP for the Ladybarn Group Practice new premises development and leads the practice diabetes and palliative care service.

In April 2005 she was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal college of General Practitioners (FRCGP).
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Dr Ahmed Abbas
Dr Abbas qualified from Manchester University in 1989. He worked as a GP in Glasgow from 1995 until 1999, when he joined Ladybarn Group Practice.

Both Dr Abbas and Dr Ronalds are responsible for GP Registrar (ST3) training in the practice.
Dr Lindsay Short (f)
Dr Short qualified from Manchester University in 1995. She joined Ladybarn Group Practice as a salaried GP in 2005 and became a partner in 2007 and is now a salaried GP again.

She has an interest in female health and sexual health.
Dr Joan O'Connor (f)
Dr O'Connor qualified in 1990 from Manchester University. She joined Ladybarn Group Practice in 1997, does some of the minor surgery and also helps run the Diabetic Clinic at the practice.

She also works as a GPSI in Dermatology.
Dr Clare Singleton (f)
Dr Singleton qualified in 2000 from Liverpool University. She was the trainee GP at Ladybarn Group Practice in 2004 and returned as a salaried doctor in 2006
Dr Simona Juverdeanu (f)
Dr Simona joined the practice as a salaried GP in 2008 working 2 days per week. She trained at lasc in Romania and was GP registrar with Dr Ronalds from August 2007-2008. She has a special intrest in child health and paediatrics.

Dr Simona is currently on maternity leave until early 2010.