Practice Team
Partners
Dr Caroline Ruddock (f)
MBChB (Leicester 1989) DRCOG MRCGP DFFP
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Dr Ruddock is the Senior Partner at The Limes having joined the practice in 1994. Dr Ruddock’s clinical interests are in Women’s Health, Mental Health and Dermatology. Dr Ruddock is accredited to fit coils. Dr Ruddock is the Lead GP for Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF) and for Prescribing. In 2023 Dr Ruddock moved to working in the practice on a part time basis working Monday to Wednesday.
Dr Sarah Maxted (f)
MBChB (Leicester 1996) MRCGP DFFP DRCOG
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Dr Sarah Maxted has worked at The Limes since 1997 when she arrived as a GP Registrar. After completing her GP training she joined the surgery as a Partner in 2001. Dr Maxted is a Hospital Practitioner in Breast Care and runs one of Leicestershire’s community Breast Pain Clinics which is linked with Glenfield Hospital’s Breast Unit. Other special interests include Menopause/HRT, Contraception and Learning Disability. Dr Maxted is trained in the insertion of coils. She is also one of our Undergraduate Trainers for Medical Students. Dr Maxted’s roles in the practice include that of Learning Disability Lead, Safeguarding Lead and she is the CQC Registered Manager.
Dr Simon Vincent (m)
MBChB (Leicester 1997) DRCOG DFFP FRCGP
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Dr Vincent joined the surgery in 2015. His clinical interests are in Cardiology, Respiratory, Renal and Palliative Care. Dr Vincent has been a GP Trainer since 2008. From 2018 he was a GP Board Member for East Leicestershire & Rutland CCG before becoming the Clinical Director for North Blaby Primary Care Network from 2019 to 2021. In 2021 he returned to a full time role at The Limes and is currently the Managing Partner & lead GP for Mill Lodge (Huntington’s Disease) and Stewart House (Severe & Enduring Mental Health Rehabilitation) Units located in Enderby.
Dr Benjamin O’Connor (m)
MBChB (Leicester 2009) MRCP MRCGP BSc Hons (Edinburgh 2002) Postgrad Cert in Clinical Education (Nottingham 2019)
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Dr Ben O’Connor joined The Limes as a Salaried GP in 2018 after completing his GP training at the practice. In 2020 he became a Partner. Dr O’Connor’s clinical interests are in General Medicine, Men’s Health, ENT, Palliative Care and Dermatology. He is trained in giving Joint Injections and in Minor Surgery. He is able to excise minor lumps, bumps and skin lesions in our minor ops room in the new extension. Dr O’Connor is our Lead GP Trainer. His other roles include that of Research Lead and Diabetes Lead.
Dr Charlotte Sloan (f)
MBChB (Edinburgh 2015) MRCGP
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Dr Charlotte Sloan started working at The Limes in 2018 as a GP Registrar. On qualification she joined the surgery as a Salaried GP in 2021 before becoming a Partner in 2022. Her clinical interests are Women’s Health, Menopause/HRT and Rheumatology. Dr Sloan is trained in Minor Surgery, an Undergraduate Trainer for our Medical Students and a Clinical Supervisor for our GP Registrars. Dr Sloan’s other roles include that of Paramedical Clinician Lead and Anticoagulation Lead.
Salaried GPs
Dr Elizabeth Wiseman (f)
MBChB (Leicester 1997) MRCGP DFFP DRCOG
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Dr Wiseman has worked at The Limes since 2002. Her main clinical interest is in Women's Health. Dr Wiseman provides support with our GP Registrar and Medical Student teaching. In addition, Dr Wiseman is the Lead GP providing physical medical care to Sturdee Community Hospital.
Dr Laura McGowan (f)
BMedSci (Birmingham) MBChB (Warwick) MRCGP
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Dr McGowan joined the practice in 2023. Her clinical interests are in Paediatrics and Women’s Health. Dr McGowan is also involved in Clinical Education working with the University of Leicester and The University of Buckingham on undergraduate training. Dr McGowan is passionate about widening access to Medicine and has been mentoring prospective medical students as part of the Social Mobility Foundation since 2014.
Dr Shane Mistry (m)
MBChB (Leicester 2009) MRCGP
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Dr Shane Mistry joined the surgery in 2025. He currently works part time at The Limes working Wednesdays and Thursdays. Dr Mistry also runs an evening telephone surgery each week along with a monthly Saturday morning surgery.
GP Registrars
Dr Lucy Taylor (f)
GP Registrar
Dr Kashyap Shah (m)
GP Registrar
Dr Shahyar Saleemi (m)
GP Registrar
Physician Assistants & Paramedics
Lucy Simpson (f)
Senior Physician Assistant
Charlotte O’Connor (f)
Senior Physician Assistant
Felicity Dudley (f)
Senior Paramedic
Laura Parkinson (f)
Paramedic
Lucy McKenzie (f)
Paramedic
Tejal Purohit (f)
Physicians Assistant
Practice Nurses
Sarah Dennis (f)
Lead Nurse
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Qualifying in 1999 Sarah has spent the last 18 years working within the GP setting. Moving to The Limes in August 2024 to lead the nurse team, Sarah specialises in Diabetes Management along with other general Practice Nurse roles.
Elizabeth Harper (f)
Practice Nurse
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Qualifying in 1994 Liz has spent most of her career working with the District Nurse team, she moved to The Limes in 2023 to work with the practice nurse team. Liz specialises in Wound Care along with other general Practice Nurse roles
Donna O'Neill (f)
Practice Nurse
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Qualifying in 2025 Donna first role as a qualified nurse is here at The Limes. Already settling in the Practice Nurse roles, Donna covers Childhood immunisations, and other Nursing roles
Ruth Adams (f)
Sexual Health + Contraception Specialist Nurse Practitioner
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Work at The Limes once a week to bring us her expertise in Sexual Health
Zoie Nolan (f)
Nursing Associate
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Qualifying as a Nurse Associate in 2021 Zoie has worked within The Limes since 2023, Zoie has a special interest in Chronic Disease Management covering Asthma and Diabetes. This is done alongside other roles such as cervical screening
Healthcare Assistants and Phlebotomist
Nina Warner (f)
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Has worked as an Advanced Health Care Assistant within The Limes for over 25 years, Nina has a special interest in Spirometry and FeNo testing alongside running her INR clinics and other Health Care Assistant role including working with the GP’s in their Minor Surgery session and Coil clinics
Chantel Jacklin (f)
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Has worked at The Limes as a Health Care Assistant since 2014, In 2025 Chantel qualified as a Senior Healthcare Assistant. Chantel works alongside Emma organising BP monitoring and also works with the GP’s at their coil clinics and minor surgery sessions
Emma Williamson (f)
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Has worked within The Limes since 2022, she qualified as a Senior Health Care Assistant in 2025, Emma runs INR clinics, alongside organising the 24 hour BP monitoring and works alongside the GP’s in their Minor Surgery clinics
Denise Sibson (f)
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Has worked at The Limes since 2025 she has been a Phlebotomist previously at University Hospitals Leicester
Primary Care Pharmacists
Barinder Singh (m)
Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist
Sayma Ali (f)
Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist
Management
Mr David Concar (m)
Practice Manager - Post Graduate Diploma in Management studies
Kate Jones (f)
Assistant Practice Manager
