Welcome
Junior Doctors
Dr Sidra Riaz (F) has joined us as our GP Registrar and he will remain with us until February 2021 when she moves on to continue her GP training.
Dr Riaz will be working Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Dr Arun Patel (M) is an F2 doctor and has joined us from Dorset County Hospital. Whilst he is here he will develop un understanding about general practice, how it works and the patients and their conditions that we see. He is with us until December 2020.
Doctors
Dr Stephen Scott (m)
MB ChB FRCGP DTM&H DipMedEd. Dr Stephen Scott joined the practice in 2002. He qualified at Birmingham University in 1984. After qualifying he joined the RAF as a Medical Officer (Squadron Leader) and then with his wife and family in Nepal before returning to Dorchester in 1999. In 2006 was appointed the Appraisal Lead for Dorset but has stepped down in 2019 though he remains an appraiser. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of GPs in 2014 for his work in Nepal and the Revalidation and Appraisal Service. Stephen performs minor surgical procedures for the CCG, including vasectomies, in our purpose-built operating suite in the practice. He is married to Dr Kathy Scott (another of the partners) and they have three adult children. |
Dr Kathryn Scott (f)
MBChB MRCGP DCH DRCOG
Dr Kathryn Scott, a partner in the practice, qualified at Birmingham University in 1983 and joined the practice in 1999. Prior to moving to beautiful Dorset, she enjoyed general practice and family life in several locations including 3 years in Nepal, where she had an interest in leprosy. She has a role supporting the quality of prescribing in the locality and has an interest in diabetes.
Kathryn is married to Dr Stephen Scott (another of the partners) and they have 3 adult children.
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Dr John Robertson (m)

MB BS 1999, MRCP 2002, MRCGP 2006. I am Dr Johnny Robertson and have been a partner at the Prince of Wales Surgery since May 2016. I trained at St Georges Hospital Medical School in London qualifying in 1999. I spent 3 years as a respiratory registrar before training as a GP in 2005 in Bristol where I remained as a partner in the practice until moving to Dorchester in 2016. I have really enjoyed my time on Dorchester working with a fantastic team in our lovely building here on Poundbury. As a GP I am interested in all areas of medicine but have a particular interest in respiratory problems. I’m and GP trainer supervising GP registrars in the practice. My Surgeries are on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. My wife is a hospital consultant and I have 3 children. |
Dr Lara Wear (f)
MRCGP 2015, DCH (SA) 2011, MB BS 2007, BSc (Physiology) 2005 Dr Lara Wear is a GP Partner in the practice. She trained at Imperial College London, qualifying in 2007. Dr Wear also has a Diploma in Child Health. She has spent several years working in Dorset, both in General Practice and at Dorset County Hospital having completed her GP training in the area. Dr Wear started with us as a salaried GP in October 2017 and from 1st May 2019 joined us as Partner. Her working days are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. She lives in Dorchester with her fiancée. |
Dr Mike Lewis (m)
BM BMedSci
Dr Mike Lewis joined the practice as a salaried doctor April 2020. He trained at Southampton qualifying 2012. Having spent a year working abroad with his wife and subsequently with the infectious diseases team in Leicester he undertook GP training in Dorset where he has continued to practice. His working days are: Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. |
Nurses
The Surgery employs four Practice Nurses, who will also provide specialist advice and treatment for Diabetes, Asthma, COPD and CHD, as well as a Health Care Assistant and Phlebotomist |
Nurse Natasha Carikas (f)
Natasha has recently joined us as the Lead Nurse and comes with a wealth of experience within General Practice and Primary Care with a special interest in diabetes management. Natasha is able to prescribe certain medications and manage minor ailments. |
Nurse Clair Maggs (f)
Clair has a wealth of experience from within general practice, and has a special interest in COPD and Asthma. Clair has completed a Diploma in Respiratory Medicine since joining us and therefore looks after the majority of our patients who have respiratory problems. |
Nurse Linda Skinner (f)
Linda is a qualified nurse who has a experience within General Practice. She assists the GPs with the vasectomy clinic and the minor surgery clinic. She also has her own clinic sessions taking blood, spirometry, ECG, dressing etc. |
Nurse Rebecca York (f)
Becca joined us from Dorset County Hospital in 2018. Becca qualified as a nurse in 2010, and has worked in secondary care since then and has since been developing her practice nurse skills and knowledge both through attending university and within the practice environment. |
Healthcare Assistants
Rosie Britton (f) |
Mrs Harriet Legg (f) |
Phlebotomists
Practice Management
In addition we also employ eight Reception & four Administration Assistants. |
Miss Sally Holland (f)
Practice Manager. Miss Sally Holland joined the practice in April 2013 |
Mrs Sarah Botta (f)
Deputy Practice Manager |
Reception
Miss Carol Cake (f)
Carol is the Reception Manager |
Attached Staff
We have a the District Nurse Team for Dorchester based in Frederick Treves House and the Health Visitor Team. The Primary Health Care Team includes the following who hold clinics at the Practice: Midwife and Steps to Wellbeing. Frederick Treves House is also host to a number of Dorset Healthcare Services, such as Musculoskeletal Services, Pain Clinic, Continence Clinic, Warfarin (INR) Clinic and Podiatry. These services are managed by DHUFT and not by the practice, although the practice will check patients in for some of the services. You should be notified if you need to report to reception in the appointment letter that is sent out to you. |