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PRESCRIPTIONS:
The cost of prescriptions is increasing by 30p from 1st April 2023 to £9.65.
The cost of prescription pre-payment certificates (PPCs) will also be increased.  See Prescriptions tab for further information about costs.
Please note that all Prescriptions are taking 5-7 working days due to high demand and delays with deliveries from drug companies.   Please do not include weekends or bank holidays.
The practice will be closed on Monday 1st, 8th and 29th May for the bank holidays.
 

Our dispensary is closed between 1pm - 3pm from Monday to Friday.

Remove labelling prior to disposal of empty medicine bottles/boxes

Identity theft can have serious and lasting consequences for victims, so it is important for individuals to take proper steps to protect themselves wherever possible. By managing your personal information carefully and understanding its importance, you can reduce the likelihood of it impacting you.

  • Remove all personal and surgery labelling from medicines packets and bottles prior to disposal
  • Shred or destroy your personal information
  • Help the environment by recycling your bottles and cardboard packets

Registering at the Practice

We are receiving a lot of enquiries to join our Practice from patients living out of our practice area. To save disappointment please use our postcode checker which is located in the New Patient section of our website, this will clearly tell you whether you reside within our area.  We do not take patients who are not in our area.  If you wish to ring the surgery to enquire then please ring after 10:00am.

Appointments can be booked by telephone (calls may be recorded), on-line or face to face.  If you cannot attend your appointment then please let us know.  Appointment text reminders are being used for those patients who provide a mobile number.  If you do not wish to receive these reminders then please inform us. 

Doctors

Our practice has two full time partners and three part-time salaried GPs.

Dr Simon Fullalove (m)

Trained at Manchester University and qualified in 1987. He worked extensively in a variety of hospital medicine departments in Manchester and Liverpool and achieved Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1991. He subsequently completed further vocational training in Accident & Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. He became a partner in the practice at St Germans in 1995. He is a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners and holds the Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning.

Dr Jonathan Carty (m)

Dr Carty joined the team at Quay Lane Surgery on July 4th 2016. Dr Carty qualified from the University of Aberdeen in 1997 and served in the Royal Navy until 2004. During this time he saw active service around the world including East Timor and Sierra Leone. He was awarded QCVS in the Queen’s Operation Honours List in 2001 for his role in Operation Barras in 2000. He also served at RNAS Culdrose providing medical support to 771 Naval Air Squadron, regularly flying on Search and Rescue Missions. His GP training in Derriford Hospital included working in A&E, ENT, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and General Medicine. For 10 years prior to joining Quay Lane Surgery he worked as a full time GP Partner at Lifton Surgery in West Devon. He is interested in all areas of medicine, particularly ophthalmology, ENT disorders, family medicine and palliative care.

Dr Emma Knight (f)

Salaried GP

Dr Knight qualified from Aberdeen University, doing an elective with an ER and Air ambulance in Florida, followed by a rotation with cardiothoracic surgery, orthopaedics and trauma. She was sponsored by the Royal Navy in medical school, then served as a doctor with Search and Rescue in Cornwall and at HMS Raleigh with the new recruits. She was also the doctor for two 7 month deployments, one which circumnavigated the globe and one which included time in Sierra Leone.

Dr Knight has worked in A&E, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ENT, Opthalmology and General Medicine in Derriford during General Practice training and loves all aspects of helping patients. She has 4 school age children and loves running, cycling, stand up paddle boarding, travelling and generally being busy!

Dr Ayla McCamphill-Rose (f)

Salaried GP

Originally from the Midlands, Ayla McCamphill-Rose qualified from the University of Wales, College of Medicine, in 2003 after playing as much rugby as she could.  She then remained in the South Wales Valleys for further medical and GP vocational training before following her partners career to Wiltshire, London, Bristol, Portsmouth, Italy and Devon.  She has worked as a locum, salaried GP and partner in various NHS settings across the South of England and London.  Completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Sports & Exercise Medicine at Bath University has afforded her posts in international rugby, premiership football, London 2012 Olympics and military medicine at the Institute of Naval Medicine, NATO Naples and BRNC Dartmouth.  She has recently become a civilian GP for Plymouth based Commando units as well as joining Quay Lane Surgery where she hopes to help patients keep doing the things they love - healthy and happy.  She enjoys all things musical, aquatic, equestrian and alpine and with her record breaking disco dancing family Ayla is looking forward to enjoying everything Cornwall has to offer and never moving house again.

Dr Jack Pothecary (m)

Salaried GP

Dr Pothecary qualified from the University of Liverpool in 2018. He initially worked in Blackpool Victoria Hospital, spending time in both medical and surgical departments – this included working in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Diabetes and Endocrinology as well as Paediatrics. During this time, he also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Leadership with Distinction. His GP training was undertaken in Devon, mainly based at Derriford Hospital including time within ENT, Palliative Care and Cardiology. During this period of training, he also had exposure to multiple community-based clinics including Dermatology, Sexual Health, Mental Health and Addiction Services. After qualifying as a GP he joined Quay Lane Surgery and works part time with the Acute GP Service at Derriford Hospital. He fills his free time with water sports, trekking and DIY! 

 
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