Dr James Lavin (Male)
Dr James Lavin qualified from the University of Birmingham in 1989. He did his GP training at Avenue Road Surgery in Malvern where he subsequently became a partner and lead the development of the new practice site Whiteacres where it currently stands.
Dr Lavin is now the Senior Partner in the practice. He has special interests in the Care of the Elderly, Cardiology and joint injections.
Dr Alison Findlay (Female)
Dr Findlay qualified from the University of Bristol in 1998. She did her GP training at Whiteacres and subsequently became a partner.
Dr Findlay has special interests in medical education, female health and diabetes.
She is a Training Programme Director for the Hereford and Worcestershire GP training scheme and is a GP trainer.
Dr Louise Remedios (Female)
Dr Remedios qualified from the University of Bristol in 2002. She did her GP training at Whiteacres and subsequently became a partner.
Dr Remedios has special interests in ENT and Women’s Health. She fits contraceptive coils and implants at Whiteacres and performs some joint injections.
She is also the Palliative care lead for Whiteacres and a GP trainer.
Dr Philip Thompson (Male)
Dr Thompson graduated with honours from the University of Birmingham in 2007. He did his GP training at Whiteacres and subsequently became a partner. He became the Managing Partner of the Practice in July 2024
Dr Thompson has a special interest in Paediatrics, Dermatology and is the IT lead for the practice. Dr Thompson is a GP trainer and he is also responsible for the training of Year 3 medical students from the University of Birmingham.
Dr Thompson represents Whiteacres on a local level as part of the Malvern Primary Care Network.
Dr Thomas Daniel (Male)
Dr Daniel graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2012. He did his GP training at Whiteacres and subsequently became our 5th partner.
Dr Daniel leads the practice on cardiovascular disease including hypertension and heart failure.
He is also responsible for the training of Year 3 medical students from the University of Birmingham.
Dr Stephanie Lavin (Female)
Dr Steph Lavin qualified from the University of Birmingham in 1990. She did her GP training in Worcester and subsequently moved to Whiteacres (then Avenue Road Surgery) to work alongside her husband Dr James Lavin and team.
Dr Steph Lavin is our lead GP for female health. She fits contraceptive coils and implants at Whiteacres.
Dr Helen Currie (Female)
Dr Currie graduated from The University of Birmingham in 2014. She did her GP training at Whiteacres and subsequently joined us as a permanent GP.
She has special interests in female health and is the cancer and screening lead for Whiteacres.
Dr Lucy Clayton (Female)
Dr Clayton graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2013. She completed her GP training in Nottingham and subsequently worked as a salaried GP there. She moved to the Worcestershire area to be closer to family and joined Whiteacres in November 2022.
She has an interest in women’s health and fits contraceptive coils and implants at Whiteacres.
Dr Mike Hanna (Male)
Dr Hanna qualified from the University of Ain Shams (Egypt) in 2014. He commenced his career as a general/colorectal surgeon for 6 years before shifting into primary care. He did his GP training at Whiteacres and subsequently became a permanent GP.Dr Hanna has special interests in minor surgeries and men's health.
Dr Edward Lewsey (Male)
Dr Lewsey graduated with a degree in Modern History & Politics from the university of Essex in 2008 and worked in both private and public sectors before undertaking a career change and graduating with a medical degree from Keele Univiersity in 2018. Dr Lewsey was a junior doctor in Worcestershire before specialsing and doing GP training at Whiteacres. He has subsequently joined us on a permanent GP..
Dr Lewsey has interests in pre-hospital and events medicine and has extensive experience in Emergency Medicine. He has an ongoing interest in Orthinolaryngology (Ear, nose and throat).
Training Doctors
Whiteacres is proud to be a training practice. At any one time, we have mulitple training doctors with us at the surgery. They are all fully qualified doctors, but are embarking on their further training towards being a GP or a Hospital Consultant. All of our training doctors are supervised and carefully supported by one of the experienced GPs in the practice.
As of August 2024, we have the following doctors working with us:
Dr Zainab Abdulla (Female)
Dr Keralos Daoud (Male)
Dr Peter Fahey (Male)
Dr Bagya Wijewardena (Female)
Dr Mary Aniaku (Female)