Meet the Team

Born in Dorset. Trained and worked in London and then locally.

Married with three grown up children. Keen on sport and the outdoors, walking my English Springer Spaniel dogs and more recently learning some history!

Born and brought up in Bournemouth and trained in London. After graduating he worked in a variety of hospital specialties in Dorset, Cornwall, Devon, Scotland and Australia and in general practice posts in Scotland and New Zealand before joining the Westbourne team.

He is married and has a daughter and hobbies include tennis and skiing.

Trained in Manchester then worked as a GP in New Zealand and North Dorset before joining Westbourne in October 2014. Enjoys teaching and training junior doctors to become GPs.

Married with three children. Keen on the outdoors, snowboarding and cycling.

Qualified as a doctor in 2001, initially trained in Orthopaedic surgery and passed Membership Exam from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 2006. Inspired by the diverse and fulfilling nature of work of a General Practitioner- retrained to become one. Work as a GP with Specialist Interest in Musculo-Skeletal Medicine.

Happily married with two boys. Enjoys traveling around the world and experiencing new cultures. Lives locally in Poole.

Dr Foster grew up in Poole before studying medicine at the University of Bristol and training around the South West and Manchester. She has a particular interest and specialist diploma in Child Health and loves the breadth of variety general practice in our community can bring.

Married to a local consultant general surgeon, she has 2 young sons who love to get outdoors and are equally happy cooking, reading and getting artistic at home.

Born and raised in southern Germany, moved to UK as a medical student in 1995, qualified in 1996. Joined the Southampton GP vocational training scheme. Moved to Sydney, Australia in 2000 for my husband’s fellowship training. I worked in a busy Emergency Department at St Vincent’s Hospital until 2003. After that I moved to Bournemouth and worked as a GP on the East Cliff alongside working in the Breast Clinic in Poole Hospital for 10 years.

I am married and have 3 children, outside of work I love the outdoors, especially sea swimming, mountain biking and skiing. To relax I enjoy reading and yoga.

She has experience working in NHS hospitals for many years including paediatrics, elderly care and emergency care. She completed her GP training in Dorset a decade ago and enjoys working in Primary care. She is married, husband is an Oncologist and have three grown up sons. Outside work she enjoys outdoors and walking

Kate Dainton

Dr Hutley joined the surgery in June 2013 after graduating from Southampton University in 2006 and works as part of our Duty Team. In between school runs she enjoys walking her dog and living an active outdoor lifestyle and aspires to travel the world with her family.

DR ZUMRA HAMEEZ

I studied medicine at the University of Bristol and have worked as a Doctor in Dorset since qualifying in 2017. I am currently completing my GP training and my areas of interest at work are Rheumatology and Frailty medicine. Outside of work I enjoy walking, playing tennis, and spending time with family and friends.

Trained in Southampton and worked in Hospitals in Bristol, Sydney, Birmingham and Poole. Has experience in the Emergency Department, Cardiology and General Practice. Works in the duty team.
Lives with her Husband, Children and Miniature Dachshund. Enjoys Swimming, walking and socialising with friends and family.

Outside of work I enjoy spending time with my husband and  two children exploring the outdoors, cycling and cold water dips.

I am an experienced NHS Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist working in Primary Care, prescribing and delivering injection therapy. I am established as a lead digital AHP in Dorset and support my healthcare colleagues through improving public access to healthcare information.

Website- MSKpractitioner.com – Trusted rehabilitation: YouTube, podcasts, leaflets, images

Nicola Rowswell

Joined Westbourne surgery in 2021 ,working towards MSC in Advance Clinical practice , training to be an Autonomous Practitioner (ANP)with special interest in Frailty .

Lives with husband and two children . Enjoys outdoors , travelling and gardening.

What is a Clinical Pharmacist – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtPlTyV5YsE&list=PLB5e9vV_9DU4nRanDm2Es2dXEe29Nj2U9&index=6

Outside of work, Darren’s passion is Music. Darren has a bachelor’s degree with hons in commercial music and has been performing in bands since the age of 17. He has toured the UK and Europe as a guitarist.

Darren also enjoys Purbeck walks, climbing, running and cycling.

An Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner with over 10 years’ experience in the NHS, dedicated to developing pharmacist prescribing roles in hospitals and community settings and using innovative and modern ideas to promote and audit new services within healthcare. My main motivation is to inspire a new generation of pharmacists to change the face of the NHS and the way in which clinical pharmacists work as part of the multidisciplinary team with more of a frontline role. Aiming to create a patient-focused environment, acting as a patient advocate, demonstrating commitment to addressing health inequalities and patient empowerment, whilst providing a high standard of service.