THE PARTNERS

Dr Alyson J Pontin MBBS FRCGP DRCOG DFFP
Graduated from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1981 and completed her postgraduate training in Inverness. She moved to Lincoln in 1985 and worked as a Locum for various practices, including the Minster Practice, until 1989. After three year's of locum work in Cornwall, she returned as a part-time Partner in 1992. In 1999 she achieved Fellowship by Assessment and, in 2000, DFFP (The Diploma of Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health). Her interests include gynaecology, family planning and teaching. In 2002, she was approved as a trainer and acted as an FBA advisor and assessor to a local GP. Interests include women's health and postgraduate training.

Dr Jonathan C Gibbs MBBS FRCGP DRCOG
Graduated from Kings College Hospital, London in 1988 after which he spent three years doing hospital training in London and Kent followed by one year's GP training in Scarborough. He joined the Practice in August 1995. His medical interests include IT, child health surveillance and minor surgery. He achieved Fellowship by Assessment in 2000. He is the Practice Lead for Clinical Governance, Prescribing, IT and the Quality and Outcomes Framework. He is also a GP Tutor for medical students based at the University of Nottingham Medical School.

Dr Christopher J Batty MB ChB DRCOG
Graduated from Liverpool Medical School in 1989, having enjoyed an active role in medical student life, being Treasurer of the Society in his fourth year and Captain of the Medical School Football Team for three years. Following House Officer jobs, he moved to Macclesfield in Cheshire for his vocational training and took a year out to work in Australia prior to finishing his GP training. Since being in Lincoln, he has taken up the position of Club Doctor to Lincoln City Football Club, where he is now in his tenth season, and has graduated from Nottingham University with an MSc in Sports Medicine. Within the Practice, he is responsible for finance and complaints, with a shared responsibly for personnel and is also responsible for the Practice appointment system. Clinically, he has interests in asthma, diabetes and minor surgery in addition to Sports Medicine. He works as a GP with Special Interest in Orthopaedics, triaging all referrals and seeing patients with soft tissue injuries in Lincoln and Gainsborough.

Dr Paul Fitzgerald MB BCh BAO MRCSI MRCGP PGCME
Graduated from University College Dublin in 1994. Following Internship, he completed a three year Pre-Fellowship training programme in Surgery in Ireland. Following Membership examinations he spent two years as an Orthopaedic Registrar in Cork and Limerick. He then moved to the UK in 2000 and completed the Lincoln Vocational Training Scheme in 2003. He then worked as a Salaried Principal in two local Practices before joining Minster Medical Practice as a Partner in August 2004. He has recently completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education and is an approved GP Trainer. He is mentor to the Nurse Practitioner and enjoys the wide variety of General Practice, particularly orthopaedics and minor surgery.

Associate Doctor:
Dr Aurelia Moreno Beteta LMS DFFP
Graduated from University Complutense of Madrid in 1989 and moved to the UK where she initially gained wide postgraduate experience in surgical jobs, and particularly in Orthopaedics. She spent one year as Anatomy Demonstrator at St George's Medical School in London and passed Primary FRCS in 1995. She then joined The Greenwich Vocational Training Scheme for General Practice in South East London. She completed her training in Lincolnshire in 2001 after placements in psychiatry in Lincoln and GP Registrar at Market Rasen. She joined Minster Medical Practice as a GP assistant and became a Salaried Partner in 2003. She achieved ALS Provider Certificate in 1998 and DFFP in 2001. She ran a teenage Family Planning Clinic at Market Rasen. Her interests include gynaecology, family planning, orthopaedics and minor surgery.