Dorset CCG GP biographies
Dr Forbes Watson - Shadow Dorset CCG Chair
Dr Christian Verrinder Clinical Chair, Purbeck Locality
Dr Andrew Rutland Clinical Chair, Poole Bay & Parkstone Locality
Dr Blair Millar Clinical Chair, West Dorset Locality (Marshwood)
Dr Carol Linnard Clinical Chair, North Bournemouth Locality
Dr Chris McCall Clinical Chair, Poole North Locality
Dr Colin Davidson Clinical Chair, East Dorset Locality
Dr Jenny Bubb Clinical Chair, West Dorset Locality (mid Dorset)
Dr Patrick Seal Clinical Chair, Poole Central Locality
Dr Paul French Clinical Chair, East Bournemouth Locality
Dr Piers Wilde Clinical Chair, Central Bournemouth Locality
Dr Richard Jenkinson Clinical Chair, Christchurch Locality
Dr Rob Childs Clinical Chair, North Dorset Locality
Dr Rupert Turberville-Smith Clinical Chair, Weymouth and Portland Locality
Dr Ros Maycock GP Transition Lead
Dr Forbes Watson
Shadow Dorset CCG Chair
Shadow Dorset Health and Wellbeing Board Chair
Dr Forbes Watson is a GP principal in Lyme Regis. Trained at the University of Glasgow, he has worked in Glasgow, Cornwall and Australia before moving to Lyme Regis, where he has been since 1997. Forbes is the Chair of the Shadow Clinical Commissioning Group for Dorset. He is married with children and his interests include rugby union and boating - he is the Honorary Medical Advisor and Chairman of the Lyme Regis Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Dr Christian Verrinder
Clinical Chair, Purbeck Locality
Dr Christian Verrinder is a GP principal at The Wellbridge Practice, Wool. He trained in Nottingham and worked there after qualification as well as in Derby,Warwick, Cheltenham and Australia before moving to Poole in 2002. He is married with children. His professional interests include GP Training, Sports and Exercise Medicine as well as Orthopaedic Medicine.
Dr Andrew Rutland
Clinical Chair, Poole Bay & Parkstone Locality
Dr Andrew Rutland is a GP Principal at The Lilliput Surgery in Poole. Having gained an initial degree at Oxford University, he qualified at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School. Having worked in Australia and locally in Dorset, he joined his current practice permanently in 1996. He is married to a GP and has two rapidly growing boys. He keeps fit running regularly and referees rugby to youth level, and tries to spend as much summer time as possible on the water. Professionally he is a GP Trainer and Appraiser, and enjoys life in a proactive Practice.
Dr Blair Millar
Clinical Chair, West Dorset Locality (Marshwood)
Dr Alan Blair Millar is a GP principle at The Bridport Medical Centre where he has been since 1994. He trained at King’s College Hospital School of Medicine and he has worked in London, Poole and Exeter, which is where he did his GP training. Blair has been involved in practice based commissioning since its inception and is now the Clinical Lead for Bridport, Lyme and Charmouth, a sub-locality of West Dorset. He is married with 3 children and his interests include sailing and skiing.
Dr Carol Linnard
Clinical Chair, North Bournemouth Locality
Dr Carol Linnard is the senior partner of the Alma Medical Centre and has worked there for almost three decades. Throughout that time she has been involved in the education of the next generation of Doctors and holds posts at Southampton Medical school, Winchester University and Wessex Deanery. Over the years she has been part of the changing structures of management affecting NHS Primary Care and is now committed to Locality Commissioning. Carol is married with three adult children and along with the usual leisure activities she enjoys “mending things”.
Dr Chris McCall
Clinical Chair, Poole North Locality
Having joined The Hadleigh Practice in Broadstone and Corfe Mullen in 1982 after training in London and Devon /Cornwall, Dr Chris McCall is now experiencing the third iteration of GP / primary care led commissioning but his enthusiasm remains undaunted and he has been Locality Lead for Poole North since its inception. He is married with a grown up family that continues to arrive on the doorstep at frequent intervals and is about to become poorer as another daughter is married off. He is still trying to catch that elusive 30lb+ salmon.
Dr Colin Davidson
Clinical Chair, East Dorset Locality
Dr Colin Davidson has been a principal in GP working in Cranborne Dorset since 1988. He qualified at the Middlesex Hospital in London and worked there and subsequently in Brighton and Bournemouth before following the sunshine again to Australia. He followed a physician training programme to Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, but finds General Practice the only place to practice true general medicine. He is married to a doctor and has 3 children. He is a rugby referee, sails, skis and has been seen on a golf course when not at meetings; despite his body profile he has run 3 London Marathons.
Dr Jenny Bubb
Clinical Chair, West Dorset Locality (mid Dorset)
Dr Jenny Bubb is a GP partner at Cerne Abbas surgery and is currently the West Dorset Rural Locality Lead. She qualified from medical school in Southampton in 2001 before moving to Dorchester to complete GP training. She has worked at Cerne Abbas surgery since 2008. She lives in the Piddle Valley with her husband and son. Her interests include hiking in the beautiful Dorset countryside and playing tennis.
Dr Patrick Seal
Clinical Chair, Poole Central Locality
Dr Patrick Seal is a GP principal at The Adam Practice in Poole where he has been a partner since 1991. He qualified from Cambridge University and University College Hospital in 1985, and did his vocational training for General Practice in Dorset. Married with 4 children all over 20, he was on the Local Medical Committee for 8 years and has been involved as Practice Based Commissioning / Locality Lead for Central Poole for 5 years. He has been a GP Trainer for the past 10 years, and interests outside work include barista training.
Dr Paul French
Clinical Chair, East Bournemouth Locality
Dr Paul French is a Senior Partner at The Marine and Oakridge Surgery in Southbourne, Bournemouth where he has been working since 1984. He trained at The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. He has been working for Primary Care organisations continuously since their inception. During this time he was the PEC Chair of Bournemouth Primary Care Trust for four years and then the Interim PEC Chair of Bournemouth and Poole Primary Care Trust for one year. He still works four sessions a week for Bournemouth and Poole Primary Care Trust as one of their clinical team. His main areas of work are care of the elderly including stroke and dementia. He is married with one son and enjoys walking and skiing.
Dr Piers Wilde
Clinical Chair, Central Bournemouth Locality
Dr Piers Wilde has been a GP partner at Moordown Medical Centre in Bournemouth for 9 years. He qualified from London`s Kings College Hospital in 1993 and completed his GP training working in London, Peterborough, Australia and Dorchester. He has been involved in commissioning for 5 years and is married, living in Poole. His interests include music, mountain biking and food.
Dr Richard Jenkinson
Clinical Chair, Christchurch Locality
Dr Richard Jenkinson has been a partner at Burton Medical Centre,Christchurch since 1995. He qualified in London and worked there and later in Devon to complete his postgraduate training. As well as being a GP he has a special interest in ears, nose and throat. He is married with five children and enjoys walking and is a silver leader for the Duke of Edinburgh's award scheme.
Dr Rob Childs
Clinical Chair, North Dorset Locality
Dr Rob Childs is a GP partner at Bute House Surgery Sherborne since 1993. He qualified from Southampton University in 1987 and has worked in the UK, Australia and the Channel Islands. He trained as a GP in Bath. He has been locality lead for North Dorset since 2008 and also represents his local GPs on the Dorset Local Medical Committee. He is married with two teenage sons and likes to play golf when time allows.
Dr Rupert Turberville-Smith
Clinical Chair, Weymouth and Portland Locality
Dr Rupert Turberville-Smith is a GP principal at the Bridges Medical Centre in Weymouth. He trained at St Georges Hospital, London, before moving to Dorset to complete GP training. He became involved in GP commissioning in 2006, initially helping to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease services in Weymouth and subsequently joining the Primary Care Trust’s professional executive committee as locality lead for Weymouth and Portland. He is married with two children, and enjoys skiing, sailing and cycling.
Dr Ros Maycock
GP Transition Lead
Dr Ros Maycock has been a local GP for the last 28 years in a practice in Poole. The practice is a training practice and trains GP registrars, doctors in training, student nurses and offers work experience to students. Ros joined the Primary Care Group in Poole when they were first developed and has been a part of the development throughout Primary Care Trusts to today’s NHS Bournemouth and Poole. Ros was Chair of the Professional Executive Committee and a member of the Trust Board. She is now working as a clinical member of the transition process to an authorised CCG.
