Clinical Team

Dr Amanda Faulkner (F)

MBBCh MRCGP

GP Partner

Dr Amanda Faulkner qualified from the University of Wales College of Medicine in 1993 and has worked at Llanedeyrn Health Centre since 2000. She works 6 sessions a week at the practice splitting her time between the Llanedeyrn and Llanrumney sites.
She has particular interests in Women’s Health, Sexual Health, Mental Health, Prescribing and is involved in the training of new GPs.

Dr George Brand (M)

MBChB MRCPCH MRCGP

GP Partner

George qualified from The University of Bristol in 2010. He has been working in Wales since then and before starting his training in General Practice spent some time working in Paediatrics.
He started at Llan Healthcare as a registrar in August 2017 and since completing his training has stayed on working 4 days a week across both sites.
He has a particular interest in Paediatrics and Child Health.

Dr Gareth Powell (M)

MB BCh

GP Partner

Dr Gareth Powell qualified from University of Wales College of Medicine in 2004 and has worked at Llan Healthcare since 2019. He works 4 days a week at the practice and one day a week in the dermatology department of the Royal Gwent Hospital. His other clinical interests include skin surgery, musculoskeletal problems and joint injections.

Dr Samra Shah (M)

MBBCh MRCP MRCGP

GP Partner

Dr. Shah graduated from Cardiff University in 2014 and has been practising in Wales ever since.
He has acquired experience in a range of different specialties, particularly general internal medicine before committing to a career in General Practice.
He joined Llan Healthcare as a registrar in 2022 and is now a salaried GP working 6 sessions a week across both sites.
He has an interest in cardiovascular medicine and geriatrics.

Dr Benjamin McIlwham (M)

BMBS MRCGP MSc (Med. Ed.) FHEA

Dr Ben Mcilwham graduated from Peninsula Medical School (Exeter & Plymouth) in 2015.
He came back to Cardiff for his GP training, and studied at Cardiff University for a Master’s degree in Medical Education.

He does 6 sessions across the two sites, and has special interests in skin minor surgery, joint injections, and teaching medical students.

Dr Bart Veneman (M)

MRCGP MSc Diptropmed

Dr Bart finished his medical degree at the University of Leuven in Belgium in 2013. He did a further postgraduate degree in Tropical medicine and International health and then worked in North Africa before settling in the UK.

After various hospital jobs and a further degree at the University of Manchester he felt it was time to develop is interest in general practice. When he finished his general practice training he began working for Llan Healthcare in 2021.

He works three days at both, Llanrumney and Llanedeyrn surgeries. Dr Veneman also works for the Health Inclusion Service (health screening for migrants) and the prison health service.

He is currently developing his interest in substance misuse.

Dr Lucy Lazarus (F)

MBBCH MRCGP DFSRH

Dr Lucy Lazarus qualified from Cardiff University in 2013. She did her Foundation and GP training in South Wales and joined Llan Healthcare in August 2018. She works 6 sessions per week and has particular interests in women’s health, sexual health and care of the elderly.

Dr Heledd Griffiths (F)

Dr Heledd Griffiths

Dr Nicholas Hargreaves (M)

MBBCH BSc MRCGP

Nick qualified from Cardiff University in 2017. He also has an intercalated degree in Sports Science from Bangor University.

He worked in Llan Healthcare as a GP registrar in 2023 and returned in 2025 as a salaried GP.
His areas of particular interest are musculoskeletal and lifestyle medicine.

Dr Rhiannon Brown (F)

Dr Rhiannon Brown

Dr James Lloyd (M)

MBBCh BSc

Dr James Lloyd qualified from Cardiff University Medical School in 2017. He did his foundation training in Cardiff and Vale and then worked in General Medicine at the University Hospital of Wales for 3 years before starting general practice training in 2022. He started in Llan Healthcare as a registrar in August 2024 and is now working as a salaried GP. He has an interest in general internal medicine.

Victoria Davies

BSc RGN, RSCN, MSc NP

Practice Nurse RGN

Victoria has worked as a practice nurse for 16 years and prior to this has a background in A&E where she gained a further qualification as a children’s nurse. Victoria’s role includes minor illness clinics, contraception clinics including being an implant fitter, diabetic and asthma clinics. Victoria is also responsible for annual reviews of our housebound and nursing home patients.

Gaynor Ambler

RGN MSc Nurse Practitioner, Independent Prescriber

Gaynor qualified in 1986 and has worked in Llanedeyrn since 2001. She left to spend three and a half years living and working as a Practice Nurse in New Zealand from 2013 until 2016 before returning back to Llanedeyrn.
Her particular interests are dealing with Minor illnesses, Chronic Disease Management and Women’s Health

Janice Rees

RGN, RM, BSc Clinical Practice

Janice Rees completed her nurse training in April 1988 in Cardiff before completing her Midwifery diploma. She worked for 7 years as a midwife at The Royal Gwent Hospital and UHW before moving to General Practice.

She joined the Llanrumney team 12 years ago and undertakes general clinics as well as Minor illness and all Chronic diseases. She enjoys the continuity of care with my regular patients.