Mrs Sue Hinchcliffe- Practice Manager

Sue Hinchcliffe is Mr Murphy’s Practice Manager and Personal Assistant. She has managed the practice since 1997 and, prior to this, worked as a medical secretary in Plastic Surgery at the Christie Hospital.

She has also worked at the Faculty of Art and Design and the Sports Centre of Manchester Metropolitan University, was a Senior Clerk for the Royal Bank of Scotland as well as being a qualified swimming teacher!

Sue deals with all telephone calls, letters and emails sent to the office and will normally be your first point of contact.

Sister Sudha Fannon- Plastic Surgical Nurse Practitioner

Senior Sister Sudha Fannon has been working in our department since 1989.Prior to joining us she was a midwifery sister at Stepping Hill hospital.

She assists Mr Murphy when consulting and visiting pre-and postoperative patients on the ward to help them through their stay. She is responsible for most of the postoperative dressing changes and advises patients, keeping in touch with them on the phone after their discharge from the hospital, giving them support
and advice as necessary on wound care. She has also undertaken extensive training with non-surgical treatment and runs her own practice for Botox and Restylane fillers from the BUPA Manchester Hospital.

Dr Simon Maguire – Consultant Anaesthetist

Dr Maguire qualified from the University of Manchester and did his postgraduate training in anaesthesia in the UK and New Zealand.

His NHS commitment is as a Consultant Anaesthetist at the University Hospital of South Manchester and Christie Hospital NHS Trusts where he specialises in anaesthesia for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, particularly head and neck cancer work, which he undertakes with Mr Murphy.

Outside his clinical commitments, he is a Tutor for the Royal College of Anaesthetists and responsible for overseeing the training of Anaesthetic Registrars in the North West. He has an active interest in research and teaching and specialises in obstetric anaesthesia.

Dr Debbie Nolan- Consultant Anaesthetist

Dr Nolan Consultant Anaesthetist studied at Manchester University and qualified in 1978. A consultant at Wythenshawe, the Christie and the BUPA Manchester Hospitals, she has 20 years experience as a specialist in anaesthesia for Plastic Surgery. Like Dr Maguire, her major interests include anaesthesia for cosmetic surgery, microsurgery and she also works with Mr Murphy in his skin cancer and Head & Neck Reconstruction work at Christie Hospital.

She also has over all responsibility from the delivery of postgraduate education of anaesthetic trainees in the North West