About Us

Your care, your dental team

Most patients come to Finkle Hill because they’ve heard that we provide the very best and most compassionate dental care. We’ve attracted a talented team of general and specialist dentists, dental therapists and nurses who are here to put your mind at ease and provide exceptional standards of care and treatment.

The Finkle Hill team includes three experienced general dentists (Dr Cliff Palmer, Dr Clare O'Neill and Dr Liam O'Hara), our GDC registered specialist (Dr Matthew Gahan) and two dental therapists (Kelly Walker and Serena Lowes). Our team continually invest in their professional development and collectively have special interests in delivering restorative care, implants, Invisalign and composite bonding.

Dentists, Specialists & Therapists

Dr Cliff Palmer

Principal Dentist

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Dr Clare O'Neill

Associate Dentist

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Dr Matthew Gahan

Specialist Restorative Dentist

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Dr Liam O'Hara

Associate Dentist

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Serena Lowes

Dental Therapist

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Kelly Walker

Dental Therapist

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Nursing Team

Jo Wrigglesworth
Lead Dental Nurse
GDC No. 122474

Taymee Newton
Implant Nurse and Coordinator
GDC No. 274436

Angelika Pawlowska
Implant Dental Nurse
GDC No. 267111

Amy Buttle
Dental Nurse
GDC No. 235338

Rachael Denton
Dental Nurse
GDC No. 306474

Rachael joined the Finkle Hill team in 2021 as an apprentice nurse working, and is currently working towards her level 3 NVQ. She brings a wealth of people experience from her previous career as a stage performer, and has quickly developed into an excellent dental nurse. She typically works with Liam, supporting the delivery of the both routine and restorative and cosmetic dental treatments. Rachael is a great addition to the Finkle Hill team.

Elisha Brisland
Apprentice Dental Nurse

Care Coordination

Our care co-ordination team are on hand to provide you with treatment plans tailored to your specific needs and to arrange timely appointments when you need them.

Joanne Town
Lead Receptionist

Jo Town is the second half of the management team that ensures the practice runs as well as it does. She is the friendly face you will be most likely to meet at reception or speak to on the phone. She knows almost all of our patients by name, makes sure they feel welcomed to the practice and plans care in their interests. With a busy diary to juggle she has much on her plate. But she is unflappable.

Chloe Alvarado
Lead Treatment Coordinator
GDC No. 273144

Chloe is our Treatment Coordinator. With her warm and reassuring manner she is able to answer all your queries about potential or planned treatment. Working in patnership with the dentists, she ensures a seamless treatment experience from your initial query through to scheduling appointments and arranging finance.

From a dental nursing background, Chloe is qualified to take impressions, digital scans, apply fluoride and take dental radiographs.

Lauren Thompson
Treatment Coordinator
GDC No. 247392

Lauren is our Lead Nurse responsible for leading the nursing and ensuring the highest clinical standards. She is also our Children and Family Coordinator and an excellent dental nurse. She takes pride in using her skills in the widest sense, running her own clinics and delivering oral health education programme with our local schools. Lauren has additional qualifications in fluoride application, oral health education and radiography. She particularly enjoys working with patients with dental phobias, and runs sessions which support patients to deal with their phobias and advise dentists of how they can best be managed.

Katie Lazenby
Receptionist

Management

Helen Palmer
Business Manager

Cassy Pearson
Practice Manager
GDC No. 247855

CQC Report

CQC inspectors use professional judgement, supported by objective measures and evidence, to assess services against our five key questions:

Are they safe?
Are they effective?
Are they caring?
Are they responsive to people’s needs?
Are they well-led?

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Verified Reviews

370+ 5* Reviews

Janet Hynes

14:14 26 Mar 25

I am a new.patient and Claire and her team were lovely and welcoming and very thorough.

Laurence Mullikin

14:48 24 Mar 25

Tony Dawkins

11:46 13 Mar 25

Fantastic service as always from Finkle Hill team especially Liam and Serena. The care and respect they show to my partner who has Parkinson's and dementia is second to none. Keep up the fantastic work you all do.

Paul Whitehead

19:04 12 Mar 25

Same friendly, professional attention as usual.

Steve Sadler

20:11 10 Mar 25

Irene Breckon

14:24 07 Mar 25

Excellent treatment and advice. Staff very welcoming and friendly. Would definitely recommend.

Mike Cooke

12:59 05 Mar 25

As a nervous patient requiring three extractions today I was not looking forward to my appointment with Liam O’Hara. He was excellent having followed up my assessment last month and developed a well planned and communicated programme of treatment. He is ably assisted in this by Laura who negotiated the five appointments to suit. Today was a good day - it couldn’t have gone better.