Dr Cuttell qualified from the University of Birmingham in 1983. She did training posts in general medicine, geriatrics, gynaecology, obstetrics, psychiatry and community paediatrics. After completing general practice training in Wakefield in 1990 she worked as a GP in Castleford (Yorkshire) for five years before moving to the Middlewich Road Surgery in Sandbach, in 1995.

She has special interests in child development, women’s health and palliative care. As a GP Trainer she is involved in teaching, mentoring and assessing GP registrars.