Dr Jones was a new, young, female GP whom Jack Duckworth visited in April 1998 after experiencing pain in his legs. Jack initially assumed that he'd entered the wrong surgery as he was a patient of Dr Thackery, but Dr Jones informed him that she was Thackery's successor in the practice as he had passed away eighteen months ago. Reading through his notes, it was apparent that Jack had not been to the surgery for about two years.