Here you can find information about members of the practice team.
Doctors
Dr Anthony Nguyen (m)
Dr Nguyen is a partner at the practice.
His qualifications are:- MBChB, DFFP
His special interests are as follows:-
- Diabetes
- Medicine of the elderly
- Musculoskeletal medicine
- Paediatrics
- Minor operations
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Dr John Heaton (m)
Dr Heaton is Partner at the practice,
His qualifications are:- MBChB
His special interests are as follows:-
- Acupuncture
- Musculoskeletal medicine
- Orthopaedics
- Sports medicine
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Dr Neil Basu (m)
Dr Basu is a partner at the practice.
His qualifications are:- MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG
His special interests are as follows:-
- Medical Student teaching
- Mental health
- Neurolinguistic programming
- Palliative care
- Substance misuse
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Dr Sulaxni Nainani (f)
Dr Nainani is a Partner at the practice. Her qualifications are :- MBBS, MS(ENT), MRCGP, DFSRH, PG Dip(ENT) Her special interests are as follows:- - ENT
- Womens Health/contraception
- Minor ops
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Dr Asma Ahmad (f)
Dr Ahmad is a Partner at the practice. Her qualifications are :- MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH, DIP CLIN DERM Her special interests are as follows:- |
Dr Susan McLoughlin (f)
Dr Mcloughlin is a Salaried GP,
Her qualifications are MBChB, BSc
Her special interests are as follows:-
- Paediatrics
- Respiratory medicine
- Minor surgery
- Implants
- Medical student teaching.
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Dr Rinku Joshi (f)
Dr Joshi is a salaried GP. Her special interests are as follows:- |
Nurses
Mrs Sarah Allen (f)
Nurse Sarah is also a nurse prescriber. |
Miss Wendy Haynes (f)
Nurse Wendy is a Diabetic specialist and is also a nurse prescriber. |
Our practice nurses are available by appointment or at our drop-in clinic to provide: blood pressure checks, cervical smears, chlamydia testing, contraception advice, contraceptive pills/patches, dietary advice, dressings, ear syringing, emergency contraception, health care checks, immunisations, sexual health advice, stitch/staple removal, travel advice, urine checks, and weight management. |
Healthcare Assistants
| Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one. |
Mrs Vanessa Wood (f)
Vanessa joined the practice in 2012 as a Health care assistant. Her practice duties include taking patients bloods as well as conducting NHS Health Checks. She has recently qualified to do ear syringes. |
Phlebotomists
Mrs Homa Nagdhali (f)
Homa, is our practice phlebotomist. This means she takes patients bloods. She is also part of the reception team and scans patient documents onto our clinical system. |
Practice Management
Mr Paul Houseman - Business Manager Mrs Jane Smart - Assistant Practice Manager |
Mr Paul Houseman (m)
Paul Houseman joined the team in the role of Business Manager, taking over fully from Claire Deare since June 2015. |
Mrs Jane Smart (f)
Jane has been a member of staff at the surgery for 17 years, she started her career at the surgery as a Part time filing clerk whilst her children were at school, she was later promoted to receptionist, taking on a full time role. Some years later she was promoted to Reception/Office manager before being promoted to the role of Practice Manager in May 2013. Jane heads up the patient services function within our practice management team, and manages our reception and administration functions. |
Administration
Jessica - Administrator Vicky - Personal Assistant to the Partners Homa - Phlebotomist/Scanning Clerk Sunny - I.T. Administrator |
Reception
Charlie - Reception Supervisor Herschel Hollie Ankita Sophia Kinjal Khandaker Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits. |
Community Midwives
| The midwife holds a weekly antenatal and booking clinic. |
Health Visitors
| A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing. |
Attached Staff
Physiotherapists - physiotherapy clinic 3 times a week Chiropractor - Neil Painter D.C. - Clinics twice weekly Practice Therapists - weekly (common mental health problems) Community Drug Treatment Practitioner - weekly |