Doctors and Staff

The Doctors

Dr Patrick Ward	MBBS MRCGP DRCOG (King's College London 1992)
Dr Sarah Neill	MBChB DTM&H (University of Glasgow 1991)
Dr Sapna Subhani	BA MBBChir DCH DRCOG MRCGP (University of Cambridge 1988)
Dr Kajan Kanagasabai	BSc MBBS MRCGP DRCOG DFFP (Bart's & The Royal London 1998)
Dr Natalia Iriso	MBBS (University of Zaragoza 1997)
Dr Dinesh De Silva	MBBS MRCGP (Imperial College London 2002)
Dr Bhavna George	MBBS MRCGP (University of Mysore 1996)

Practice Staff

Ms Tijana Kricka is the practice manager and she is responsible for the administration and overall running of the surgery in support of the doctors.

There is a team of receptionists whose job it is to make appointments, answer questions, deal with the many telephone calls and repeat prescriptions, and ensure the smooth running of the surgeries. This is a difficult and demanding task and your patience and co-operation is greatly appreciated.

There is also a small team of administrative staff who are responsible for ensuring that all relevant and timely information is recorded on both the computerised medical records and in the patient's paper notes. As you would expect, we increasingly record information on the computerised records.

Mrs Sarah Morris and Mrs Paula Henesy are the practice secretaries and their time is spent preparing referral letters and following up queries.

Practice Nurses & Health Care Assistant

Claire Holland RGN

Vivienne Devlin RGN

Stephanie Lal RGN

Karen Smith RGN

Katherine Finch-Hutchins RGN

Barbra-Anne Sansom HCA

Our senior nurse is Mrs Claire Holland. The practice nurse and HCA role includes immunisations, cervical smears, blood pressure monitoring, leg ulcer care, dressings and removal of stitches, minor injuries and ear syringing, in addition to providing support for minor operations. Separate nurse appointments are available for these services.

In addition there are several nurse-led clinics covering specialist areas, for example: coronary heart disease, asthma, diabetes etc for which an appointment is also required.

Community Resources

Social Prescriber Link Worker

Social Prescribing is a non-medical referral option for patients:

With one or more long term conditions
Who need support with their mental health
Who are lonely and isolated
Who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing

During Covid 19 SPLW are also making Welfare Calls to vulnerable patients, arranging food shopping and medication delivery, offering emotional support and more.