Doctors
Dr Thirumurugan Elayakumar (m)
MBBS (2000) MRCGP DRCOG
Dr S Saghir (m)
MBBS 2003
Dr Vanessa Palmer (f)
Dr Rupen Kulkarni (m)
Nursing Team
Mrs Safina Allen (f)
Nurse Practitioner
Mrs Lesley Rushton (f)
Healthcare Assistant
Mrs Josie Tighe (f)
Healthcare Assistant
Non-urgent advice:
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.
Practice Team
Miss Jadee Darrock
Practice Manager
Non-urgent advice:
The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
Julie (f)
Reception Manager
Sharon (f)
Receptionist
Becky (f)
Receptionist
Lisa (f)
Receptionist
Becky (f)
GP Assistant
Susan (f)
Practice Secretary
Tracey (f)
Senior Administrator
Kerrie (f)
Administrator
Non-urgent advice:
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.
Healthcare Team
Brijesh Chopra (m)
Pharmacist
Victoria Wood
Physician Associate
Non-urgent advice: 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.