Our Staff

Doctors

DR CHIDI OKORIE (M)

MBBS FRCS(2001) MRCGP DRCOG(2007) DipDerm

DR SAMBHAVI SHEEDY (F)

BSc, MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFFP

DR NABI KADRI

Medical Secretary

FAIZA AHMED (F)

Medical Secretary/Administrator

Operationals Manager

KHALEEM AUCKBARALLY (M)

Receptionist/Administrator

FEECHI ODINKALU

Registrar

DR RICHARD ZHU

Nurses

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

CARMEL DEANE (F)

Our practice nurse Carmel is responsible for the management of removal of stitches, dressing of wounds, ear syringing, giving injections, taking cervical smears, and the provision of contraceptive advice. In conjunction with the doctors she helps in the monitoring of patients with long term illness such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure. We have a Practice Nurse available Monday, Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We also have a healthcare assistant (Yana) available on Tuesdays

Healthcare Assistant

YANA SHYIENKO

Clinical Pharmacists

SHAMSUL ISLAM (M)

We now have a clinical Pharmacist on board please contact surgery for more information

Practice Management

KAMALJEET KAUR BHANGRA (F)

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.

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. Contact the team by telephone on 0300 300 1579 HEALTH VISITORS INFORMATION HOW TO CONTACT YOUR HEALTH VISITOR 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. Contact number for community health visiting team: Loxford/Cranbrook 0-19 Universal Team Tel: 0300 300 1579 Option 1 Opening hours: 9.00am - 5.00pm Dear Parents Please book the following appointments with your GP At 6-8 weeks - BABY ASSESSMENT At 6-8 weeks- MOTHERS POSTNATAL REVIEW At 8 weeks - BABYS FIRST IMMUNISATION (1ST) At 12 weeks - BABYS SECOND IMMUNISATION (2ND) At 16 weeks - BABYS THIRD IMMUNISATION (3RD) At 12-13 months- BABYS FOURTH IMMUNISATION (4TH) At 3YEARS 4 MONTHS - PRE SCHOOL BOOSTER Your Health Visitor will discuss withy you your babys BCG vaccination and issue you with an appointment. It is very important that you attend this immunisation as your baby is at risk of TB if not immunised Please remember to complete page 25 of your red book BEFORE attending your 6-8 week review