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The General Practitioners

DR CATHERINE O’CONNOR
MB BAO BCH (U N IRELAND 1970)

DR PEARL CHIN
BM (SOUTHAMPTON 1991) MRCGP DFFP Dip OH

DR BUONG CHIENG
MBBS (AUSTRALIA 1998) MRCP DRCOG PG Dip DERM DFSRH MRCGP

DR NEERA DHOLAKIA
MBCHB (LEEDS 2004) MRCGP, BSc (Hons) Psychology, DFSRH

Practice Staff

NURSES ALISON TAYLOR
ESTELA BONIOL
COUNSELLOR MARY BURKE
HEALTH VISITOR SHELLEY McCLETCHIE-HOLDER
RECEPTIONISTS PATRICIA LIDDY
SUSAN SEWARD
HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT FLORA GERMAIN
MANAGER VERONICA PILGRIM
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS FLORA GERMAIN
CANDACE FRANCIS

Practice Nurse

The nurse is available by appointment for:

  • Wound dressings
  • Adult and childhood immunisations
  • Travel health advice and vaccinations for holidays abroad
  • Ear syringing
  • Women's health including cervical smears
  • Heart disease monitoring
  • Blood pressure reading
  • Diabetic monitoring
  • Respiratory disease monitoring
  • General health promotion advice including smoking, diet and exercise

Health Care Assistant

  • Blood Pressure Reading
  • New Patient Checks
  • Diabetic Monitoring
  • Blood Tests
  • Urine Tests
  • Adult Immunisations

Counsellor

Mary Burke MSc provides a counselling service to patients of the surgery. In addition, we refer to a ‘guided self-help’ therapist. Please discuss with your GP for more information.

Community Nurses

The community nurses look after patients requiring nursing at home. These nurses are employed by the Primary Care Trust and are based outside of the surgery.
They can be contacted via reception or direct on (020) 7221 2650.

Health Visitors

There are health visitors who cover the practice. They have special responsibilities to mothers and children under five.
Direct line (020) 7243 7821.

Training

We undertake research, train medical students, health visitors and student nurses. From time to time with your permission we videotape consultations. The tapes are only used for education and are destroyed afterwards. If you do not wish to be involved please inform reception. Your treatment will not be affected.
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