Doctors
- Dr Rupal Shah
Surgery hours: Monday, Thursday and Friday - Dr Carolyn Bayer
Surgery hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday - Dr Judith Pearson
Surgery hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - Dr Sadaf Zahur
Surgery hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - Dr Deborah Lander
Surgery hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - Dr Harriet Wingate
Surgery hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - Dr Rishni Patel
Surgery hours: Thursday and Friday - Dr Elisabeth Littlewood
Surgery hours: Wednesday and Friday - Dr Claire Neilands
Surgery hours: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - Dr Alisha Patel
Surgery hours: Tuesday and Wednesday - Dr Anna Stubbens
Surgery hours: Monday and Wednesday - Dr Charlie Hine
Surgery hours: Tuesday and Friday
Nursing Team
Practice Nurses
Our practice nurses provide a full range of primary care nursing services including chronic health condition reviews (asthma, COPD, hypertension), women’s health (smear tests, vaginal swabs, contraceptive pill checks), children’s and adult vaccinations, travel vaccines, wound care (dressings, compression bandages, stitch removal).
Lead Nurse Romilly Hill
Nurse Romilly joined the practice in 2017 and leads our nursing team. Before this she worked as a District Nurse.
Nurse Lila Vincent
Nurse Lila joined the practice in 2006. She is experienced in all aspects of practice nursing.
Nurse Elizabeth Graydon
Health Care Assistants
Our health care assistants are a valued part of our team and work with our nurses and GPs to offer health checks and extra services within the practice. These include NHS health checks, blood tests, ECG, blood pressure checks, 24 hour blood pressure monitoring, spirometry and smoking cessation.
Our health care assistants are:
Shereen Fourdjour
Faustina Wilson
Peace Kanyunyuzi
Joyce Henry
Community Team
District Nurses
Community District Nurses provide nursing services to our housebound patients.
- Patient contact line: 0333 300 0950
Health Visitors
Health visitors are qualified nurses with specialist qualifications in community health, and their role involves promoting health in the whole community, particularly to families who have children under five.
A health visitor can offer help and advice on issues such as child growth and development, behavioural difficulties, breast and bottle feeding, diet and postnatal depression. Their role includes promoting health in the whole community, particularly to families who have children under five.
The team hold drop-in clinics and group classes including breast feeding and weaning. Clinics are held at:
- Stormont clinic SW11 5EG, 020 8812 5735
- Chesterton Children Centre, Dagnell Street SW11 5DT, 020 8812 5516
- Yvonne Carr Centre Thessaly Road SW8 4HT, 020 7720 5515
- Somerset Nursery and Children Centre SW11 3ND, 020 7223 5455
The health visiting team can be contacted on 020 8812 6310.
Physicians Associate
Audrey Okyere
Paramedic
Luke Giles
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy referral is available for patients with musculoskeletal problems, and other certain conditions. You do not need to consult with a GP first, our receptionists can book you an appointment dependant on your symptoms.
Referrals for acute problems of recent onset will be prioritised, and your physiotherapy appointment will either be at our practice, or at St John’s Therapy Centre. All physiotherapists are employees of St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust or Surrey Physio.
Podiatry
NHS Wandsworth operates a community podiatry service. The podiatrists are fully trained in all aspects of care for the feet and lower limbs, including the most common foot problems. They can also help to reduce complications associated with long term medical conditions such as diabetes or vascular problems.
If this is the first time you have accessed the podiatry department, you will be required to see a GP to be referred into this service. To make subsequent appointments, please call the podiatry department directly on 020 8812 6050. Lines are open 09:30 until 15:30 on weekdays only.
Psychological Therapies
All patients can now access counselling and psychology services free of charge via the Talk Wandsworth Service. There are a number of therapeutic interventions available, such as individual therapy, group therapy, guided self-help and computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
This service also has a new employment support service with dedicated employment specialists to support people suffering from anxiety disorders and depression to gain and retain employment. Patients can self-refer by contacting the service directly on 020 3513 6264 and more information and an online referral form is available at www.talkwandsworth.nhs.uk
If you are unsure if this is the correct service for you or wish to discuss issues and difficulties with a doctor, do make an appointment with one of our GPs.
Practice Staff
Practice Management
GP Partners and Management Team are 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. The management team support the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also help to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
Our practice is managed and led by:
Anouska Forte
Business Manager
Joanne Lawson
Operations Manager
Kamran Hossain
Finance
Nadia Sedky
Assistant Practice Manager
Reception and Administration Team
Reception team
Our reception team, headed by our Reception Lead Akanni Sowunmi, is the first point of contact for patients, either at the front desk or by telephone. The practice receives approximately 700 telephone calls per day, with the majority of calls received between 8am and 11am.
Please understand the challenges that our reception team face working in such a busy practice, by trying to make your non-urgent enquiries in the afternoon, and always treating the team with respect and courtesy.
Administrative team
There are numerous back office staff members at the practice, who work tirelessly to keep your medical records secure, our I.T. systems functioning, process your prescriptions in a timely manner, and manage the enormous flow of hospital correspondence and referral letters in and out of the practice. With over 1,000 patient contacts per week, there is a lot going on behind the scenes.
Caldicott Guardian
The person for Caldicott Guardian is Dr Carolyn Bayer. Please contact us for more information.