About Us

What is a Primary Care Network?

Primary Care Networks were introduced in 2019 as part of the NHS Long Term plan.  As the population grows and people live longer, often with more complex needs,  GP services have had to adapt to these changing needs.

GP practices are working together with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services in local areas in groups of practices known as Primary Care Networks.

Take a look at this short animation from NHS England which explains how they work.

Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS)

Primary Care Networks have been given funding to provide up to an additional 18 roles to create bespoke multi-disciplinary teams within their individual network. 

PCN’s assess the needs of their local population and, working with local community services, make support available to people where it is most needed.

Find out more on each of the ARRS roles in the video.

Our Vision

Havering Health’s vision is described as supporting solutions for quality care by a valued workforce. We believe in offering a well-resourced, high-quality health provision provided by local clinicians who have expertise in, understanding of, and commitment to their community.

We plan to do this by:

  • Representing primary care interest in the local health economy
  • Supporting our PCNs
  • Continually improving the quality and delivery of patient care
  • Generating new sources of income

Meet our Team

Havering Health Federation team consists of both Clinical and non-clinical resources making up the Board and Corporate team.

Havering Health Board

Havering Health Board members are elected and appointed to act on behalf of the Member Practices who are the shareholders.

The Board Members are directly accountable to the shareholders and each year Havering Health holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM) at which the Directors provide a report to all shareholders on the performance of Havening Health, and also represent themselves for re-election in line with the Articles of Association.

The agreed objectives of Havering Health are defined in the Articles of Association and its arrangements with member practices in the subscription agreement.

All Directors are local GPs that work in different parts of the Havering Borough.

Dr David Derby
Clinical Board Director / Chairman

Dr Noreen Tariq
Clinical Board Director / Company Secretary

Dr Bunmi Olajide
Clinical Board Director

Dr Meera Kalathara
Clinical Board Director

Dr Richard Burack
Clinical Board Director

Havering Health Corporate Team

Urvashi Bhagat
Finance Consultant

Shuhela Hannan
Head of Clinical Contracts and Service Development

Mani Khan
Transformation Lead

Simran Girdhar
Human Resources & Office Manager

Leanne Davidson
Senior Service Manager

Edward Noonan
Service Manager

Sandra Smith
Hub Co-ordinator

Crest PCN

Jennifer Moore
Hub Co-ordinator

Liberty PCN

Mandy White
Hub Co-ordinator

North PCN

Christine Lowry
Hub Co-ordinator

South PCN

Hasan Kabir
Finance Manager

Chiamaka Friday
Account Assistant

Wole Oladele
Project Officer

Havering’s PCN Leadership Structure


Our Projects

We have led and supported a wide range of transformation projects, which have made a positive impact across Havering.

In development and will be added when ‘ready’!