Doctors
| Dr Pralav P Shah (m) MBBS MRCGP DFSRH LoC IUD LoC SDI GP Partner – Sessions – Monday, Tuesday AM & Thursday (Tuesday PM & Wednesday – Care home visits and Teaching) Adult & Child Safeguard and Caldicott Practice Lead Co-Clinical Director Stoke SW PCN GP Appraiser Staffordshire GP Trainer Special interest – Contraceptive procedures, Women’s and Men’s Health |
| Dr Sunny Dubb (m) GP Partner – sessions – Monday to Wednesday alternate Thursdays. |
| Dr Shruthi Rao (f) Until March 2025 Locum GP Special interest – Dermatology, Joint injections, Medical Students Lead |
| Dr B Rai (m) Salaried GP – Sessions – Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday |
| Dr Anna Palmer (f) Salaried GP – Sessions – Wednesday |
| Dr Umme Aimen (f) Salaried GP – sessions – Thursday and Friday |
| Dr Rekha (f) & Dr T Arshad (m) GP Registrars Monday – Friday |
Nursing Team
Nurse Practitioners
| Mrs Pamela Shah (f) Advanced Nurse Practitioner & Nurse Lead Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Pam is an independent Nurse Practitioner and deals with minor ailments and acute problems within her trained competency.She will also provide chronic disease clinic sessions. Special interests Diabetes including Insulin |
Practice Nurses
Practice Nurses help with health issues such as family planning, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma, heart disease, kidney disease or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.
| Nurse K Doncaster (f) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday Practice Nurse |
| Nurse Sarah Royall Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Practice Nurse |
Health Practitioners
| Mr S Greatholder (m) First contact Practitioner – physiotherapist (FCP) for SW STOKE PCN Patient appointments are at Honeywall Stoke Health centre Working days – Monday and Wednesday – booked via surgery receptionist FCP’s will see adult patients with any Musculoskeletal problem to help diagnose and manage where possible. |
| Mr D Williamson (m) Paramedic practitioner who covers our SW Stoke PCN Hanford -various days – acute problems. The receptionist care navigator will book suitable appointments. |
Healthcare Assistants
| Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as healthy living advice, phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. certain vaccinations and injections. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one. |
| Ms K Stott (f) Sessions Monday to Friday |
Practice Team
Practice Management
| Ms J Hadley (f) J.Hadley – Practice Manager The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice and to ensure the practice provides a high quality of patient care. The practice manager supports the GPs and medical professionals to enhance patient care. |
Administration
Reception
| Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries and care navigation. They provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries. |
Healthcare Team
Community Midwives
| After first seeing a GP to confirm pregnancy, the midwife will be the next person to get in touch with you to make arrangements to see her and on-going appointments towards scans and the care throughout your pregnancy. |
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. |
Attached Staff
| Ms L Barcroft (f) Social prescriber SW STOKE PCN Pre-arranged appointments only Monday – Friday |
| Ms Fox (f) Mental Health practitioner SW STOKE PCN Monday – Friday |
| Ms Paige (f) Support Time Recovery Worker SW STOKE PCN Appointments via Ms Fox |