GP PRINCIPAL   MBBS DRCOG

In surgery Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

GP PRINCIPAL  MBBS DRCOG MRCGP DFFP

Also undertakes Minor Surgery procedures every Thurs morning with our HCA Tania.

In surgery Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Dr Prema Ravi is a GP trainer, for qualified doctors who want to become a GP.

She will have a new trainee Dr Carla Stephan  from August 18th 2021 for a 6

month period

Self Employed GP

Dr Poonam Gupta will be working Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings

Self Employed GP

Dr Lena Vishnubala will be working Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Self Employed GP

Dr Rebecca Kandasamy will be working Mondays and Wednesdays.

Self Employed GP

Dr Sam Chu will be working Thursdays and Fridays

Self Employed GP

Dr Kristy Lau will be working Friday mornings

DR KATE JACKSON will be joining us from 19th Jan 2021 on the GP Retainer Scheme, as a salaried GP

This is a scheme for qualified GPs to return to general practice for up to 4 sessions per week

She will be working Tuesdays and Wednesdays

BSc Nurse Practitioner 2010, Non Medical Prescriber 2015

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Nurse Practitioners are Highly Qualified nurses, who can Diagnose, Arrange tests and Prescribe for many minor ailments.

Mandy's clinics run as follows:

  Monday      9.30am - 2.30pm (Practice Nurse) and

                   3.30pm- 6.30pm (Chronic Disease Management)

                                             Diabetes, Asthma, COPD reviews. 

  Tuesday      10.00am-1.30pm and 2.30pm-6.00pm (Adv.Nurse Practitioner) 

  Wednesday  9.00am- 1.00pm and 2.00pm-5.00pm  (Adv. Nurse Practitioner)

She is able to deal with a multitude of ailments, some of which are listed below:

headaches, mild anxiety/depression, eyes, ears nose & throat, mild chest pain, chest infections, coughs, breast pain/lumps, abdominal pain/diarrhoea, contraception, PR bleeding, urine infections, cystitis, back and neck pain, joint and muscle pain, skin complaints/rashes, lumps and bumps.

She can see patients for a range of appointments, with the exception of pregnant ladies, men with prostate/scrotal or testicular problems, acute bleeding, severe chest pain, severe depression, post natal check up and children under 2 years of age. For the above, patients should see a GP.

For any minor ailments, please book an appointment with our Advanced Nurse Practitioner.

Faiza is an Independent Nurse Prescriber

She is able to prescribe for Chronic Diseases such as Diabetes, Asthma, COPD etc.

FROM 1/12/2021 Faiza will be joining us on:-

Mon 13.00 - 17.00

Tues 08.00 - 16.00

Thurs 08.00 - 16.00

Fri  08.00 - 16.00

Jenny is a fully qualified Practice Nurse with a special interest in DIABETES, and can perform all Practice Nurse procedures, except for Asthma/COPD reviews:-

COPD & Asthma reviews are seen by Faiza (Independent Nurse Prescriber) OR Mandy (Advanced Nurse Practitioner)

Jenny will be working on a Thursday and Friday.

09.00am - 15.00pm

Pat is a fully qualified Sexual Health Nurse, and will carry out Smears, Contraception, Pill Checks, Depo Provera Injections, Post Natal Checks, Coil Removals and Checks and Implants Insertion & Removal.

She will be working within the Practice on Mondays from 1.00pm until 6.30pm

Healthcare Assistants support Practice Nurses with their daily workload. 

They may also act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Our HCA (Tania) qualified to carry out Ear Syringing, B12 injections, Phlebotomy (Blood Tests), New Patient Checks, Hypertension Annual Reviews, Pre-Diabetic Reviews, Flu, Pneumonia, Child Flu and Shingles Vaccinations.

Blood Tests can be booked with Tania on any of these sessions, normally booked 9-10am especially if a fasting blood test is required).

She will also be able to offer ECG/BP monitoring referred by a GP or Nurse Practitioner on her Friday Afternoon clinic.

Tania will be working on Wed 09.00-2.00pm and Fri 09.00-12.00noon & ECG/BP session Fri 1.00pm - 3.00pm.

In addition she will be assisting Dr Prema Ravi with Minor Surgery procedures on a Thurs, and if there is no Minor Surgery, then there will be additional HCA clinics on both of these mornings.

BA (Hons), PG Dip IMS, Amspar Dip in Practice Management (Distinction)

The Practice Manager is responsible for the Efficient, Effective, Safe Management and running of the Practice and its Finances.

She can be contacted on sandie.thompson@nhs.net

Sue Francis (f) 

New Patients Registrations/Deductions/Amendments/Med Reports

(Mon-Thurs 7am - 3.30pm)

Jan Tomei (f) 

Practice Liaison to Orpington PCN (Mon 8-2pm, Wed 8-2pm)

Jo Girolami (f) 

Administration & Child Imms (Thurs 2-5)

Terri Crowland (f) 

Administration & Clinical Coding (Tues 8-12, Wed 2-6, Thurs 8-12)

Becky Eagleton (f) 

Prescriptions Supervisor (Wed, Thurs & Fri 9am - 12noon)

Jayne Wratten (f) 

Prescriptions  (Mon & Tues 9am - 12noon)

Our Reception staff have a difficult job dealing with telephone calls and enquiries coming from every direction. When you telephone for medical attention the receptionist may need to ask for a few details in order to judge the urgency of your request. They have been asked to do this and the information you give will always be treated in confidence as they are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses.

Our reception staff are our front-line people and the clinicians could not do their jobs without the receptionists and administrative team. We value them highly and expect you to respect them and their role within the practice. As such, any unacceptable behaviour on the part of patients towards our staff will meet with sanctions and zero tolerance, and patients abusing the staff, whether verbally or otherwise, risk being removed from our list.

Help us to help you by please staying calm and being polite.

Our Secretaries deal with any patient Referral Letters (NHS and Private) and are available

Please do not leave a message with the reception staff if outside of the above times, instead please ring the secretary the following day.

Sandy Crawford (f) Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (9-3pm)

Terri Crowland (f)   Thursday  (9-12noon)

Chanel Davis (f)      Friday (9.30-2.30pm)

CAROLINE OKORO (F)

CAROLINE  is our Clinical Pharmacist. CAROLINE  reviews and advises on all aspects of medicines and prescribing. You may be asked to have a telephone appointment with her to review your repeat medications and to check if any special monitoring is required.

She is available Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays

Health Visitors are associated, but not directly employed by the Practice

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.

01689 873032

Community District Nurses are associated, but not directly employed by the practice

St Paul’s Cray Clinic

01689 888013 (answerphone messaging service) 

Community Midwives, are associated, but not directly employed by the Practice.  01689 864818

For the 1st Booking this must be done ONLY via midwifery online portal

Other Useful Contact Numbers:-

Samaritans        116 123

NHS Choices      111 (if you need medical help but don't need 999)

MIND                 0300 123 3393

SANEline           0300 304 7000  6pm - 11pm daily