Doctors
Dr Ian Keith Hotchin (m)
MBBS, DCH, FRCGP, ST Georges, London 1988
Dr Hotchin is our lead GP trainer. He also has a special interest in sports medicine. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Dr Chris McKenzie (m)
MBBS, London 1994, Certificate in Substance Misuse
Dr McKenzie is one of our GPs supporting patients with drug and/or alcohol problems he is also our lead GP in prescribing.
Dr Kathy Connolly (f)
MBBCh, BAO, MRCGP, National University of Ireland 1981
Dr Connolly is one of our lead GP’s in diabetes.
Dr Caroline Delves (f)
MBBS, DRCOG. DFFP London 1997
Dr Delves is our lead GP in sexual and women’s health.
Dr Vandana Bendre (f)
MBBS, MRCP (Peads), MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG
Dr Bendre has a special interest in women and children’s health and is one of our lead GP’s in diabetes.
Dr Jacqueline Lilley (f)
MB BS BSc MRCGP (2002), University of London
Dr William Smerdon (m)
MBBS, MRCGP, BSc, MSc
Dr Ginikachukwu Ilechukwu (f)
MBBS, MCCGP, DFSRH
Dr Oliver Hudson (m)
MBChB (Hons) Sheffield – 2008
MRCGP – 2018
Dr Sara Tambal (f)
MBBS, MRCGP
Dr Imran Malik (m)
MBBS
Respiratory Lead at Southgates and The Woottons Surgeries.
Dr Saadat Ahsan
MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, MRCOG, MRCGP
Women’s Health and Menopause Specialist.
Personalised Care Fellowship in Menopause.
Dr R Jaiswal
MBBS, FRCS
Dr F Azad
Dr O Safi
Dr Z Us Salam
Dr H Qureshi
Nursing Team
Nurse Practitioners
Annette (f)
Tenpo (f)
Suzanne (f)
Chris (m)
Frail Elderly Outreach Matrons
Sarah (f)
Wendy (f)
Joan (f)
Practice Nurses
Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.
Healthcare Assistants
Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.
Surgical Consultants
Mr Cullen – Consultant General Surgeon
Mr Sharma – Consultant General Surgeon
Mr Zach – Consultant General Surgeon
Mr Bendre – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Healthcare Team
Community Midwives
Telephone: 01945 469259
The midwives work with the doctors to care for mothers before, during and after delivery and hold weekly antenatal clinics at the medical centre by appointment.
Community Nurses
Telephone: 668777
The nurses provide skilled care for housebound patients including dressings, injections and hospital after care.
Health Visitors
Telephone: 0300 300 0123
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
Counselling is a way of helping people who have personal problems to find their own way through their difficulties. The practice has very experienced mental health practitioners available.
Practice Management Team
Emma Batchelor
Practice Manager
The practice manager is 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, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
James Cowling
Operations Manager
Administration
Reception
Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.