Our Staff

Doctors

DR MICHAEL RAVEST

Clinical Director - Qualified London 2001. MBBS, BSc, DRCOG, MRCGP, CHS qualified.

Dr Ravest is a very experienced GP. He is full time and works on Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

DR ELIZABETH ALLEN

Clinical Director - Qualified UMDS London 1997.MBBS, MRCS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH.

Interests: paediatrics, muscular and joint conditions, joint injections, and mental health. Dr Allen is part time and works on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.

DR RAMESH NAGARAJAN

Clinical Director - Qualified Madras, India 1992. MBBS, FRCSEd, DFFP, DCH, MRCGP, Diploma in Practical Dermatology (Cardiff).

Dr Ramesh - special interests Learning Disabilities, Cancer and Care Homes - minor surgery, joint injections, child health, dermatology. Dr Ramesh is full time and works on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.

DR CHINEDUM EGBUEDIKE

Qualified MBBS 2009, BSc University of Health sciences Lahore, Pakistan - Nishtar Medical College Multan, Dr Egbuedike is also a GP Registrar trainer approved by the GMC. He works Mondays Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He trained locally in Wellingborough and Higham Ferrers but has been working out of county in an Out of Hours setting. He has a background in geriatrics and emergency medicine,

DR CHIMDI EGBUEDIKE

Qualified, Lahore, Pakistan 2010. MBBS, Msc. Public Health - Bedfordshire, MRCGP Dr CS Egbuedike joined the practice in June 2022 after training in Cornwall. He works on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and one Wednesday every month. Professionally he enjoys cardiology, palliative medicine and infectious diseases.

Nurse Practitioners

LUCINDA GODFREY

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

GILLIAN SMITH

Nurse Practitioner

JESSICA GIBBS

Director of Nursing (Advanced Nurse Practitioner)

KEARA NEESON

Nurse Practitioner

KIRSTY BARBER

Nurse Practitioner

KIRSTY LANE

Nurse Practitioner/Paramedic

Nurses

ANGELA KELLY

Practice Nurse

Area of expertise in Diabetes Management

MAHAJABEEN (MO) JANJUA

Practice Nurse

Area of expertise in Asthma Management

KATE KEHOE

Practice Nurse (with prescribing)

Area of expertise in COPD/Asthma & Diabetes Management

HELEN WALSH

Practice Nurse

Healthcare Assistants (HCA)

JACKIE BEESLEY

ZYNA DORAN

ANA STANCIULESCU

Phlebotomist

GOSIA KOWALSKA

Clinical Pharmacist

CHRIS GRAHAME

Qualifications - MRPharmS, BPharm (Hons) PGCert Presc Chris is our Senior Clinical Pharmacist, his area of expertise is Prescribing and Medication with interests in Contraception, COPD & Asthma, Minor Ailments and ENT.

MSK Practitioner/First Contact Physiotherapists

Richard O'Hara (MSK), Zunaira Noor (FCP), Hamed Ali (FCP)

Practice Management

MANDY BARFORD

Director of Operations

Mandy is the Practice Manager for Park Avenue and Kings Heath practices. She is also a director of the company. Mandy is responsible for the day to day running of the practice including clinical administration.

MALGORZATA JUSZYNSKA

Malgorzata is the Deputy Practice Manager. She deals with clinical and non-clinical administration, staff rotas, reception. She also stands in for the practice manager when she is absent.

Reception Team

Leann Connors (Reception Manager) Claire, Becky, Rachel, Donna and Kirstin. Our team of receptionists will assist you in making appointments, as well as taking requests for visits, processing your repeat prescription requests and advising on test results. They will also pass on messages to doctors and other members of our health care team. Our staff work to procedures set down by the doctors and although they will always respect your privacy, they may occasionally need to ask questions about your problem to assess the urgency of your need. Please be aware that it is a legal requirement for staff to maintain the highest level of confidentiality with regard to patient records.

Prescription Clerks

Kim & Debra

Primary Acute Liaison Co-ordinator

KRISTINE HEWLETT

Her role entails following up Patients after a stay in hospital, making sure that their discharge plan is set up correctly and if there is any additional needs or help required to aid their recovery

Secretary

LOUISE HIBBERD

Our secretary deals with Clinical administration, correspondence, Medical reports and Hospital referrals NHS or Private and queries regarding waiting lists and outpatient appointments.

Admin

Duties include general administration, notes summarising, patient recalls, referrals, registrations, web-site & social media, QOF management, reporting etc.

EMILY DOVE

Administration Manager

MARIE KNIGHT

Data Manager

DAWN SALISBURY

Medical / Hospital correspondence administrator

RUTH OVER

Medical Summariser

Community Nurses

Our team of district (community) nurses provide nursing care to patients of any age who are unable to attend surgery. The needs of each patient are assessed and care/treatment planned accordingly. District nurses are highly experienced nurses especially trained to work in the community.

Health Visitors

Our health visitors provide care mainly for new-born and very young children. However, they also help with on-going family care for families with older children. They run our child immunisation clinics on Wednesday mornings, carry out child development checks.