Our practice is part of Central 1 Primary Care Network which consists of the following 7 practices:
The Azad Practice
Boleyn Medical Centre ( Dr Khan)
St Bartholomews Surgery
Market Street Health Group
Newham Medical Centre
Project Surgery
Greengate Medical practice
As well as our usual practice team of GPs , Nurses , HCAs , reception and admin staff - our practice has PCN ( primary care network staff) staff who will be involved in your care.
Habibah Patel : Social Prescriber- can help refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services. The following YouTube video from Healthy London Partnership explains what social prescribing is https://youtu.be/HkBorjikoJk
Bushra Ali (f)- Clinical Pharmacist - can help with medication queries, chronic disease management ( e.g asthma reviews, diabetes monitoring), can administer flu vaccines. Bushra works at our practice on Mondays and Thursdays.
Physicians Associate - Peter Kurth (m) - Physician Associates are new healthcare professionals who, while not a doctor, work to the medical model, with the attitudes, skills and knowledge base to deliver holistic care and treatment within the general medical and/or general practice team under defined levels of supervision
Maryam Ullah (f)- Health and Wellbeing coach.
Health and wellbeing coaches support people to increase their ability to self-manage, motivation levels and commitment to change their lifestyle. They are experts in behaviour change and focus on improving health related outcomes by working with people to set personalised goals and change their behaviours. They work with people with physical and/or mental health conditions and those at risk of developing them.Health and wellbeing coaches can be an effective intervention for people experiencing a range of long term conditions, including respiratory, cardiovascular (including type 2 diabetes and hypertension), and stress/low mood. They can also support people with weight management, diet and increasing activity levels.
Doctors
Dr Ajith Azad (m) MB BS BSc DCH DRCOG (Full Time) |
Dr Sajith Azad MB BS BSc MCRGP (Full Time) |
Dr N M Mohamed Faiz (m)
MB BS DRCOG DFFP MRCGP (Full Time) |
Nurses
Ekaette Edung RGN (Part Time) |
Mrs Nini John (f) |
Healthcare Assistants
Mrs Cindy Koon (f)
Our Healthcare assistants work closely with our doctors and practice nurses, supporting them with their daily work and carry out tasks such as blood pressure measurement, NHS health check, ECG and spirometry and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one. |
Mrs Tahmina Hussain (f) |
Mrs Lynette Afonso (f) |
Practice Management
Asha Faiz BSc
Rasheeda Azad BSc Dip in Practice Management (AMPSAR) - Finance 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. |
Reception
The receptionist can often help with non medical aspects of your treatment. They can also advise you when your next health check, vaccination, prescription review or cervical smear is due. They are available for telephone / face to face enquiries from 08:00 to 18:30. If you wish you may ask to speak to a receptionist privately in the interview room. Our reception staff: Linda Smith ( female) Hansa Vaja ( female) Sajina Mohamed-Raffi ( female) |
Community Midwives
The practice has a team of midwives that run a clinic every Wednesday afternoon providing antenatal and postnatal care. |
Community Nurses
If you are confined to your home through frailty, illness or after an operation and require the help of a nurse, the surgery can arrange for you to be seen by a district nurse. They are also able to give advice on daily living aids, incontinence and help for carers. |
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. |