Meet the Team Practice Management Team Leader Reception Manager Partner GPs Salaried Doctors Physician Associate Pharmacy Team Nurses Healthcare Assistants & Phlebotomists Practice Management Anna Kirk Female Team Leader Leanne Burton Female Penny Kingston Female Reception Manager Taryn Topol Female Partner GPs Dr Imran Arshad GMC Number 6101426 – Male . MB ChB BSc (Hons),MRCP, MRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG 2004 Leicester Warwick Medical School. Dr Imran Arshad is one of our male partner general practitioners. As well as being one of the partners for Village Health Group, Dr Arshad is also a registered GP trainer who helps teach the registrars who come to our practice during their placements. In addition to this, he is also one of the Clinical Leads for our care homes. Dr Neil Fraser GMC Number 6028238 – Male MB ChB, MRCP, DCH, MRCGP. Leicester 2001 Neil joined East Leake Surgery as a GP Partner in 2007, having been to Medical School in Leicester, and working as a junior doctor in hospitals across the Midlands. Since then, he has also worked in commissioning and leadership roles. He became a GP trainer and completed a healthcare executive MBA. Neil is also one of our Clinical Care Home Leads, Long Term Conditions Leads, QoF Leads and Health & Safety Leads too. Dr Rachel Shaw GMC Number 7285150 – Female MA (Cantab) BMBS DFSRH MRCGP Rachel originally studied English Literature at Cambridge University then worked in a management role within the NHS before deciding to study medicine. She trained at Nottingham University and later entered the Nottingham GP vocational training scheme, joining East Leake Medical Group on completion in 2018. Rachel’s areas of interest include healthcare of older people, palliative medicine and women’s health. She is also one of our Clinical Child & Adult Safeguarding Leads. She lives in Nottingham with her husband and two young children. Dr Stephen Shortt GMC Number 3189283 – Male B Med Sci, BM, BS, MRCGP, DRCOG. Nottingham 1986. As well as being a partner at Village Health Group, Stephen has helped patients all throughout the Rushcliffe area for over 30 years. He was presented with a special recognition award by CRA in December 2020 for his outstanding work within Primary Care to help put patients first. He is also the Clinical Lead for Complaints and Commissioning. Stephen is married to a local GP and has two children. Dr Neil Shroff GMC Number 4214568 – Male Bsc MBBS AFRCSEd MRCGP Neil joined Keyworth in May 2005 as a GP locum, he progressed to assistantship and then partnership in April 2007. He qualified in 1995 at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School. Specialising in plastic surgery and Clinical Dermatology, he worked in several hospitals around the UK. Also, he has helped pioneer the skin cancer surgery service for local practices. Neil sits on national committees for Dermatology, focusing on primary care Dermatology Education and Skin Cancer. Dr Asifa Akhtar GMC Number 6103668 – Female MB ChB 2004 Leicester Warwick Medical School. Asifa joined the practice in October 2011 after completing the Nottingham Vocational Training scheme. She qualified from Leicester Warwick Medical School in 2004. She has a background in pharmacy and enjoys teaching. Dr Akhtar is a Clinical Lead in Dispensary and Prescribing as well as Research. Asifa is also married to a local GP. Dr Suzanne Sivanandan GMC Number 7088439 – Female MA (cantab) MBBS AICSM DFSRH MRCGP Suzanne studied pre-clinical medicine at Cambridge University and then studied clinical medicine at Imperial College London, completing her training in 2010. She spent her first two years as a Doctor working in the North West then moved back to London to complete her GP vocational training at King’s College Hospital, finishing in August 2015. Whilst completing her GP vocational training she completed a diploma in sexual and reproductive health, completed a postgraduate course in Diabetes and became a forensic medical examiner for cases of sexual assault. She joined the practice in August 2015 and is now a Clinical Lead for the PPG. Her husband is a clinical oncology consultant in Nottingham, they have two children together. Dr Louise Glasgow GMC Number 4432030 – Female BA BM BCh Oxon MRCGP DRCOG DFSRH MRCPCH. Louise qualified in Oxford in 1997 and initially trained in Paediatrics in Nottingham before moving into General Practice. She has a special interest in paediatrics, child health and dermatology. She moved from a partnership in north Nottingham to come to Keyworth in July 2011. Louise is also one of our Clinical Child & Adult Safeguarding Leads. She is married with 3 teenage boys and a dog. Dr Gurvinder Sahota GMC Number 7038954 – Male MB ChB 2009 University of Birmingham. Gurvinder joined the practice in August 2015 after having completed his General Practice speciality training in Nottingham. He qualified from the University of Birmingham in 2009 and initially trained in surgery before moving into General Practice. He currently works between Keyworth and the University of Nottingham Medical School, where he is a Clinical Assistant Professor. He has a keen interest in undergraduate teaching, research and medical ethics. Dr Sahota is our Clinical Caldicott Lead, Information Governance Lead & INR Star Lead. Dr Oliver Puar GMC Number 7411479 – Male MB BS 2013 Kings College London. Dr Puar is one of our male Partners who joined Village Health Group in late 2019, since that time he has helped many patients within the Rushcliffe area. Salaried Doctors Dr Alice Armitage GMC Number 7490872 – Female BM BS 2015 University of Nottingham. Dr Armitage is one of our female salaried GP’s who joined Village Health Group in August of 2021. Dr Sukhveer Sandhu GMC Number 7038818 – Male Dr Jill Langridge GMC Number 3344231 – Female BM BS 1989 University of Nottingham, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFFP. Jill qualified from Nottingham University in 1989 and joined the Keyworth GP practice in 1995 having completed the Nottingham GP Vocational Training Scheme. Her interests include women’s health and care of older people. She is also a clinical advisor for the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group Clinical Design Authority. Jill is also a Clinical Lead for CQC and QoF. She is married to a local GP and has two children.​ She was a partner at VHG until March 2022 before stepping down and now still works with the team holding Gynae clinics. Dr Audrey Lacey GMC Number 7446027 – Female Dr Nurfarahin Md Zin GMC Number: 7562282 – Female Dr Ahmed Osman GMC Number: 6095143 – Male Dr Apoorva Saxena GMC Number: 7560201 – Female Physician Associate Molly Albon Female Molly joined the practice in November 2023 after qualifying as a Physician Associate. She studied Medical Sciences at the University of Leeds and then went on to complete her Masters in Physician Associate Studies at the University of Sheffield. She works as part of the clinical team seeing patients under the supervision of the Doctors at the practice. Eleanor Hinton Female Eleanor qualified in November 2023 as a Physician Associate. She studied Biomedical Science at the University of Worcester, followed by Physician Associate Masters also at University of Worcester. Eleanor works as part of the clinical team seeing patients under the supervision of the Doctors at the practice. Pharmacy Team Harlene Kithoray GPhC Number 2050285 – Female BSc (Hons) Pharmacy, MRPharmS, IP, Leicester 1999. Harlene has held a variety of community pharmacy and training roles since qualifying as a pharmacist. Originally from London, she moved to Nottingham in 2004 and has settled here with her husband and two children. She joined the practice in 2020 as an Independent Prescriber and enjoys conducting our patients’ reviews and assisting them with their medication queries. Cara Fryer GPhC Number 5020176 – Female Qualified in 2008 in Edinburgh. Cara is a pharmacy technician and has previously worked at both Edinburgh Royal infirmary and Derby Royal Hospital. She has a total of 14 years of experience working in hospitals. Cara joined the practice in October 2020 and her role is to work alongside the GPs and pharmacist helping with medication queries. Natalie Hughes Female Katerina Tsang Female Qualified in 2003 and spent 8 years working at the Nottingham City Hospital before moving over to the Primary Care Trust in 2008. From 2011 Katerina worked in the Nottingham Citycare medicines management team conducting compliance reviews for patients and training care homes on safe medicines administration. Katerina joined Partners Health in September 2021 and is looking forward to working with the Pharmacists and GPs to help patients safely manage their medicines. Based at Orchard Surgery and Village Health Group Nurses Laura Clarke Female Laura trained in Nottingham and qualified in 1993. She worked in the Spinal Unit for a while before deciding to work in the accident and emergency department at Queens Medical Centre. She entered Practice Nursing in 1998 and has been doing it ever since. Laura has a particular interest in Diabetes and educating patients about prevention and management. Rachael Holliday Female Rachael joined the practice in September 2005 after completing the Practice Nurse Training Scheme. She qualified as a nurse in 1987 in Leeds. Since becoming a practice nurse she has gone on to do further training in asthma, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sexual health, health promotion, immunisation and wound care as well as becoming a non-medical prescriber. More recently, she has completed a course in clinical decision making to support her work seeing patients with minor illnesses and injuries. Victoria Humphrey Female Vicky started as a practice nurse with us in September 2018. She is experienced with a wide variety of nursing appointments but has a particular interest in women’s health. She was previously a district nurse with a diploma in leg ulcer management. Linda Macdougall Female Linda joined Village Health Group in October 2021, after relocating from Surrey, where she worked as a Practice Nurse for over 20 years. She gained Diploma’s in Diabetes, Asthma, cardiovascular disease and women’s health. She enjoys all aspects of practice nursing but especially long term conditions, vaccinations, and women’s health. She is passionate about supporting those patients with long term conditions, including Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Cardiovascular disease, B12 deficiency and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Sharon Strawder Female Claire Bird Lead Nurse & HCA – Female Emma Robertson Female Claire Widdowson Female Healthcare Assistants & Phlebotomists Lauren Downs Female Nina Davies Female Rebecca Pull Female Molly Church Female Amanda Parker Female Annette Marshall Female Olivia Lempard Female Hannah Shaw Female Irene Taylor Female
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