Central and Kingsdowne Surgeries have Merged  Patients are now able to be seen at either surgery.  Phone numbers have not changed so please contact either surgery and all staff will be able to assist you with your query. Thank you for your cooperation.

GP Partner

MBChB (1975), DA, DRCOG, Diploma in CHD prevention (2005), Diploma in Diabetes (2007), Advanced Diploma in Primary Care Mental Health (2015), Diploma in Cardiovascular Disease Management in Primary Care (2016)

English speaking

Particular interests in mental health, cardiovascular preventive medicine, community based care.

Phil has been a key partner at Central Surgery since 1984 and is a passionate General Practitioner committed to transforming the NHS through the opportunities afforded by the Health & Social Care Bill. He has held public roles in the NHS and beyond for many years.

Locally he has been a senior commissioner of health services for 25 years with a particular responsibility around mental health for the south-west of London. He is currently Deputy Chair of a Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group and leads on cardiovascular medicine, education & training and governance.

 Phil works at NHS England as an appraisal and revalidation lead for GPs in South London. London-wide he is co-chair of the London Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network, a group that works in partnership to improve mental health outcomes that matter to Londoners. He coordinates the 32 GPs who work as the Clinical Commissioning Group mental health leads across London.

As Public Sector Director on South London Health Partnerships he retains a passion for seeing primary care facilities improved and is an active proponent for the transformation of primary care to meet the demands of the twenty-first century.

Nationally he is a board member of NHS Clinical Commissioners and chairs their Mental Health Commissioners Network. He was a member of the Mental Health Taskforce which, in February 2016, published the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health for the NHS in England. This national strategy, which covers care and support for all ages, is the first national strategic approach to improving mental health outcomes across the health and care system in England. He frequently speaks and chairs at national conferences.

Phil has a strong educational background being a GP trainer and honorary teaching fellow at Imperial College. He is a revalidation and appraisal lead in South London. He is a Visiting Fellow in Healthcare Management at the University of Surrey.

As a trustee and chair of a variety of charities and voluntary organisations, he extends his interests more widely.

GP Partner

MBChB (1982), MRCGP, DRCOG, Dip Med Acc

English speaking
 
Particular interests in therapeutics, acupuncture, respiratory and cardiovascular disease.

Jonathan is a partner and has been with Central Surgery since 1989. As a long standing member of the surgery, Jonathan has helped to position Central Surgery as one of the regions leading NHS bodies. He is a GP trainer and an active member of the Medicines Management Committee for Kingston. He also chairs the Joint Individual Funding Request Panel which ensures that exceptional requests for NHS funding across several local Clinical Commissioning Groups are treated fairly.

He sits on the board of Kingston GP Chambers which is a body that includes all the general practices in Kingston and aims to provide support to practices and to provide additional services for patients within the community.

Jonathan has been a GP appraiser since the scheme began and believes that the process can be supportive to his colleagues whilst ensuring all local GPs are skilled, up to date in their knowledge and are revalidated successfully.

A past president  of the British Medical Acupuncture Society Jonathan also teaches on their foundation courses and offers this service to suitable practice patients.

When not working he enjoys spending time with his wife and two young daughters, cycling and struggling to complete cryptic crosswords.

GP Partner

MBBS (1988), FRCGP, MRCP(UK), DGM, DRCOG, DFFP

English and Arabic speaking

Particular interest in neurology & headaches, diabetes, minor surgery & joints injections, mobility disorders and care of the elderly.

Nassif joined Central Surgery in 1995 and is one of the four partners. He is a Neurologist and Diabetologist and is responsible for the local Community Neurology Service for Kingston and Elmbridge Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). He is also the lead clinician for the local community hospital which is a 35 bed rehabilitation unit and medical advisor to the Rapid Response Team.

Nassif is a member for the London Neurosciences Leadership Group and of the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence developing guidance to clinicians in relation to identifying and managing neurological conditions. Nassif is a trainer and appraiser in general practice and teaches medical and nursing students at the surgery.

Nassif volunteers to develop Family Medicine internationally through his work with the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Academy of the Medical Royal Colleges.

GP Partner

MBBS (1979), MRCGP, DCH, MRCS-LRCP   

English and Tamil speaking

Particular interests in Family Planning and Sexual Health, Child Health.

An expert in child care for women and children, Suma comes from a strong background in care for the elderly, general and neonatal paediatrics, and paediatric cardiology.

Suma has been based in the UK for nearly 30 years and has been a partner since 2000. She has been a member of the Surbiton Community for a considerable number of years.  She is the lead on Adult and Child Safeguarding in the Practice.

Her passions are cooking, reading, relaxing with her extended family and she enjoys a good quiz show.   

MBChB (1993), DFFP

English, Spanish and Basque Speaking

Carina is an experienced GP who provides expert services at the surgery across the broad range of general practice.  Her particular interests are in the rehabilitation and care of older people and looks after patients on the rehabilitation unit at Tolworth Hospital.

Carina takes an active role in teaching the many medical students that undertake their training at Central Surgery.

MBBS (1986), MRCGP, DFFP, Certificate in Essential Palliative Care

English Speaking

Niloufer has been with the practice for many years and is well known to our patients.  She takes a lead role in Palliative Care, Diabetes and valued for her gentle and consistent approach.

Particular interests are end of life care, long-term kidney disease and Diabetes.

MBChB (1994) DPEC (SA) nMRCGP (London)

English Speaking

Dom joined Central Surgery in 2010 after previously completing his General Practice training with us.  he is developing considerable experience in the rehabilitation and care of older people, particularly dementia.  

His other interests are rheumatology (musculoskeletal medicine) and emergency medicine.

Dom is also a keen marine Aquarist.

English and Tamil spoken

Particular interests - Paediatrics and Child Health, Women's Health

She started her career in Paediatrics and completed her MRCPCH before becoming a GP. Having gained experience in a wide variety of Paediatric and Women's Health conditions she particularly enjoys looking after children and women.

She likes to spend time with her family and young daughter when she's not working.

MBBS (2009)

English spoken

Clinical interests in mental health, family planning and sexual health.

Shwetha joined Central in August 2013. Having worked in hospitals for the last 4 years she is now expanding her skills into General Practice.

Dr Nathan is currently on Maternity Leave until Aug 2019.

MBBS (2005), MRCGP, DFSRH (2017), loC IUT, LoC SDI

English, Tamil and Sinhala Speaking

After working as a missionary doctor in a warzone, Christine moved to the UK where she trained to become a GP.  She joined Central Surgery in September 2017. 

Her special interests are Family Planning and Sexual Health but plans to expand her interests in child health and teaching medical students.

Christine's hobbies are reading and trying out different recipes but what she enjoys most is spending her free time playing with her children.

MBBS BSc MRCGP DRCOG

English Speaking

Specialist interest: Men's Health

Atish completed his medical school training at Kings's College London in 2005, and completed his GP training in 2010. He has been working as a GP in South West London ever since, specifically in Kingston since 2013. He was raised in Kingston so is 'glad to be home'.

GPs can be supported by an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) who has received sufficient training and assessments to be able to take on extra clinical assessments, including history-taking and physical examination, so they can safely manage patients presenting with undiagnosed conditions such as minor illness. Therefore, to ensure we utilise our appointments and skillsets efficiently, depending on the nature of your ailments, you may be offered an appointment with an ANP who will be able to:

• Prescribe any medicine for any condition within their competence (including some controlled medicines.
• Make treatment decisions, including ordering necessary investigations.
• Refer patients to secondary care, although this varies on a local basis.

Currently we do not have an ANP employed at Central Surgery. 

At Central Surgery we are very fortunate to have a strong and experienced team of Practice Nurses and Health Care Assistants who are able to deal with a range of conditions such as:

• Phlebotomy
• Complex Wound Dressings
• Chronic Disease Management (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD etc)
• Monitoring of Blood Pressure
• Travel Advice
• Adult and Childhood Immunisations  
• Family Planning
• Health Checks

As a training practice, our patients may also come into contact with Student Nurses who are frequently placed with us as part of their training.  We are firm believers in supporting new generations of Practice Nurses through their education and training and feel this is a fundamental part of our job.   That said, we are also aware that not all patients may feel comfortable in having a student nurse sit in on their consultation.  Therefore, we will always ask our patients up front for their consent as at no time do we want a patient to feel embarrassed or awkward by their presence.  We are always grateful when patients agree, but equally completely respect patients' right to privacy.

Practice Nurse  

Registered General Nurse (1986) 

English spoken 

Particular interests - care of older people Sue has been with the practice for many years and is well known for her expert and caring approach to our older people - an area of nursing she particularly enjoys. She says she loves her work with a passion and it's definitely the right job for her! She also loves sailing and Formula One racing

Practice Nurse

RN, BSc(Hons), PG Cert, PG Dip, Heart Failure and COPD (level 6 - 2011)

English Speaking

Caroline has worked at Central Surgery for over 10 years having initially been seconded there whilst studying at South Bank University. Previously she worked in the community and in a respiratory department. Her particular areas of interest are respiratory, heart failure and travel health, but she enjoys the variety involved in practice nursing and learning new things. Outside work she likes walking, gardening and most craft activities.

Practice Nurse

English Speaking

RGN (1981) and RSCN (1984)

Carole joined Central Surgery's nursing team when we merged with Kingsdown Surgery on 1st July 2017.

She has been a Practice Nurse since 1981 and her areas of special interest are paediatrics, well-woman and respiratory.

Outside of work Carole enjoys long-haul travelling, dancing, swimming and keeping fit.

Practice Nurse

RGN 2005

English and Farsi ( persian ) speaker

Janet has been a practice nurse since 2009. Previously worked at care of the elderly, internal medicine, and burn unit.

Her areas of special interest are Diabetes, Travel health, and respiratory; However, she enjoys the variety involved in practice nursing and new updates.

Outside of work she enjoys travelling, running, cycling and playing tennis.

Practice Nurse

English Speaker

Jane commenced her training in nursing in 1983 at Lewisham and Guys NHS Trust and went onto qualify as an Enrolled Nurse whilst working at both Lewisham and Epsom hospitals on a variety of wards.

In 1998 after having completed her RGN training, she  then decided to change direction and worked as a Community Nurse at various locations for several years.  

In 2013 Jane, changed career direction again and became a Primary Care Practice Nurse.

She has diplomas and interests in Tissue Viability (Wound Care) and Diabetes.  Additionally, she also has a diploma in General Practice Nursing and Contraception and Sexual Health.

Jane has seen a variety of changes in the NHS that have been challenging however she still finds her job in nursing extremely rewarding.

Healthcare Assistants play an important role in support clinicians (including Practice Nurses and GPs) with their daily work.  This may include assisting with minor surgery, wound care, acting as chaperones if a patient or clinician requests one and assisting with family planning procedures.  

Additionally, Health Care Assistants hold their own clinics so you may find you have been given an appointment with a HCA for matters such as blood pressure monitoring, phlebotomy (taking blood) and Health checks etc.

Tracey joined Central Surgery on 19th March 1989.

She qualified in phlebotomy on 5th March 2003 and obtained her Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care in February 2013.

Outside of work Tracey is married and has 2 teenage children.  They enjoy holidays, eating out, socialising with friends and going to the cinema.  She also has two dogs which she enjoys taking on long walks.

Health Care Assistant                                          

English Speaker

Christine has worked at the surgery for many years.

She qualified in phlebotomy in 2003 and obtained her Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care.

She enjoys her job as a health care assistant. She has 3 children and enjoys eating out and walking her dog.

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Vicky is a proficient healthcare assistant who has worked in various healthcare settings. She joins Central on 4/6/18. 

Practice Manager

Kerry has been a business professional for over 30 years and has managed several large public front-line services.

Assistant Practice Manager

Karen McLaughlin, Lauren Jury, Sioux Healey, Julia Darby and Natalie Kingsley ensure that all aspects of practice administration are completed in a timely and efficient way, such as:

• patient referrals
• scanning of correspondence
• repeat prescription requests
• dealing with results
• Registrations and Deductions
• insurance and medical records

Central Surgery's Reception team is normally led by the Reception Team Manager Iuliana Tulbea. She is an experienced reception manager who is committed to delivering excellent patient care.

In her absence Georgia Griffiths is Acting Team Leader. 

When you visit or telephone the surgery you will most frequently speak to one of our receptionists who can assist in a variety of ways such as:

• making appointments
• dealing with prescription queries
• providing results
• arranging for call-backs from GPs
• etc.

In order to assist and ensure you are dealt with efficiently, they may ask you for further information regarding the nature of your enquiry.  We appreciate your cooperation in this regards.

Our team of Receptionists are as follows and will be happy to help you:

• Tracy Patterson
• Gosia Lindsay
• Luiza Matjya
• Amanda Penny
• Jackie Williams
• Amy Gossington
• Deven-Rae Hickman
• Elle Brown
• Karla Gomez
• Georgia Griffiths
• Maya Tsoar
• Macy Green

The Reception Team respect all Central Surgery patients and in turn we do not tolerate any form of violence or aggression from patients (physical or verbal).  Any patient who displays such behaviour may be removed from the Surgery's register.

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.

The health visitors are based at Newent House and on the first floor of the Health Centre. They may be contacted on 020 8390 6755.

These include a Dietitian, Phlebotomist and Psychologist. Additionally there are a number of other health professionals such as District Nurses, Rapid Response Team, Health Visitors and Midwives who, while not working directly for the practice provide services for our patients.