The Practice Team
The Doctors
Dr Susan Rankine MBBS (1983) DCH DRCOG DFFP MRCGP
Partner
GMC no 2808396
Dr Susan Rankine qualified from University College Hospital in 1983. She is married with three teenage children and lives in Westminster. After finishing her vocational training scheme which covered many different hospital specialities, she worked in Accident and Emergency before joining the practice in 1990. She enjoys living and working in the heart of London and going to the many cinema, opera, theatre and art galleries that are on the doorstep!
Special Interests: Maternal and Child Health, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Family Planning and care of the Homeless.
Dr Fiona Alexander MBBS (1985) DCH DRCOG MRCGP DFFP DipOccMed
Partner
GMC No: 3112799
Dr Alexander has been working in the practice since 1999. She qualified from St Mary’s Hospital, London and developed a keen interest in Rheumatology before starting her General Practice training. She is clinical lead for pharmacy and medicines and looks after Norton House rehabilitation unit.
Special interests: Pharmacy and medicines, anticoagulation and occupational medicine.
Dr Ash Thakore BSc MBBS (1999) DRCOG MRCP MRCGP MSOM
Partner
GMC No: 4602406
Dr Ash Thakore qualified from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1999 and has been a partner in the practice since 2003. He is clinical lead for the care of patients with cardiac disease and diabetes. He runs specialised in-house clinics for these patients weekly. He also performs minor surgical procedures at Victoria Medical Centre and has a special interest in Occupational Health.
Special Interests: Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, Minor Surgery.
Dr Cuong Nguyen MBBS (1995) MBAcS DRCOG DCH
Partner
GMC No: 4259451
Dr Nguyen qualified in 1995 and has been a partner since 2004. He has a special interest in medical acupuncture, complimentary medicine, musculoskeletal injuries, respiratory medicine and minor surgery. He runs the Asthma and Chronic Airways Disease Clinic which is held once a week. At these clinics he offers respiratory management as well as spirometry testing for lung function.
Special interests: Lung function, musculoskeletal disease, palliative care.
Dr Christine Grant MBBS (1969) LRCP MRCS DRCOG (FP)
GP
GMC No: 1404162
Dr Grant qualified in 1969 from Westminster Hospital Medical School. She worked at the Westminster for two years before going to Southampton where she worked in a variety of specialities before entering General Practice in 1974. She moved to Cambridge where she developed a particular interest in women’s health and taught Family Planning at Addenbrookes’. She moved back to this area in 2004.
Dr Grant is married to a lawyer and has three grown-up children. Her interests are cooking and eating well, opera and reading. Her passion is her garden in the South of France.
Special interests: Women’s health, child health, family planning.
Dr Carol Tang MBBCh (1998) MRCP MRCGP DFFP
GP
GMC No 4550671
Dr Tang qualified from the University of Wales, College of Medicine in 1998. She then worked as a hospital doctor, while training in general medicine and then in oncology, until 2006. She joined the practice after becoming a fully qualified GP in August 2007.
Dr Elise Dallas MRCGP MBchB (2005) BSc
GP
GMC No 6101361
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Dr Claire Robinson MRCGP DFSRH MBChB (2005)
GP
GMC No 6128432
Dr Sohael Rahman MRCGP MBBS
GP
GMC No 6054903
Practice Nurses
Joanna Robson
Angela Ratcliff
Rosy Mason
Elizabeth Shannon
Our Practice nurses are able to carry out blood testing, ear syringing, travel vaccination, childhood immunisation, dressings, blood pressure checks, spirometry, cervical smears, as well as family planning and urine testing. They can give advice on diet, smoking cessation and minor ailments and help run the various clinics offered by the surgery.
Administrative staff
Aziz Pandor is the Practice Manager.
Julie Chilton is the Office Manager.
Wendy Drakes is the Medical Secretary.
The administration team is
Bernie McGinley
Jackie McCarthy
Noelene Shekell
Edyta Dziuba
Patricia Ashley
The reception team is:
Dee Vaughan - Reception Manager
Mia Davies
Fatima Reis
Vincenzo Scuotto
They are all here to help patients with booking appointments, new patient registration, answering the telephone, taking home visit requests, ordering repeat prescriptions and providing general (non-medical) information.
IT
Steve Barlow is the practice’s IT Manager and supports the practice with IT as well as statistical work.
Other staff
Link Worker for the Elderly
Alex Johnson
Our Link worker offers general assessment visits to our 75 and over age group once a year but more often if needed. She can arrange home care, equipment for safer living, benefit checks and local information on clubs, drop-in centres etc. Alex also welcomes discussion on any other pressing non-medical needs. During the visit she is also able to do blood pressure checks.
Mental Health Liaison Nurse
Chantal Revans visits the practice on Tuesdays for 1 hour booked consultations. She is linked to the Community Mental Health Team locally and can refer patients for psychiatric or other intervention as necessary.
Practice Counsellor
Liz Greenway is our practice counsellor.
Acupuncturist
Cecil Chen F.B.Ac.C.
Cecil is from Shanghai in China. He qualified in acupuncture in the Far East and UK and has been in practice since 1968. He is interested in using acupuncture with mainstream medicine and is involved in education and personal development.
He practices acupuncture at Victoria Medical Centre on Fridays and at other times at Warwick Pharmacy in Pimlico as well as Haywards Heath in West Sussex.
For an appointment please contact main reception or phone him directly on 07973251599.