Doctors and Staff

The Partners

Dr Sujata Singh

Married with two children. Qualified at Gwalior Medical College 1988. Extensive Hospital experience in General Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Has been in General Practice since 2002.
Dr Singh joined Abbey-Dale Medical Centre in October 2004

Dr Muhammad A. Khawaja

BSc, MBBS MRCGP

Married with two boys. Qualified at University of Punjab 1990. Extensive work experience as Family Physician & Emergency Room Physician abroad. Joined NHS in 2001. Postgraduate training in hospital around Cambridgeshire until 2005. Worked as Staff Physician at Newark Molts for two years. Returned back to Family Medicine in 2007 and worked as GP in Blackpool since 2009. Special interests in Dermatology and Minor Surgery. Fluent in multiple languages: Arabic, Persian / Turkish / Urdu / Kurdish / Hindi and Punjabi.

Dr Celestine Voma

Qualified at University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria in 1994. Extensive hospital experience in both Cameroon and the UK in Tropical Medicine, General Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Care of the Elderly, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Has been in General Practice since 2007. Joined Abbey-Dale Medical Centre in 2014. Fluent in French.

Practice Manager - Sue Poole

The Practice Manager is responsible for the day to day management of the Practice and will deal with any problems or queries concerning the Practice. She will be happy to hear your comments, good or bad regarding the service provided by any member of the Practice. If you wish to remain anonymous your comments will still be appreciated and these can be left at reception in a sealed envelope marked for the Practice Manager.

Advanced Practice Nurses - Clinical Lead Sister Emma Land and Sister Sarah Cairns

Duties include same day assessments, minor illness, telephone triage and support with GP home visits.

The senior nurses also specialise in Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Chronic Heart Disease, Chronic kidney Disease, Hypertension. In addition they perform Cervical cytology tests, Vaccination & Immunisations, Contraception and Sexual health, Travel vaccination and advice. Signposting and referrals to other agencies. A full list of services offered by the primary care nursing team can be found here: Nursing Services

Medical Secretaries

Emily and Samantha

Receptionist Supervisor

Mandy

Medical Receptionists

Julie, Lisa, Nikita, Val, Andrew

Practice Pharmacist

Lanre Peters

Sees patients for medication reviews and advice, stop smoking services, medication enquiries and healthy lifestyle advice. Patients can request an appointment themselves or may occasionally be advised to make an appointment by the surgery

Assistant Practitioner/ Health Care Assistant

Mandy Ward

Primary care assistants are here to assist and complement the Primary care nursing staff. They undertake New Patient Medicals, General Health Checks, Blood Pressure Checks, Dressings, take bloods, remove sutures and can refer you to the appropriate Health Care Professional.

Attached Staff/ Additional services

Health Visitor

Community Mental Health Team

Community Midwife Team

Primary Care Community Team

Members of the primary care community team may visit patients who are confined to their homes and unable to attend surgery. If you require help from the team, or you are housebound and need a visit, please bring it to the attention of the practice staff and a referral will be made on your behalf.

The Community nursing team is made of matrons, district nurses, care co-ordinators, health and well being support workers, health care assistants, physio, social worker and occupational therapists.

Social Prescribing Service

Social prescribing offers a route to support wellness, for those patients who present with non- medical needs. Including; bereavement/ grief, financial difficulties/ benefits, housing problems/ homelessness, unemployed, immigration problems, drug and alcohol misuse, social isolation.

Weekly clinic available.