Meet the Team

Our Doctors

Dr Nayan Patel

MRCGP DCH DRCOG

Qualified from: University of London
Year qualified: 1993
Joined the Practice: 1997
GMC NO: 4022361
Dr Patel holds clinics on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Dr Van Bui

Qualified from: University of London
Year qualified: 2006
Joined the practice: 2019
GMC NO: 6142979
Dr Bui holds clinics on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Dr Humera Sheikh

Dr Matthew Hall

Qualified from: Imperial College London
Year qualified: 2013
GMC NO: 7419091
Dr Hall holds clinics on Tuesday and  Wednesday.

Our Nurses

Nurses Fiona Meaney, Sarah Stevens and Caroline Lewington all provide skilled nursing care including the chronic disease and lifestyle clinics; they also give advice on health matters and are trained in cervical cytology, health promotion, and travel clinics.

Our Healthcare Assistants

Cilla Marlin and Cecilia Fernandez provide weight management and phlebotomy clinics.

In addition, they see all new patients for their initial check-up and see all patients for blood pressure monitoring.

Our Healthcare Team

Physiotherapist

Steven Mabb is at the practice on Tuesday afternoons. If you are suffering from muscular skeletal complaints, please ask at reception for more details or how to book an appointment.

Clinical Pharmacists

Ms Esther Idogun will be at the practice Monday to Friday. They are able to offer advice on medication reviews and chronic disease management.

District Nurses

Please note that anyone can refer to the district nurse team including patients and carers. You do not need to see a doctor first.
Please contact them on the following number for advice or help, 020 8320 3550.
The district nurses provide nursing care for housebound patients with acute illnesses, post-operative care needs and chronic illness or disability. They are also very involved in care for terminally ill patients, providing nursing and coordinating care from other agencies.

Our Additional Roles Working in Blackheath Standard Surgery and Employed by PCN

First Contact Physiotherapists

First contact practitioner physiotherapists are qualified autonomous clinical practitioners who can assess, diagnose, treat, and manage musculoskeletal problems and undifferentiated conditions. Where appropriate, they are also able to discharge a person without a medical referral. First contact practitioner physiotherapists working in this role can be accessed directly by patients, or via referral from other members of staff. They can establish a rapid and accurate diagnosis and management plan to streamline pathways of care.

Mental Health Practitioner

Mental health practitioners support adults whose needs cannot be met by local talking therapies, but who may not need ongoing care from secondary mental health services. The practitioner can be taken on by a wide range of clinical and non-clinical roles with mental health expertise, such as a community psychiatric nurse, clinical psychologist, mental health occupational therapist or a peer support worker.
As this is part of the wider transformation and expansion of community mental health services, the practitioner will be employed by the secondary mental health provider and will operate as a fully embedded member of the Primary Care Network multidisciplinary team. They will act as bridge between primary care and secondary mental health services and can facilitate onward referral to a range of services to meet patients’ needs.

Social Prescribing Link Worker

Social prescribing link workers help people focus on what matters to them as identified in their care and support plan. They connect people to community groups and agencies for practical and emotional support. Link workers typically work with people over six to 12 contacts (including phone calls and meetings) over a three-month period with a typical caseload of up to 250 people, depending on the complexity of people’s needs.
They can connect people to non-medical community-based activities, groups and services that meet practical, social and emotional needs, including specialist advice services and the arts, physical activity and nature
Helps people identify issues that affect their health and wellbeing when co-producing a personalised care and support plan.

Care Coordinator

Care coordinators are personalised care professionals who help to provide capacity, and expertise to support patients in preparing for or following up clinical conversations with clinical teams. They work closely with the GPs and other primary care professionals within the PCN to identify and manage a caseload of identified patients. Together they make sure that appropriate support is made available to the patient and their carers and ensure that their changing needs are addressed.
Care coordinators focus on delivery of personalised care to reflect local PCN priorities, health inequalities or groups of patients identified through risk stratification. Care coordinators can also support PCNs in the delivery of enhanced health in care homes.
Provides co-ordination and navigation through the health and care systems
Facilitates joint working across organisations and MDTs
Makes referrals to services and other health and care professionals
Helps patients prepare for/follow-up
Supports patients to book appointments
Signposts patients to information
Works in partnership with MDT colleagues including social prescribing link worker(s) and care coordinators.