The Sheepcot Medical Centre Team

Doctors

DR ALAN JACKSON

Trained at Kings College Hospital (KCH) Doctor Jackson worked with consultants at KCH with an interest in respiratory medicine and continued with this interest into his GP training at Luton & Dunstable Hospital before joining SMC in 1983. Primary care has been his interest since then and Sheepcot Medical Centre was extended while at 80 Sheepcot Lane and then after many years of searching a new purpose built surgery was built for SMC in 2015. This new surgery has enabled SMC to develop as a training centre for medical students, doctors and nurses and Dr Jackson hopes that our trainees will be encouraged to move into general practice encouraged by their experience at SMC. He is extremely proud of the new premises and the excellent staff that have helped in achieving what he feels is a showpiece NHS practice. Team spirit is so important and is being developed all the time. In his spare time he is a keen squash player having played against most of the Hertfordshire club teams over the years. More recently he has started to play more golf but time is an ongoing problem. Although he works and plays very hard he is very close to all of his family and enjoys travelling.

DR ADNAN SAAD

GP Principal and Associate Professor of General Practice

MBBS Bsc (Hons) DFFP PCME MRCS MRCGP M.Phil Dr Saad is the CQC lead for the practice and lead trainer for SMC where we take ST1, ST3 and FY2 doctors from East of England Deanery as well as the Postgraduate Medical School. We also have strong links with St George's University, Imperial College School of Medicine as well as King's, Guy's and St.Thomas' Medical School, where we provide placements and training for medical students in different stages of their training. He is The Associate Professor at St George's University, and is on the interview selection panel for Imperial College School of Medicine as part of the selection process of medical students. Dr Saad provides joint injections and minor surgery at SMC. He is a medico legal expert, working closely with solicitors and the Courts, for claimant’s injuries. When time allows he loves watching sci-fi, action, horror movies and box sets, and also enjoys training at the gym and a good meal out.

DR THET LWIN

MBBS, MRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG

Dr Lwin completed her junior doctor training in Lincolnshire before joining the Watford general practice training VTS and Sheepcot Medical Centre as a registrar in 2011. She completed her GP training in 2012 and joined Sheepcot as a GP Partner. She enjoys all aspects of general practice and has special interest in diabetes, women health and family planning. Dr Lwin is a lead clinician for diabetes and family planning. She fits the coil and contraceptive implant. She is involved in training medical students and trainee doctors. She is an associate GP trainer.

DR NICOLA RATTAN

DR RADHIKA PATEL

DR PRIYA PATEL

DR SARAH WOO

Clinical Pharmacist

HITESH LATHIA

Paramedic

MARK BURSTOW

Nurses

Our nurses hold general nursing surgeries Monday to Friday and bi-monthly Saturday mornings. They will see you for a variety of services including vaccinations, cervical smears, blood pressure checks, pill checks etc. In addition to this nurses also run specialist clinics for items such as asthma and diabetes.

MOIRA MURRAY

BECCY EWEN

LINDA HOOPER

Healthcare Assistants

SUE TEARLE

PAULINE ARNOLD

Practice Management

TERESA BATCHELOR

Practice Manager

NIKKI CHAMBERLAIN

Deputy Practice Manager

Senior Receptionist

AMANDA LAPORTA

Receptionist/Administrator

DEBORAH SANGER

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

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Community Midwives

We are pleased to announce that from the beginning of April 2016, we are offering weekly Ante Natal Clinics at Sheepcot Medical Centre again - all day each Monday. This service will be supported by a Community Midwife. She will provide full care and support to all our pregnant patients and new mothers.

Community Nurses

The team attached to the practice is responsible for nursing care in the community.

Counsellors

There are counsellors attached to the practice available at the surgery by appointment to undertake counselling. Please ask for further details at reception. Telephone 01923 675832.

Health Visitors

The Health Visitors are based at the Avenue Clinic, in Watford. Their new telephone number is 01923 234282. These registered nurses have had further specialist training in health issues particularly related to families with young children. Services include development assessments, child health clinics. They are free to see you without an appointment. Please telephone 01923 234282 (which has an answerphone) to make a convenient appointment.