Southmead Surgery

Practice and local teams

As a patient in our practice, you are looked after by our practice team which is made up of a range of different health care professionals (not just doctors and nurses). In addition, our local community health team and social workers work to support our and neighbouring practices. This is all covered below, and you can contact the local community health team directly once you are under their care.

Dr Thillaiampalam Sivaramalingam (Dr Tilly Siva)
MBBS MRCGP DRCOG DCH DFFP ABIM
Qualified at Charing Cross and Westminster Hospital and registered in 1988
Special Interests: Joint injections

Dr Laura Weidner
MBChB MRCGP PGCMDE
Qualified at Birmingham University and registered in 2005
Special Interests: GP Trainer

Dr Sarah Crick
MBChB (Hons) MRCGP DCH DRCOG DFSRH
Qualified at Leeds University and registered in 2008
Special Interests: Gynaecology – contraceptive coils and implants

Dr Nishee Calandrini
BSc. MBBS (London 2006). MRCOG. MRCGP
Qualified in London and registered in 2006
Special Interests: Gynaecology – contraceptive coils and implants

Dr Sureena Bhattacharya
MBBS BSc MRCGP DFSRH DRCOG
Qualified in London and registered in 2005
Special Interests: Gynaecology – contraceptive implants

Dr Mohsin Chaudhary
MBBS BSc MRCGP PGCMedEd ECEPC

Further information

General information on Doctors can be found under

GP Registrars (trainee doctors) for the forthcoming year

To be added

We have a short summary about training in the practice under

More general information on GP training under

GMC number

You can search for any doctor’s GMC number, registration status, training and other useful information see under

Nurses

Jeanne Rooney
Practice Nurse Manager

Ms Shirley Westall
Practice Nurse

Healthcare assistant

 

Further information

General information on nursing roles can be found under

Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)

Michael Fisher 
BSc(hons), MSc, MSc, IPSP, PGDip, AP
15 years experience working in the NHS
Independent prescriber
Similar scope of practice as a General Practitioner (except Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
Lead Clinician for Farnham Common House Residential Home, Interest in Rheumatology.

Physician associates

Sasini Somachandra

Biomedical Sciences BSc (2018), Physician Associate Studies MSc (2021)

A health care professional with a generalist training running Minor Illness & Injury Clinics including assessing Skin Rashes and Musculoskeletal Problems.
Works under the supervision of a GP.

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians

Mrs Anshu Kaura
Clinical Pharmacist

MPharm (2011)  IP (2021)

Consults with patients regarding Long Term Conditions and Medication Reviews.
An independent prescriber.

Harris Butt
Clinical Pharmacist

MPharmS and PGCertIP

Consults with patients regarding Long Term Conditions and Medication Reviews.
An independent prescriber.

Physiotherapists

Kulmeen Chadha

Social prescribers and care coordinators

Jane Quince
Social Prescriber

Emily Freeman
Social Prescriber (Phlebotomy)

Carers Champion

Jane Quince
Social Prescriber

HELP IN HEARING

An Audiology centre who will service and supply private hearing aids

01753 642687.

Osteopath

David Norton
Will see patients privately by ringing him on 01753 646381.

Podiatrist/Chiropodist

Derry Locke
For appointments telephone 07786 078766

Further information

General information about some of these additional roles can be found under

Our primary care network is explained further under

Practice management team

Mrs Susan Hazell
Practice Manager

Miss Sonia Szlachcic
Deputy Practice Manager

Mrs Angela Smith
Secretary

Mrs Penny St Lawrence
Head of Reception

Receptionists

Sue Bryant Jennie Hertel, Jane Quince (Carers Lead), Angela Dawson, Donna Llewellyn, Naz Perveen

Administration team

Debbie Nixon, Naz Perveen

Further information

General information about management and administrative roles can be found under

We work closely with our local community health team who look after patients in our and neighbouring practices.

Contact details and self-referral

You can contact the local community health team directly once you are under their care, some of the community teams you can self-refer to (without needing to go through your GP practice). We provide all these details including telephone contact details when available under

Health visitor

You can self-refer to the health visitor team. For how to self-refer and further information on how the health visitor team support you and your child until the age of 5, see under

Adult community health team (includes district nurses)

Includes district nurses and occupational therapists. You can self-refer to occupational therapists. How to do this and for further information about how district nurses and occupational therapists can support, see under

Community midwife team

You can self-refer for maternity care, for how to self-refer and further information on how the midwife team can support with many queries through pregnancy see under

  • Pregnancy – you can contact the team directly if you are already under their care

Palliative care team

The palliative care team work closely with our local adult community health team (district nurse team). There is information about how the palliative care team provide support, see under

  • End of life care – you can contact the palliative care team directly if you are already under their care

Contact details

You can contact the local social care team directly using the telephone details found under

Further information

You can self-refer for a social care assessment. This is explained in detail under

Self-refer to other services in the practice

There are new roles and services which have been created in practices which may help you avoid the need to wait for a GP appointment.

In practice self-referrals

These services and roles are provided through local practices working together (Our Primary Care Network), external organisations or created by our practice. You can access this support directly without needing to go through a doctor or nurse. These “in practice self-referrals” can be found in the self-referral section under

Outside practice self-referrals

Some of the community teams you can self-refer to without needing to go through your GP practice, we provide details including how to contact them, see under

Further information

If you want a general overview of all the various teams, see under

Our primary care network (PCN)

We work with a number of local practices to improve the support we give local patients. We explain this further under

 

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