Dalston Practice 1B Madinah Road London E8 1PG Tel: 020 7275 0077 Fax: 020 7923 9209
MEET THE TEAM
Doctors
Dr S Kawale (m)
MBBS, DMRD, DTM&H, PGDip. Cardiology
Dr K Joseph (m)
MBChB, MRCGP
Dr C Gaynor (f)
MBBS, MRCGP
Dr R Shah (f)
MBBS, MRCGP, DFSRH, MSc
Dr S Peiris (f)
MD
Dr O Callaghan (f)
MBBS, MRCGP
Practice Nurse
Practice nurses are qualified nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning advice, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks, ear syringing, suture removals, new patient registration checks, dressings, cervical smears etc. The practice nurse also runs clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma and diabetes.
Practice Manager
The practice manager is involved in managing most aspects of the practice and making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, suitable premises, proper equipment, patient safety, etc. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop services to enhance patient care.
Reception Team
The reception team provides 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 patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as registering new patients, and dealing with administrative work.
ALLIED STAFF
District Nurses
The district nurses provide services including: assessing the health needs of housebound patients, monitoring long-term health problems in housebound patients, care of terminally ill patients and support for their family. They can be contacted on 020 7683 5134.
Health Visitors
Health visitors are able to provide you with information and advice on child health/immunisations, etc. The health visitors are attached to the baby clinic, and are at the practice during the baby clinic hours.
The Health Visitors team can be contacted on 020 7683 4549/8.
Midwife/Antenatal Care
Our practice has an attached midwife provided by Homerton. Patients should book an appointment with the GP who will arrange an antenatal referral, give information on choice of provider, and refer to the midwife. The midwife/ante-natal clinic is on Wednesday between 09:00 and 13:00. Patients are seen in this clinic by appointment.