Clinic Director
Dr Lindsay Mackenzie
The team is led by the Clinic Director who is responsible to NHS England (NHSE) and the Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (BCCG) for the clinical management of the surgery, ensuring that high standards of staff competency are maintained. Lindsay qualified from St Thomas’ Hospital in London in 1990. She then went on to train as GP in Milton Keynes and has worked as a GP in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire ever since. Lindsay is very interested in supporting alternative approaches to medication and treatment including complementary therapies. Her special interests are in all aspects of women’s health, minor surgery, and aesthetics.
Qualifications:
- 1985 BSc Combined Sciences CNAA
- 1991 MB.BS London
- 1995 JCPTGP
- 1995 DRCOG
- 1995 DFFP
- 2006 qualified as a trainer (LoCFinDoc) for the Royal College in family planning and reproductive health and holds Letters of Competence in sub dermal implants and intrauterine devices
Doctors
Other GPs and specialist doctors will join the team over time, as well as visiting specialists.
Dr Nikunj Patel (male)
Dr Vaida Momkuviene (female)
Dr Ghulam Shabir (male)
Dr Minaz-Mazi Kotwal (female)
Dr Syed Islam (male)
Dr Kannan Neelagiri (male)
Dr Gabriel Olaiya (male)
Dr Ummehani Amir (female)
Dr Anchal Iqbal (female)
Healthcare team
Advanced Level and Specialist Clinicians
Our specialist clinicians can see patients with undiagnosed medical conditions and make treatment decisions, including offering necessary investigations, making referrals and prescribing medications.
Lauren Barker
Specialist Nurse Practitioner
Varsha Bhagat
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Donna Brady
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Nurses
Appointments are available for baby immunisations, diet advice, wound care, contraception and pill checks, smears, removal of sutures, NHS travel vaccinations and assisting with minor surgery. Our specialist nurses will also offer consultations for asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension monitoring and NHS Health Checks.
Christine Jarratt
Practice Nurse
Kirsty Green
Practice Nurse
Neethu Thomas
Practice Nurse
Josie Goode
Trainee Nurse Associate
Pharmacy Team
Our long-term conditions and medicines monitoring is overseen by our Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Sehrush with the support of Sarah and Aden, our Pharmacy Technician. The team has set up a system of annual Long Term Condition reviews to ensure your medications are regularly monitored. Sehrush is assisted, where appropriate, but other visiting professionals Lisa NHSI team for more complex cases. Sehrush leads in hypertension and lipid management.
Sehrush Hussain
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Rumbidzai Chidawanyika Clinical Pharmacist
Neelam Kanzaria Clinical Pharmacist
Sarah Peluso
Clinical Pharmacist
Hemal Chauhan
Clinical Pharmacist
Aden Strong
Pharmacy Technician
Isabella Lewis
Apprentice Pharmacy Technician
Coil and Implant Fitting service
Sarah Bailey
(Specialist Nurse Practitioner Family Planning)
Physician Associates
Rainer Kpeglo Tetteh
Lawrence Fafowora
Practice Business Manager
Richie Short
The Practice Business Manager is responsible for all the non-clinical and administrative functions to ensure the smooth running of the practice. In addition, Richie is responsible for the advanced IT, communications and technical systems employed at the practice to support the day-to-day operations and patient contact. In designing and maintaining these systems Richie draws upon his previous experience where he was running the IT systems for financial institutions in the City of London.
Practice Team
Annie Strong
Operations Manager
Christine Jarratt
Clinical Manager
Hayley Allen
Practice Manager
Debbie Cleary
Finance, Patient Reports, Complaints, Personal Assistant to Dr Mackenzie
Clinical Liaison Team
Charlotte Allen
General Practice Assistant (GPA)
Pam Batchelor
General Practice Assistant (GPA)
Moira Mackenzie
Clinical Support
Admin
Maddie Marinaro (Supervisor)
Amy H
Amy T
Chiara
Beverley
Chiara
Dayana
Donna
Elena
J’aydine
Karen
Lindsay
Mariah
Ravi
Rina
Stephanie