Doctors & Staff

Our Doctors

Dr Mark Metcalfe (Male) MBBS (London 2004) BSc MRCGP MBBS DRCOG
Dr Preena Beegoo (Female) MBBS (London 2010)
Dr Thayalini Loganathan (Female) MBBS 1999
Dr Nabila Zaman (Female) MBBS MRCGP 2015
Dr Robert Doyle (Male) MBBS MRCGP 2014
Dr Sasan Panbehchi (Male) MBBS MRCGP 2023
Dr Mubdi Maheer (Male) MBBS MRCGP 2023

Please note that Doctors' availability varies and sometimes we use locum Doctors to help deliver greater appointment availability.

GP Partners

Partners are responsible for the overarching management and leadership of the practice. They work with local commissioners to provide NHS services.

Dr Metcalfe has been partner since 2011 and Dr Beegoo since 2018.

Both are also qualified trainers supporting the development of student and junior Doctors.

We are proud to work as a multi-disciplinary team. We have a range of allied healthcare professionals with a wealth of expertise and experience.

You may be offered an appointment with a member of the wider team. All staff are supervised and have access to clinical support from the duty Doctor at all times.

There are now a range of healthcare professionals working in your GP practice.

Advanced Nurse Practitioners

Diane and Anneliese

Experienced nurses with additional training
Can undertake assessment and examination to diagnose and treat a range of conditions
Independent prescribers
Can advise, arrange and request tests and investigations
Always working under the supervision of a senior GP

Practice Nurses

Claire, Nicki, Sarah, Sue and Emma C

Dressings, wound management, suture/staple removal
Injections, immunisations/vaccinations
Cervical screening (smear test)
Asthma, COPD and diabetic management/reviews
Family planning
Minor illnesses
ECG (must be requested by clinician)

Healthcare assistants

Cathy, Ami and Emma R

Blood pressure and pulse checks
B12 injections (must have valid prescription)
ECG (must be requested by clinician)
Smoking cessation

Phlebotomists

Kirsty and Siobhan

Blood tests are available daily between 7.00am and 12.00pm.
Alternatively, visit Swift Queue to book blood testing clinics in the area

Our blood testing service is popular, we cannot guarantee availability for urgent tests or tests are required to be done in a particular timeframe.

Paramedics

Aaron, Darren, Deena, Neil, Erin and Joe

Home visits for housebound/severely frail
Care home ward rounds
Learning disability healthchecks
Long term conditions reviews
Clinics - including general appointments, minor illness and injury
Advanced practitoner clinics (can assist with a variety of medical issues)

Practice Pharmacy team

Hayley, Jade and Katie

Medicines and prescription knowledge and safety
Changes and queries
Structured medication reviews
Clinics - including blood pressure and minor illness

Practice Managers

Tim Curtis and Erin Burrows

Tim joined the practice in 1994 and became practice manager in 2000.
He is responsible for the financial and business operations of the practice.
Erin joined the practice as clinical practice manager in 2022.
She is responsible for the delivery, development and quality of the clinical activities of the practice.
She qualified as a Paramedic in 2013 and started working with GPs in 2018.

To contact the management team, see Contact Us for details

Assistant Practice Managers

Pauline Gillman and Charlotte Wyatt

Pauline joined the practice in 2006. She supports the management team and wider day to day functions of the practice.
Charlotte joined the practice in 2024. She also supports the management team and wider day to day functions of the practice.

Reception team

Our reception team work hard to continually answer and deal with patient queries in person and by phone.
The entire team respect patient confidentiality. We may ask you for more information in order to direct your query to the right person.

Prescription clerks

The prescriptions team work hard to process all repeat prescription requests.
We aim to process requests within 2 to 3 working days.
Prescribing safety is of upmost importance, if a potential issue is identified we may contact you before issuing a prescription.
If your request is urgent,please let us know and we'll do our best to help.
You can request online using the Repeat Prescription form

Administrative and secretarial team

These teams complete critical functions that ensure the day to day operations.
Secretarial team process all referrals and ensure necessary information and tests are completed.
Administrative team deal with all inbound and outbound communications.

We work collaboratively with other GP practices in the local area as part of the Rochford Primary Care Network. Visit the PCN website. This gives us opportunity to access a greater range of services for our patients.

This includes: