Meet The Team
Meet the team
GP Partners:
Dr Sarah Newey, MRCGP MBCHB (female), is the senior partner at the surgery, she specialises in respiratory and works on a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
Dr Abdurahiman Sahada, MBBS MRCGP (female) is a GP partner who specialises in diabetes and works Monday, Wednesday and Fridays.
Dr Nazish Kanwal, MBBS MRCGP (Female), is a GP Partner who specialises in women's health and works Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Along with the new members of the team we would like to take this opportunity to provide details of the other members of staff at the surgery and their roles
We are also a GP and Nurse training practice and currently we have Dr Gerald Okafor (male) with us training to be a GP. The trainee GPs are fully qualified doctors but are at various stages of their training. All our trainee GPs are supervised by Dr Newey, Dr Sahada and Dr Hollingsworth.
Remote GPs:
We also have availability with remote GPs who although they are not working at the practice, they do have access to your medical records. The remote GPs work closely with the GPs at the practice and if having spoken to one of them you need a face to face follow up this would be booked at Colwall Surgery. Remote appointments are available a various times throughout the week but Friday is the main morning that we have the highest availability. If you have an issue which you feel can be dealt with over the telephone then please contact the surgery and we will arrange an appointment for you.
Pharmacists:
Amy Nicholson (female) works at the surgery on Tuesdays and Fridays and is available for phone and face to face consultations, Adela Del Castillo Rodriguez (female) works for us remotely on a Tuesday afternoon.
Social Prescriber:
Alayne Child (Female) works at the surgery on a Tuesday afternoon. The role of a Social Prescriber is to link people into community support to help them improve their quality of life. If you feel you would benefit from this service please speak to either the Health Care Assistant, Nurse or one of the GP’s and they will refer you.
Health and Wellbeing Coach:
Mark Smith (Male) works at the surgery on a Monday afternoon. The role of the Health and Wellbeing Coach is to help people take an active role in looking after their own health and wellbeing. They support patients with long term conditions such as respiratory, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, stress/low mood as well as patients who would like weight management, diet and increasing activity levels. If you feel you would benefit from this service please speak to either the Nurse or one of the GP’s and they will refer you.
Nurses:
Page created: 17 February 2022