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MBBS MRCGP
Dr Hameed completed his medical training in Bangalore University in India in 2000. He came to the UK in 2004 and completed his GP training in Scotland and with the Cleveland GP Scheme. He was accredited in 2010.
Dr Hameed joined our Practice in February 2011 and works full time. Dr Hameed is our Senior Partner following Dr Acquilla's retirement in March 2013.
Dr Hameed's special interest is in minor surgery and joint injections. Dr Hameed is also a member of the Local Medical Committee (LMC).
MBBS 1995 MD (Anaesthesia) 1999 (India)
Dr S. Veeraswamy, known as Dr Sree joined our Practice as a full time Partner in April 2014.
Dr Sree has worked in the Eston area for many years and knows our local population well. He has a special interest in respiratory and renal medicine.
MBBS 1986 DGO 1988 (Osmania, India)Diploma in Family Planning 2001 – recertified in 2006Diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology (Hyderabad, India)
Dr Anu qualified as a Doctor in in January 2001. She joined Albert House Clinic in July 2008 as GP Partner and has worked there until merging with South Grange Medical Centre in January 2017.
Dr Anu has a special interest in musculoskeletal medicine, family planning and sexual health. In addition to her General Practice sessions, Dr Anu holds MSK clinics at both Guisborough and One life.
Dr Anu mainly works in Surgery Monday – Wednesday.
MBBS – Newcastle UniversityMRCGP – Northern Deanery
Dr Riaz joined our practice team in 2015. She was born and brought up in Middlesbrough and trained locally through the Durham Tees Valley Training Scheme.
Dr Riaz has completed many charitable trips for reconstructive surgery camps for over 14 years. She has a special clinical interest in women's health and also is responsible for our medical student training.
Dr Riaz is recently married and has a great passion for cricket!
MBBS, MRCGP
Dr Adedapo joined our Team as a part-time GP in July 2017. She is a very experienced GP and knows our local area well, after previously being a GP at Normanby Medical Centre for a number of years. More recently, Dr Adedapo has been working at a North Ormesby practice.
Dr Khwaja joined our team in August 2017 after qualifying his GP training from Scotland and works here full time.
His hobbies include cricket.
Dr Vanitha Srinath is a very experienced, well liked GP. Dr Vanitha has worked closely with our Practice for a number of years and joined as Partner from January 2017.
Dr Vanitha works mainly at our Branch site, Lagan Surgery in Redcar.
Lisa joined our Team in October 2016. Lisa is an experienced Nurse Practitioner and Independent Prescriber and her background is as a Specialist Respiratory Nurse.
For more information on Nurse Practitioners and on the conditions they can treat, please refer to Clinics and Services.
Allison is a very experienced Nurse Practitioner and Independent Prescriber. She joined our Practice Team from April 2018, after previously working for over 12 years at Haven Medical Practice which specialised in asylum seekers and refugees.
Lauren joined the Practice Team in January 2018 as Nurse Practitioner.
Lauren previously worked as a Practice Nurse and a Specialist Nurse in Cardiology for many years. She spent 10 years working in a care home for multiple sclerosis as a care assistant and Duty Officer and has worked as a medic for events cover such as marathons.
Sadah joined the Team in June 2016. She is an experienced Nurse Practitioner and Prescriber and previously worked at Eston Grange walk-in centre. Sadah's background was as a Senior A&E Nurse before moving into General Practice.
Delia joined our practice team in April 2009. Delia is an experienced Practice Nurse and her duties include phlebotomy, dressings, suture removal, smear tests, travel vaccinations, baby immunisations, health checks and diabetes management.
Elizabeth joined the Team in April 2017 as Practice Nurse. Elizabeth previously worked as a District Nurse. Her skills include wound care, prescribing, phlebotomy, smear tests, smoking cessation, spirometry, diabetes management, health checks, BP & ECG.
Michelle joined the Team in April 2017 as Practice Nurse. Michelle previously worked as a District Nurse. Her skills include wound care, phlebotomy, vaccinations, cervical smears, health checks, BP, ECG, smoking cessation, spirometry and Asthma & COPD management.
Claire joined the Team in August 2017 as Practice Nurse. Claire has worked at both sites, but is mainly based at Lagan Surgery, Redcar. Claire's previous job role was District Nurse. Her skills include wound care, phlebotomy, vaccinations, health checks, cervical smears, BP, ECG and diabetes management.
Rose will join our team in September 2019.
Debra joined Albert House Clinic in 2008 and joined South Grange Medical Centre in January 2017 following the merge of both practices.
Debra works full time as a Health Care Assistant. Debra’s role includes blood taking, BP, ECG, new patient medicals, smoking cessation and spirometry. Debra has NVQ 2 & 3 in Health and Social Care and she is also qualified to administer flu, pneumococcal, shingles and B12 vaccines.
Justine worked for 20 years at James Cook University Hospital as an anaesthetic, registered nurse. She retired from nursing and joined Lagan Surgery in September 2014 as a Health Care Assistant.
Justine’s duties include blood taking, BP, ECG, new patient medicals, ear irrigation, dressings, health heart checks, hypertension screening as well as administering flu, shingles and B12 vaccines.
Pam – Administrator/Health Care Assistant.
Pam joined Albert House Clinic in 2005. Pam split her time working both as a healthcare assistant and a practice administration manager while working at Albert House Clinic. Pam is qualified to NVQ 3 in Health & Social care.
Pam is competent in all aspects of the Health care assistant role and is also qualified to administer flu, pneumococcal, shingles and B12 vaccines.
At South Grange Medical Centre Pam has taken on an administration role but still attends regular updates and keeps her skills updated by occasionally covering the health care role when the need arises.
Tracy has worked at South Grange since early 2017 following the closure of Eston Grange walk in centre. She is a very experienced member of the admin team and recently qualified as Phlebotomist. Tracy is competent in blood taking, blood pressures and health checks.
Lisa has worked at Lagan Surgery since October 2017, having previously worked in a Pharmacy. She is an experienced member of the admin team and recently qualified as Phlebotomist. Lisa is competent in blood taking, blood pressures and health checks.
Karen joined the practice team in 1999. Karen is responsible for the management of staff, administration of practice finance, practice organisation, health and safety, management of premises, non-clinical patient welfare and complaints liaison manager.
Sheila joined the practice team in 2002. She is a Receptionist & Prescribing Clerk, also oversees Child Protection notes, read-coding and general reception duties.
Tricia joined our team over 26 years ago is our Senior Receptionist and Line Manager to all reception staff, as well as Prescribing Clerk.
Hayley is a Prescribing Clerk. She joined Albert House Clinic in 2007 and transferred to South Grange Medical Centre following the merger in January 2017.
Janet joined the practice in 2003. She is a Receptionist/Administrator.
Deborah is a Receptionist with an additional responsibility of Insurance Form Clerk. She joined Albert House Clinic in 2008 and SGMC in January 2017.
Margaret joined our Team in April 2017, she is a very experienced Medical Receptionist and previously worked at Eston Grange Walk In Centre.
Courtney joined our Team in March 2017, she is an experienced Medical Receptionist and will work on the front desk in Reception.
Tracy joined our Team in April 2017, she is an experienced Medical Receptionist and previously worked at Eston Grange Walk In Centre.
Sonja joined our Team from December 2017. She previously worked in Kings Medical Centre for 15 years and moved with Dr Sykes to Haven Medical Centre for the last 13 years.
Sonja is a very experienced Medical Administrator who will work as Scanning Clerk alongside general admin and reception duties.
Annette joined our Team in January 2018. She is a very experienced member of the team and has worked in general practice for many years.
Margaret joined our Reception and Admin team in November 2018. She has recently moved to our Area from Essex where she has worked as a very experienced medical receptionist.
Suzanne is a very experienced member of our Reception team. She works at our branch site, Lagan Surgery and has been part of the team since 2005.
Debra is an experienced Receptionist who joined our team in May 2019. Debra mainly works on the front desk and is full time
Katie is our new Apprentice Receptionist. She started her apprenticeship with us in May 2019.
Leanne is our Practice Administrator. Leanne joined the team many years ago and is very experienced with general practice. She is responsible for appointing our Minor Surgery, Implant and Coil Clinics, as well Childhood Immunisations and insurance/solicitor reports, along with general secretarial support to Hannah and Catherine and supports the Practice Manager with administration tasks.
Hannah joined Albert House Clinic in 2007 and South Grange Medical in January 2017. Hannah is responsible for transcribing and sending referral letters, Choose & Book, appointing for Minor Surgery clinics as well as other general administrative duties.
Catherine joined our Practice in November 2015. She has previously worked in another GP Practice and is highly skilled in reception duties. Catherine has been promoted to Secretary full time from beginning of 2018, working alongside Hannah and Leanne.