Our Staff

Doctors

NIGEL MOHABIR

MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, Dip Derm Qualified 1989. GMC 3327900

Dr Mohabir is Senior Partner in the Practice and has over 25 years’ experience in General Practice. He has worked in the Australian Outback and also in New Zealand for 2 years before joining the Practice as a full time partner in 1997. He has a special interest in Dermatology and has worked in dermatology for over 20 years. He is now an accredited 'GP with Special Interest' in Dermatology (GPwSI), undertaking weekly clinics in Crawley as part of 'Sussex Community Dermatology Service'. He also offers a monthly Cryotherapy Service at the Surgery, freezing small skin lesions. He has a keen interest in Diabetes, and had developed our diabetic service to initiate and maintain insulin treatment in patients who require it, thereby reducing hospital appointments and follow-up. He is Bridge Medical's Lead Clinician for Clinical Governance, Infection Control and Health and Safety and shares the Lead for Learning Disabilities.

BABU HUSSAIN

MRCGP, MBBS. Qualified 1997. GMC 5205571

Dr Hussain joined Bridge Medical Centre as a GP Partner in October 2016. Dr Hussain has worked at Bridge Medical Centre as a locum since early 2013. He is the named visiting doctor for Ferndale Nursing Home, an EMI nursing home for patients with dementia. He visits the home every Thursday morning. He is also our Mental Health and Dementia lead, regularly reviewing our patients with dementia, developing their care plan and providing care and advice for their carers.

SHAJEENA RAHIMAN

MBBS, MRCGP Qualified 1998. GMC 6030280

Dr Rahiman has worked locally for many years, both as a locum and as a salaried doctor. Many patients will remember her from working previously in the Practice, covering maternity locum. She will be consulting 4 days a week and is involved in the 6-8 week checks for new born babies.

YVONNE TAYLOR

GMC: 4635871

Dr Taylor started working at Bridge Medical as a Salaried GP in September 2023, having first started as locum GP in December 2022. I have been a GP locally for over 10 years. I specialise in Womens Health - the menopause, contraception and I am a contraceptive device fitter. Prior to joining the practice a was doing GPwER (Gp with Extended Role) clinics for Gynaecology at Crawley Hospital. Dr Taylor works Mondays and Wednesdays.

Practice Management

Our management team is responsible for the overall management of our team. They are responsible for Health and safety, HR and complaints.

SHARON HARRISON

Finance & Premises Manager

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Our Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be able to see most patients with minor illnesses.

LEWIS DAINES

Paramedic Practitioner

Our Paramedic Practitioner will be able to see most patients with minor illnesses.

CONNOR BROWN

PCN Development Paramedic

Our PCN Development Paramedic will be able to see most patients with minor illnesses.

MILLIE BURRIDGE

Nurses

Our practice Nurses are available by appointments for general advice, chronic disease management, minor illnesses and routine procedures. They offer appointment for diabetes, asthma, hypertension, chronic heart disease and chronic obstructive airways monitoring and management. They also do immunisation clinics, travel vaccinations and injections. In addition they see women for contraception advice and cervical screening.

LESLEY MACCONNELL

Practice Nurse, full time

ZEENA THRUPPOYIL

Practice Nurse, Part time

Healthcare Assistants

Our healthcare assistants are available by appointment for blood tests, blood pressure checks, ECGs, smoking cessation and NHS Health checks.

SUSAN WRIGHT

NISHA WANAND

Administration

Our friendly, efficient and busy admin staff are here to help you register with the practice, help you make your appointments, receive your prescriptions and inform you of your results . They will try to help you with any other queries you may have. If they cannot help you they will endeavour to redirect you to someone who can.

JULIE SMITH

Reception & Administration Manager

KAREN BERRY

PAULINE WEBB

SMITA DERODRA

DEBORAH WICKENDEN

SHABANA ZAFAR

KAREN BARNARD-RANCE

SARAH MILES

LUCY CRESSER

Clinical Administration Department

CLAIRE PAYNE

Clinical Administration Manager

TRACEY BEVAN

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SHITAL THAKKER

LOUISE DUTFIELD

SUSAN ROBERTSON

Pharmacists

The role of our Clinical Pharmacists is to help patients to manage chronic disease, and to undertake clinical medication reviews to manage those with complex multiple medications, particularly the elderly and those with multiple co-morbidities.

FABIO MACEDO

Social Prescriber

The role of our Social Prescriber is to assist patients with non-medical needs such as social isolation and loneliness. This non-medical support, works alongside existing treatments to help patients improve their physical and mental wellbeing and put them in touch with support and activities within their local community.

TRACY OLCKERS

JENNY GLEN

Care Coordinator

The role of our Care Co-ordinators is to coordinate care and access to other appropriate services for our patients. Care Co-ordinators will be phoning some patients, where necessary, who have recently been discharged from hospital or who are frail, to help and support them with their clinical needs and refer them to the different services available to them.

SARAH CALLAGHAN

JENNY VELASCO

Dietician

CLEVERLY FONG

Physiotherapist

The role of a First Contact Practitioner is be to help, diagnose and formulate ongoing management together with the patient. This may involve advice on self-management, referral for physiotherapy, further investigation or a variety of other services where applicable. They can see patients who are suffering with any bone, joint or muscular conditions instead of their GP. They work in the Practice as a First Contact Practitioner with a background in MSK and physiotherapy/Osteopathy.

DEBBIE CORFIELD

District Nurses

01293 600300 Ext 3705 or 3707 & leave a message.

Health Visitors

01293 651733

Midwifery Team

01293 600300 Ext 3631 AnteNatal Dept.