Our Team

GP partners

Dr Rachel Pemberton

MBChB 2004 (Birmingham) MRCGP DCH DRCOG DFSRH

GP Partner
Female

Dr Pemberton joined the practice in 2013. Clinical interest include women’s health, family planning, child health and care of the elderly.

Dr Stuart Rodger

MB ChB 2008 (Birmingham) MRCGP 2013

GP Partner
Male

Dr Rodger joined the partnership in 2015 after completing his training at the surgery and subsequently as an associate GP. His clinical interests include care of the elderly and rheumatology.

Dr Aparna Oozageer

MBBS (London) DRCOG DFSRH

GP Partner
Female

Dr Oozageer joined the practice in 2016 having previously worked in Droitwich. Clinical Interests include women’s health and family planning, being trained in the insertion of coils and subcutaneous contraceptiveDr Aparna Oozageer[continue]

Dr Meeraj Shah

MBChB, MRCGP, PGDip Med ED, RCPathME, PG Cert Digital Health

GP Partner
Male

Dr Shah joined the practice in October 2024 having previously worked as a GP in Redditch. Specialist Interests: Research, Medical Education, Digital Health, Leadership and Health Inequalities Other roles: AssociateDr Meeraj Shah[continue]

Salaried GPs

Dr Adam J Lee

MB ChB 1988 (Birmingham) DCH MRCGPDr

Salaried GP
Male

Dr Lee worked as a partner from 2004-2023, having worked as a GP in Wythall before moving areas. Dr Lee is now working 2 sessions with us following his retirementDr Adam J Lee[continue]

Dr Lars Ole Grimstvedt

MBChB (2005) MRCGP (2012)

Salaried GP
Male

Dr Lars has been at the surgery since 2013. Clinical interests include care of the elderly, diabetes and minor surgery.

Dr Lemees Al-Chalabi

MBChB Hons (2009) DRCOG (2015) MRCGP (2018)

Salaried GP
Female

Dr Al-Chalabi has been at the surgery since 2018 initially as a GP registrar. She was taken on as an associate GP following completion of her training.

Dr Savithry Satishbabu

Salaried GP
Female

Dr Sadiyah Khan

BMedSci (Hons) 2012, BMBS (2014) University of Nottingham

Salaried GP
Female

Nurse practitioners

Kate Alger

RN, NMP, ACP PgDip

Care home nurse practitioner
Female

Kate has been employed to help manage our nursing home patients. She carries out regular visits to patients in nursing homes with acute and chronic long term conditions.

Pharmacists

Shama Ali

Lead Pharmacist

Shama has been with the practice since February 2021. She has calls available to book on Mondays, Wednesday’s and Thursdays for medication reviews/quires. She has a special interest in mentalShama Ali[continue]

Ayad Al-Rubayi

Pharmacist

Simran Gill

Pharmacist

Remeesha Razak

Pharmacist

Dispensers (Stoke Prior)

Tracy Davies

Dispensary Manager (Stoke Prior)

Naomi Stanton

Dispenser

Practice nurses

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears. Some nurses can also prescribe for certain conditions. Our nursing team covers both Davenal House and Stoke Prior Surgeries. The service provided includes: general treatment room duties, routine immunisations, health promotion, cervical smears, chronic disease management, family planning and travel health advice.

Bethany Thomas

Practice Nurse
Female

Clare Almquest

Practice Nurse
Female

Elizabeth Wells

Practice Nurse
Female

Healthcare assistants

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as aHealthcare assistants[continue]

Practice management

The practice management team is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The management team supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Lauren Harwood

Practice Manager

Cally Fox

Operations Manager

Dennis Richards

Clinical Service Manager

Kate Smith

Business Manager

Practice staff

Lynn Lee

Secretary

Emma Dales

Secretary

Receptionists

Receptionists

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and directReceptionists[continue]