Partners

The partners are self-employed independent contractors to the NHS who own the GP practice. Between them they have over years of experience in the health service. With help from the managers, they are responsible for running the business , providing services for patients, managing the practice staff, the finances and all administrative work associated with running the practice .

Dr M Wong (male), Manchester 1991
MB ChB, DRCOG, MRCGP, DFFP  NHS  years of service
Dr Wong joined the practice in 1995. He offers a full range of general practice care. He is the senior and executive partner, has an interest in IT and practice finances, authors the practice website and patient newsletter, is the lead doctor in influenza, the CQC registered manager, the practice representative for ARCH Primary Care Network and an elected committee member of Derby & Derbyshire Local Medical Committee . He also develops many practice resources, including the infographic posters which adorn many GP surgery waiting rooms nationwide.

Dr L Axten (male), Leicester 2007
MB ChB, BA (Hons), MRCGP, BMedSci  NHS  years of service
Dr Axten joined the practice in 2012 as a salaried doctor and became a partner in 2013. He offers a full range of general practice care and has an interest in ENT. He runs minor operations clinics. He is the lead doctor in anticoagulation (blood thinners), safeguarding children, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement.

Partners (contd.)

Dr S Francis (male), Leeds 2009
MB ChB, MRCGP  NHS  years of service
Dr Francis joined the practice in 2014 as a salaried doctor and became a partner in 2016. He offers a full range of general practice care. He runs joint injection clinics. He is the lead doctor for diabetes and prescribing and mentors the clinical pharmacist team. He is a clinical supervisor for GP trainees.

Dr R Greer (female), London 2009
MB BS, DFSRH, MRCGP  NHS  years of service
Dr Greer joined the practice in 2014 as a salaried doctor and became a partner in 2016. She offers a full range of general practice care. She runs minor operations clinics. She is the lead doctor in women's health, staff wellbeing, cancer, including palliative and end of life care. She is a clinical supervisor for GP trainees.

Dr V Neely (female), Plymouth 2011
MB BS, BEng (Hons), MRCGP  NHS  years of service
Dr Neely joined the practice in 2019 as a salaried doctor and became a partner in 2021. She offers a full range of general practice care. She is the lead doctor in medical student and GP training, care homes and safeguarding adults. She is an educational supervisor for GP trainees.

Salaried doctors

Salaried doctors are doctors working to a time-based contract.

Dr G Lavender (female), London 2017
MB BS, BSc (Hons), DRCOG, MRCGP  NHS  years of service
Dr Lavender joined the practice in March 2024. She has an extensive specialist interest in women’s health, including perinatal and postnatal care, common and complex gynaecology, urogynaecology and gynae-oncology.

Dr S Nirban (female), London 2013
MB ChB, BSc (Hons), MRCGP  NHS  years of service
Dr Nirban joined the practice in February 2026. She offers a full range of general practice care and is an educational supervisor for GP trainees.

Dr B Shiripinda (male), Zimbabwe 2015
MB ChB, MRCGP  NHS  years of service
Dr Shiripinda joined the practice in August 2026. He offers a full range of general practice care.

GP trainees (registrars)

We are a training practice and we therefore host GPs trainees. These are fully qualified doctors but who have not yet completed their GP training. They see the full range of conditions and are overseen by their clinical and educational supervisors.