Doctors
Dr Sumedha Tillu (Partner) (Female) MBBS, MRCP (Paediatrics), MRCGP, DRLOG, DFFP, Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education
Dr Tillu is available for consultations. In addition she will be available for any support needed for the clinical staff.
Dr. H. Singh (Male) MBBS
Experienced GP is available 2 days a week for consultation.
Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Prescriber
Aruna Gangimalla (female)
Aruna is available for consultations. She has many years of NHS experience working in the Primary and secondary care environment. Spoken languages: English.
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner can be seen by appointment only.
Their services include; first aid to minor injuries, blood pressure checks, routine injections, travel injections, dressing wounds, removal of sutures, ear syringing, cervical smears, general health advice, and health checks for patients with chronic diseases.
Physician Associate
Sonya Rayet
Sonya is available for consultations on Mondays and Thursdays. She is very competent and experienced Clinician and has worked in NHS for many years in hospital, primary care and also in out of hours. She speaks English, Hindi and Punjabi.
Pharmacist Prescriber
Mr. Kulvinder Tanday (Male)
Works on Tuesdays and does medication reviews and various clinical audits as required.
Practice Nurse
Charmaine Salmon
Charmaine is our practice nurse who is very competent and experienced at her job and works on Thursdays. She mainly does child immunisation and smears.
Health Care Assistant
Asha Bano
Asha is available for consultations on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Areas of work include new patient health checks, wound dressings, BP review, asthma review, diet and lifestyle advice, smear tests (jointly with Dr Tillu). Languages Spoken: Hindi and basic Punjabi.
Social Prescriber
Gurbaksh
Gurbaksh is available on Tuesday afternoons and speaks various languages including English, Hindi, Punjabi and is available by appointments. She supports patients who are high risk clinically, elderly, socially isolated, social, financial, or housing problems and signposts them to various services as appropriate.
First Contact Physiotherapist
Natasha Pathak (Female)
Experienced senior physiotherapist who specialises in musculoskeletal problems and is available for consultation one day a week.
Practice Staff
The practice is managed by Roopashree Jayadev (Practice Manager) who is responsible for the day-to-day running of the practice.
The reception staff has a wide range of duties including arranging appointments, answering telephone calls, dealing with repeat prescriptions, data entry, answering copious and varied questions and offering help and assistance. We hope you find our receptionists pleasant and helpful. Please feel free to ask for help or advice if you are unsure about what services you may require.
The Health Visiting Service
Our Health Visiting service is delivered by specialist skill mix teams who promote the health and wellbeing of families with children under the age of 5. The service seeks to promote healthy lifestyles by addressing physical, psychological and mental well-being.
The Health Visiting team hold weekly baby clinics at the following venues:
The Lyng Centre
Every Wednesday
Frank Fisher Way
West Bromwich, B70 7AW
9:30 to 11:30am
Any queries please contact 0121 612 2397
Galton Valley Surestart
Baby clinic is every 1st Thursday each month
Great Arthur Street,
Smethwick, B66 1DH
1:00 to 2:30pm
Any queries please contact 0121 555 4870
The District Nurse
The District Nurse visits patients of all ages in their homes. They assess needs, give information, provide counselling and carry out appropriate nursing care. You will usually be referred to the District Nurse by the hospital or the surgery.
The Midwife
The Midwife is available at the surgery every Thursday morning from 9.30am to 12.30pm by appointment.
Maternity Support Worker
The Maternity Support Worker is available on Thursday morning at the surgery who can advise and support the pregnant women regarding various health and social issues.