Telephone: 020
8650 0957Appointments: 020 8650 6612
Facsimile: 020 8663 6070
Email: Practice.Manager@gp-G84008.nhs.uk
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THE HISTORY OF THE PRACTICE
The
history of the practice goes back to the early 1920's and was originally a single
handed practice. We actually have a controlled drug register with the first entry
dated 1927 which makes quite interesting reading.
The accurate history dates back to the 50's when Dr Marjorie Roberts took over the surgery and practiced till 1968. At the time the practice was based at 12 Manor Road, next door to the present premises, and Dr Roberts had Dr Ursula Hickman working with her as an assistant until she took over the practice with Dr Ginette Edmonds on 1st October 1968.
Early in 1969 the practice moved next door to 14 Manor Road, where we have been based since then
Miss
Prince was the first practice receptionist but retired shortly after starting,
due to poor health and was followed by Pauline McCarthy who is still with us
as Practice Manager. She was followed by Audrey Byrne, Lynn Skinner and Jean
Lewis and there have been many changes since then inevitably, but Jean still
works here as well as Pauline.
Miss Layzell was the first practice nurse who joined at the age of 70 and Mrs Cassidy was the first midwife attached to the practice.
Dr
Gian Rakkar joined the partnership in 1972 and remained with the practice till
she returned to India in 1988 when her husband passed away
By this time the practice had become a training practice and Dr Ray Vella was taken on as a fourth partner in September 1986, after he finished his year as a trainee in the practice.
Dr Janet Tempest took over from Dr Rakkar in 1988 and Dr Jill Corrigan (subsequently Dr Campbell after marriage) took over after Dr Hickman retired after many years as senior partner in 1990.
Dr Hickman sadly passed away on 25th July 1998 after fighting cancer for many years, when she carried on working despite her illness and Drs Edmonds and Rakkar are enjoying their retirement. Dr Edmonds still lives locally in Shortlands and Dr Rakkar regularly pops in to the surgery on visits from India. Dr Campbell is practising in Sydenham whilst Dr Vowles has become a partner in Southborough Lane Surgery in Bromley
The
practice worked as a three doctor partnership with Dr Vella as senior partner
from April 1990, until Dr Campbell left the practice in 1997.
At that time, recruitment of new GP principals was extremely difficult so Drs Vella and Tempest struggled on with the help of a part time assistant Dr Natalie Vowles, until Dr Andrew Agun joined as a new third principal in 2000, having started as an assistant in the practice in 1999.
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