Meet the Team

Doctors

Dr Azhar Zafar (Male)

MBBS FRCP  FRCGP MRCPS (GLGS) FACP (USA) MSc GMC 6032551
Health Research – GP Appraiser – GP Tutor & Trainer – Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Hon.)  Diabetes Centre University of Leicester. Member American College of Physicians USA.

Dr Azhar Zafar is the senior partner for the surgery and is the lead GP for Diabetes, Minor Surgery and Joint injections. Dr Zafar is also the lead GP for research and is actively engaged in academic as well industrial clinical research. He has been working on various research projects on Diabetes as a principal investigator for Northamptonshire.

Dr Zafar is also board member of the Royal College of General Practitioners Thames Valley Faculty.

Dr Kashif Zaman (Male)

MBBS, FRCP, MRCP(UK), MRCGP GMC 6038023
Dr Zaman is the practice lead in Quality and Outcomes, Child & Adult safeguarding, Cardiology, Contraceptive services, Child Health and has an interest in minor surgery.

Dr Asim Chishti (Male)

MBBS, MRCGP GMC 6045127
Dr Chishti is the practice lead in elderly medicine, dementia, depression, mental health, palliative care and learning disability and has an interest in minor surgery.

Dr Ayesha Azhar (Female)

MBBS, MRCGP, MRCOG, DFRSH BSc GMC 6158597
Dr Azhar is a GP who also has a special interest and additional qualifications in Gynaecology as well as extensive experience working in hospitals as a Gynaecologist.

As well as General Medical Practice her clinics also include IUD fittings (coil) and contraception implants.

Dr Haroon Butt (Male)

MBBS MRCP (UK) MRCGP GMC 6036911

Clinical & Nursing Team

Sue P (Female)

Nurse

Umer Sheikh (Male)

Advanced Physiotherapist

Heena (Female)

Paramedic
Heena trained as a medical practitioner overseas and in March 2023 joined our medical practice to take up the role of Paramedic. 

The paramedic role involves assessing and triaging patients, including same day triage, and provideing definitive treatment as appropriate including prescribing medications under the supervision of one of our surgery doctors.

Christianna (Chrissy) (Female)

Healthcare Assistant

Isabella (Female)

Healthcare Assistant

Practice Team

Sally-Anne Pike (Female)

HND DMS MCMI IGPM
Practice Manager
Sally is responsible for the strategic management, financial management, staff management, organisation and smooth running of the practice. She has worked for the practice for many years.
 
Sally works with all patient groups and she is also the person to contact for any patient problems or complaints. If you should you have any comments or suggestions on how we can improve our services then please contact her.
 
Sally is available at the surgery Monday to Thursday. Appointments to see her can be made via Reception or contact her on (01604) 876314 or email her at: danescamp.K83610@nhs.net

Sharon Hennell (Female)

CQC Administrator

Reception

Our reception and support staff are here to help you. They answer the phones, deal with enquiries, and prepare repeat prescriptions for authorisation by the doctors, as well as other duties.

Sue B (Female)

Receptionist

Debbie B (Female)

Receptionist

Sue M (Female)

Receptionist

Emma G (Female)

Receptionist / Care-Co-ordinator

Secretaries

Secretaries deal with referral letters, correspondence to patients, medical reports prepared by the doctors and various other administration tasks.

Tia P (Female)

Attached Staff

District Nurses (Community)

A team of district nurses provide care services and nursing assessment in the community to housebound patients. Across Northamptonshire since 1 October 2016 a Single Point of Access contact point was set up for all referrals and requests for District Nurse appointments / visits. The telephone number for this service is 0300 777 0002.

With prior arrangement with the District Nurse, wound dressings can be changed at week-ends at the Highfield Clinical Care Centre on Cliftonville Road, Northampton (Weekend Times: 10.30am to 12pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm).

Health Visitor Community Hub

Health Visitors are qualified nurses with additional training in community health care. They are particularly skilled in seeking out and identifying health needs and work closely with all members of the practice team to promote individual, family and public health.

The Health Visitor works with all age groups; however the majority of clients are families with pre-school children.

Consultations with the health visitor are booked by appointment via the Health Visiting Hub on 0300 1111 022.

Children’s Admin Hub – 0800 170 7055 (Mon – Fri 8.30am – 4.30pm) – Email: CUSadminhub.nhft@nhs.net

Breastfeeding Helpline – 077951 10109 for breastfeeding advice and support (Mon – Fri 9am – 3pm)

Developmental checks
Child health clinics
Advice on immunisations
Advice and support on parenting skills, feeding, sleeping, speech and behaviour
Advice on the general health of mothers and babies 
Health Promotion including child accident prevention
Antenatal and parent craft advice and breastfeeding support
Postnatal depression screening and support

Social Prescribing Link Workers

Who is the Service for? Everyone aged 18+ who lives in Northamptonshire.

Who is it not for? Social Prescribing is not for crisis situations. Call 111 if you need urgent assistance or call 0800 917 0464 for mental health emergencies. Strictly speaking Social Prescribing is not a counselling service.

Weight management
Emotional wellbeing
Smoking
Alcohol
Housing support
Employment and adult learning
Financial support
Social inclusion

Please contact our reception staff in order to arrange an appointment.