****The phone lines are at their busiest before 10am therefore if you need an appointment with a member of the nursing team or are calling to book a blood test please call back after 10am.****
****Calling for results? To allow us to better manage demand on our phone lines please can all patients wishing to discuss results call the surgery after 2pm only.****
****Please note we cannot process repeat prescription requests over the phone. Please either use the econsult service via our website homepage or drop in a written request to the surgery.****
****Owing to the number of requests being received we are asking patients to provide 7 days for us to process a prescription rather than the usual 2 working days.****
****We are offering face to face appointments as well as telephone consultations as such if you wish to see a GP for a consultation please do let the reception team know when booking your appointment. Please note a GP may still ask to see you face-to -face following a telephone consultation if they deem it appropriate.****
****Travel vaccinations should be booked with the Surgery at least 6 weeks’ prior to travel.****

Doctors at St Thomas' Surgery

Dr Vivek Buntwal (Male)
GMC 3167737
MBBCh FRCGP DFFP
Dr Alexander Paterson (Male)
GMC 3198698
MBChB Dip Ther
Dr Suchitra Vijay (Female)
GMC 6061460
MBBS MRCGP DCH DRCOG DFSRH Dip Med
Dr Taher Ali (Female)
GMC 5202585
MBBS MRCGP DFSRH
Dr Charlie John (Female)
GMC 4722764
BM MRCGP DRCOG DFFP
Dr Katie Mathias (Female)
GMC 7047112
MB BCh
Dr Jody Craft (Female)
GMC 6145711

GP Training at The Practice

We are a GP Training Practice this means we generally have one or two GP Registrars and Foundation Year 2 Trainees working with the team.

GP Registrars (Trainee Doctors)

These are doctors attached to the Practice for training purposes who have previously worked in Hospitals.

Foundation Year 2 Trainees

These are doctors undertaking supervised GP training and are attached to the surgery for 4 month periods.

Medical Students

Medical Students are attached to the Surgery as part of their studies. We ask for the co-operation of our patient’s in aiding this training. The patient’s permission is always sought prior to consultation.

Pharmacists

We mentor and supervise Pharmacists who are undertaking a qualification in Independent Prescribing.