The Vallance Centre


Practice Staff

The Doctors

Dr. Maria B. Cunningham (F)
BA, BM BCh, MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG (Oxford 1981)
Dr. Sandip Shroff (M)
MB ChB, BDS, DRCOG, DFFP, MRCGP (Manchester 1989)
Dr. Helen Barrett (F)
MB ChB, DFFP, DCH, DRCOG, MRCGP (Manchester 1995)
Dr. Olu Smith (M)
Bsc., MBBS, DFFP (Nigeria 1992)
Dr.Vaishali Joshi (F)
MBBS, MRCGP, DFFP (India 1997)
Dr. Tahmeena Dean (F)
BSc (London 2002), MBChB (Manchester 2007)                                                                  Dr. Tehmeena Loonat (F)
MBChB (Manchester 1996)

Management Team

Marc Herrick and Suzanne Nixon are our Practice Managers and they are responsible for the smooth running of the practice. They will be only too willing to help you with any administrative or non-medical aspects of your health and treatment. They are available by appointment to discuss any issues or suggestions that may improve our service.

Reception/Administrative Team

The team is responsible for making appointments, dealing with requests for medications and taking messages for Doctors and Nurses. Their aim is to help in the smooth running of the practice. They have a busy and difficult job and act on the instructions of the doctors. Please be patient
with them. All information given to them is treated in confidence and they are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the Doctors and Nurses.
The more information you are able to give them the better they will be able to assist you.

Practice Nurses

Our Practice Nurse’s are Mrs Tracy Tse and Ms Parveen Khan. They run a variety of clinics all of which can be booked at the main reception desk or appointments line:

  • Asthma/COPD Smoking Cessation
  • Diabetes Travel Advice
  • Child Immunisations Cervical Smears
  • Hypertension (Blood pressure) Flu Clinic (Seasonal)

Assistant Practitioner

Our Assistant Practitioner is Ms. Pam Rockett and she carries out blood tests and new patient checks between 8. 45am & 12 noon. New patient registration medicals where possible will be carried out as you register, however, on occasions you may be asked to make an appointment.