NM Health Innovations are proud to offer a full clinical team working across all surgeries
The Clinical Team
General Practitioners
Owner and Clinical Director
Dr N J Muttucumaru (m)
Dr Muttucumaru is the owner and clinical lead for the organisation and qualified as a Doctor in 1985 at The University of Leicester.
He became a GP in 1993 and in 2009 opened Buckshaw Village surgery.
Dr Muttucumaru has a wide range of interests and is passionate in his desire to offer community based services for patients from the surgery.
He also provides an innovative continuity of care model for patients located within the Oakbridge Retirement Village complex. This model is specifically tailored to meet the needs of dementia patients.
Dr Kapil Sharma (m)
Dr Sharma has been a GP since 2008. He started his medical career at St Andrews and Manchester and worked locally in Chorley General Hospital up until 2004.
He then trained as a GP at St Albans/Hemel and Watford.
His areas of medical interest include diabetes and musculoskeletal medicine.
Dr Omar Al-Falahi (m)
He graduated from medical school in 2011 and worked in Iraq, Oman and the USA before starting working for the NHS in January 2019.
Dr Al-Falahi's UK clinical experience was in internal medicine at East Surrey Hospital.
He started his GP speciality training in August 2019 in east Lancashire and completed his training in August 2022. He has a particular interest in rheumatology.
Dr Ronald Kato (m)
Dr Kato qualified from St Andrews and Manchester Medical School in 2008.
He worked in various posts including A&E, paediatrics, psychiatry and obstetrics and also gynaecology. completing his GP training in 2013.
Prior to joining NM Health Innovation, he worked as a GP in Huyton, Whiston and Southport.
Dr Kato has special interests in medical education, women's health and is
a qualified Medical Examiner.
Dr Mohamad Nadzam (m)
Dr Nadzam graduated from medical school in 2009 and did foundation training and general medicine training in Preston and Chorley afterwards.
He completed his GP training in Wigan.
His special interests are dermatology and women's health.
Dr George Maduabuchi (m)
Dr Maduabuchi studied at the College of Medicine at the University of Nigeria.
He has worked in paediatrics at Darent Valley Hospital, North Tyneside General Hospital and James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.He also has an interest in the detection and management of atrial fibrillation.
Dr Chris Scales (m)
Dr Scales is the lead GP at our Eaves Lane site and has been since the site opened in April 2023. He has experience in a wide range of medical fields including orthopaedics. As Radio Lancashire's resident GP, Dr Scales can be heard regularly on the station.
Dr Sania Ahmed (f)
Dr Ahmed is an experienced GP and has been with us for several years.
Dr Usman Tawfik (m)
He has trained as a GP in East Lancashire Hospitals NHS trust and has had the opportunity to work in various specialties including Emergency Medicine, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Intensive care, Diabetes and Endocrinology before perusing General Practice.
He takes a keen interest in chronic disease management particularly Respiratory illnesses and Diabetes.
He is also passionate about teaching and keeping up-to-date with latest researches and developments in the field of chronic illnesses.
Dr Mahmoud Ahmed (m)
Dr Ahmed graduated from medical school at Cairo University.
Prior to joining GP training in the UK, he had extensive experience working in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia from 2002 to 2020.
He began working in the NHS in 2020, and has since undergone training that has allowed him to gain valuable experience in various medical areas, alongside Paediatrics, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Sexual Health and ENT.
Dr Daniel Anderson (m)
Dr Anderson went to St Andrews University in 2010 to study Medicine and graduated with BSc (Hons) in 2013, prior to transfer to Edinburgh University to complete medical training, and he graduated there in 2016.
Dr Anderson then worked in Edinburgh for two years, moving then to Salford and Trafford to commence and complete his GP training.
Dr Anderson is our Frailty lead and specialises in care of the elderly.
Dr Shyama Wijesuriya (f)
Graduating with her primary medical degree in 2001, she began her career in her home country of Sri Lanaka where she worked in chest medicine, A&E and Intensive Care.
After joining the NHS in 2015, she worked at Royal Preston/Chorley Hospitals and Wigan NHS Trust, covering various adult medical specialities before joining GP training.
Dr Wijesuriya has diverse experience and is particularly interested in women's health and adult medicine.
Dr Inemesit Udeokwere (f)
Clinical Management
Clinical Managers
Tracy Muttucumaru
Jacqui Chester
Tracey and Jacqui has been involved in the NHS for more than three decades and has vast experience in the management of clinicians.
Alongside this, Tracy oversees the training of our students from the Universities. Jacqui Chester is also the infection Control Lead for the Primary Care network.
Not all conditions will require a GP appointment - Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Paramedics and Physician Associates have taken further training to diagnose and treat a number of conditions.
Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Tracy Muttucumaru
Jacqui Chester
Alex Atkinson
Trainee Nurse Practitioner
Rachael Catterall
Paramedics
Paramedics assist at our surgeries and visit patients who are too unwell to come to surgery.
Stephen Conroy
Gill Despard
Physician Associate
Bonar Southern
Helping you manage your Long Term Health Conditions
Practice Nurse Team
Our Practice Nurses will work with you to help you manage your conditions.
Our nursing staff also provide blood pressure monitoring, travel advice and vaccinations, health checks, contraception advice, cervical screening and childhood immunisations.
Who to see
Adele
Ilona
Lucy
Karen
Julie
Mandy
Healthcare Assistants
Healthcare assistants support with blood pressure measurement, NHS Health Checks, diabetic foot checks, and new patient screening.
Krystle Havard
Cheryl Davies is our full time social prescriber and has been with the group since 2019.
Medicine Management Team
Medicines Management provides specialist support to the clinical team, offering advice and guidance on suitable medications or alternative medication, as well as ensuring the practice is prescribing in line with current guidance from NICE, the CCG and NHSE.
Ela Patel: Medicines Co-Ordinator
Carol Krosschell: Medicines Co-Ordinator
Daniela Francovich: Pharmacist Technician
Nell Murtagh: Clinical Pharmacist
Jessica McPherson: Pharmacy Technician
Practice Management
Brian Hann
Business and Operations Manager
Aimee Mughal
Practice Manager over all Practices.
Lorraine Kluczniak
Finance Manager
Julie Southern
Population Health Manager and Digital Transformation Lead
Office Co-Ordinators
Kerry Claringbold: Adlington Medical Centre
Sandra Howard: Lostock Hall Village Surgery & Medicare Unit Surgery
Tracey Knott: Eaves Lane Surgery. Tracey is also our compliance officer
Beverley Norris: Croston Medical Centre
Lynsey Robertson: Buckshaw Surgery
Administration Team
Administrative staff provide an important link for patients with the practice. They can provide information on services and results. Our reception staff will make you an appointment with the most appropriate clinician.
Receptionists
Care Co-ordinators
Medical Secretaries
GP Assistants
Medical Students
We are an approved Unified Learning Environment. This does that at times we have medical students within the practice. Please let the reception staff know if you do not want a medical student in the consultation room.