Practice Team
The Partners
Dr Marcel Schutte (m)
arts 1996, DFFP - GMC No. 4450922
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His special interests are Psychiatry, Paediatrics and Minor Operations. He is on the Beds H.A list for Obstetrics, Family Planning & Child Health Surveillance.
Dr Karnail Dogra (m)
BSc (Hons) 1989 MBChB:T (GP)
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Dr Dogra has an interest in minor surgery and regularly performs procedures for the practice. He is especially interested in joint injections.
He also has an interest in dermatology and takes internal referrals from his colleagues within the practice.
Dr Ajaz Haider (m)
Medical State Examination (Berlin) MRCS DCH DRCOG MRCGP
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He completed the Certificate in Diabetes Care in 2009. He also has interests in learning disabilities and dementia.
Dr Abdullah Khan (m)
MBBS (London), MSc (Merit), DFSRH
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He grew up in Luton having emigrated to the UK as a child.
He attended the local schools and then undertook his medical MBBS degree at Imperial College School of Medicine (University of London) and graduated in 2002. He has a long-standing interest in and extensive experience of commissioning and business management.
Dr Khan completed his Masters (MSc) degree in 2020 in Safeguarding Adults and Children.
He lives locally in Dunstable and is passionate about keeping general practice innovative and tailored to the needs of our patients. He is committed to keeping general practice as an integral part of our local Dunstable (and surrounding community) and a part of its rich tapestry.
Business Management
Dr Abdullah Khan (m)
MBBS (London), MSc (Merit), DFSRH
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He grew up in Luton having emigrated to the UK as a child.
He attended the local schools and then undertook his medical MBBS degree at Imperial College School of Medicine (University of London) and graduated in 2002. He has a long-standing interest in and extensive experience of commissioning and business management.
Dr Khan completed his Masters (MSc) degree in 2020 in Safeguarding Adults and Children.
He lives locally in Dunstable and is passionate about keeping general practice innovative and tailored to the needs of our patients. He is committed to keeping general practice as an integral part of our local Dunstable (and surrounding community) and a part of its rich tapestry.
Joanna Glendinning (f)
Office Manager
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She has considerable administration skills with the national health service (NHS), and is passionate about delivering quality care to our patients.
Joanna works full time. She manages office staff, supports with the co-ordination of our clinical staff as well as manages the premises.
Jaya Patel (f)
Operations Manager
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Quality Assurance
Rebecca Newton-Barry (f)
Health and Social Care BA (Hons)Public Health MSc (Distinction)
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Rebecca has been aligned to Kirby Road Surgery since 2022, and is now in the role of Quality Assurance Manager.
She is extremely passionate about and looks forward to designing and developing new ways to further enhance service provision.
Rebecca has particular interest in:
Equality and Diversity
Learning Disabilities
Women’s Health
Health Promotion
Rebecca has a Level 2 qualification in Equality and Diversity as well as Domestic Abuse Awareness and Mental Health First Aid.
Rebecca has also completed her Domestic Abuse First Responder and Domestic Abuse Champion training.
Staff General Practitioners
Dr Sobia Zia (f)
GP
Sessional General Practitioners
Dr Tooba Malik (f)
MBBS, MRCP, MRCGP
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She has worked across various NHS hospitals and Primary Care spanning across a decade of clinical experience.
Dr Malik has a special interest in heart diseases, hypertension, and cardiometabolic health.
She is dedicated to providing high-quality patient care and promoting better heart health through prevention, early diagnosis, and effective management.
Physician Associate
Rosezena Hamid (f)
Paris Tatt-Smith (f)
Nursing and HCA Team
Elena Costache (f)
Nursing Degree 2002 Medical Rehabilitation Degree 2013 Multiple Sclerosis Diploma 2016 Diabetes Diploma 2022 Independent Nurse Prescriber 2022
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She has an interest in:
Diabetes
Minor Illness
Medical Rehabilitation
Woman’s Health
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
As from September 2022, Nurse Elena is now an Independent Nurse Prescriber.
Emma Chandler (f)
General Adult Nursing Diploma 2010 Minor Illness Diploma November 2022
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She has special interests in:
Minor Illness
Women’s health
Tissue viability
Children’s health
Respiratory
Nurse Emma is now the Practice Respiratory Lead.
Corina Ghiata (f)
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Jo Wood (f)
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She has recently undertaken a Nursing Degree and passed in 2025!
She is looking forward to putting her new skills into practice at the surgery.
Pharmacists
Phillip Sharatt (m)
Independent Prescribing Pharmacist
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He qualified as a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber in 2018 and has worked in General Practice for the last 8 years.
Philip has a specialisation in palliative care and pain. He has had a varied career, having previously worked as an information pharmacist and also qualified and worked as a Hospital Pharmacist in New Zealand.
Philip was born and grew up in Luton but now resides in St Albans.
Philip is passionate about improving patients’ quality of life through medication management, ensuring they receive the safest and most effective treatments.
Younis Din (m)
MPharm- 2015 PG Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy Practice
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He is a qualified clinical pharmacist.
Prior to this role he has worked in community pharmacy for 8 years, helping patients through medication reviews and queries for minor ailments.
Tahira Ashfaq (f)
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She conducts medication reviews with patients as well as aids with any queries they have regarding their medication.
Najoum Roble (f)
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She has since qualified as an Independent Prescriber at the University of Hertfordshire in 2024.
She brings a strong background in both hospital outpatient services and community pharmacy.
Her clinical interests include lipid management, hypertension, and respiratory health.
Additional Healthcare Staff
Arfan (m)
Clinical Paramedic Prescriber
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He has worked for East of England Ambulance service as a frontline paramedic, with a wealth of experience in dealing with acute medical emergencies and urgent care.
He is trained to clinically assess patients with minor illness/injuries, assist in the management of chronic conditions and provide urgent assessments to patients in our GP practice.
He often carries out in depth health assessments, identifying patients at risk of illness and can provide them with advice and support to mitigate this.
You can also see him for matters you would traditionally see a General Practitioner (GP) for. Arfan can liaise with the GP/ Nurse as well as prescribe.
As well as in person assessment, Arfan often conducts telephone assessments and visits patients in their own homes.
Health Visitors (f)
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Secretaries
Amanda Gilbert (f)
Lead Secretary
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She has been working in the role of Lead Secretary since 2023.
Administration
Kerry (f)
Administrator
Reception Team
Receptionists (f)
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They will be the first people you come into contact with at the surgery and will endeavour to help all patients with any queries that they have.
Training practice
We are a training practice and you may be offered an appointment with a GP registrar. These doctors are fully qualified and will have had experience in several hospital specialties. They are completing their specialist training as a GP.
We also teach medical students and sometimes you may be asked to see the doctor or nurse with a student present.
You will always be asked beforehand if this is acceptable, and you may ask for the student to withdraw if you prefer to have your consultation in private.
GP net earnings
All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.
The average pay for GPs working in Kirby Road Surgery in the last financial year was £70,841 before tax and National Insurance.
This is for:
- 1 full time GP
- 4 part time GPs
- 2 locum GPs
who worked in the practice for more than six months.
NHS England require that the net earnings of doctors engaged in the practice is publicised. However, it should be noted that the prescribed method of calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice and should not be used for any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparisons with other practices.
