Physician Associate

Nirali Ladva – MSc, BSc PAMVR(3186) BSc Biomedical science (Manchester 2017) MSc physician Associate (Essex 2020)
Nirali joined West reading PCN in December 2020 as a physician associate working across both Tilehurst and Western Elms Surgery. She is passionate about paediatrics and palliative care. During her rotation at Princess Alexandra Hospital, she started a virtual visiting project at the hospital to deliver video calls to love ones for those at the end of their lives in the hospital, making PAH the first hospital in the UK to deliver this service at the height of the pandemic. This led to national recognition on the news and her paper being publish. She hopes to bring the same enthusiasm and care to all her patients and colleagues.

Practice Paramedic

Steve White
Steve joined the Ambulance Service in 2008. Initially working as an Emergency Care Assistant he qualified as an IHCD Ambulance Technician in 2010 and went on to complete his FdSc in Paramedic Science at Brookes University in 2017. He was keen to develop his knowledge and career within the Urgent Care sector and joined the surgery in April 2019. He currently works 2 days a week at the surgery as a Practice Paramedic and 2 days a week frontline for the Ambulance Service. Prior to joining the Ambulance Service Steve spent 8 years travelling the world as a senior PADI Scuba diving instructor, 1st AID and CPR instructor and RYA Yachtmaster. He hopes to work towards completing his Paramedic Practitioners degree and further develop his career.

Lee Nicholson

Pharmacy Team

Rita Nyamekyeh
Rita qualified as a pharmacist in 2006 and joined the practice in 2019 after spending much of her earlier career in community pharmacy. She has also had clinical experience in a hospice setting, providing palliative pharmaceutical care. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice. She has a strong interest in medicines management and she aims to become an independent prescriber in the near future.

Mark Holmes
Mark qualified as a pharmacist in 2006 from University of Bradford and joined the practice in 2021. Mark was previously working as a Community Pharmacist in Berkshire, Surrey and Guernsey in both NHS and private healthcare. He is currently studying for the Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma with University of Bath. Mark has a keen interest in Hypertension management and also Minor ailments.

Katherine Fielder
Katherine qualified as a pharmacist in October 2021. She qualified after primarily working in a community pharmacy for 5 years whilst at the same time studying and has now joined us in a GP practice environment. She will undertake the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway commencing in April 2023 and work towards becoming a prescriber in the next 2 to 3 years. She already has experience looking after medication for Nursing Home residents and is looking to continue this role at Tilehurst specialising in elderly care medicine.

Naqia Charania
After completing her pre-registration Period split between hospital and primary care Naqia qualified as a pharmacist and joined the register in 2022. Naqia has also previously worked in community pharmacies while studying at university. Going forward, she intends to enrol in the CPPE pathway for PCN pharmacists and in the independent prescribing qualification, to further develop her knowledge in diabetes management.

Tolu Okeke – Practice Pharmacist

Victoria Garfath-Nebbett – Pharmacist Technician

Kimberley Lailey – Pharmacist Technician

Karen McMordie – Pharmacist Assistant

Community Navigator

The purpose of a Community Navigator (also known as Social Prescriber) is to connect people to activities, groups and services in their community. This could be, for example, finding social groups, such as coffee mornings and craft groups, referrals to befriending agencies, exploring debt advice or support groups.

Danielle Stanborough joined us from Berkshire Women’s Aid where she was a refuge worker, prior to that she worked in Mental Health and Learning Disability support as well as Victims Support for Thames Valley Police.