Shoebury Health Centre, Essex

Photo: Ian Bell

Family Doctors
Health Centre
Campfield Road
Shoeburyness
Essex
SS3 9BX

This website has been designed to tell you about the practice and the services that we offer. Please read it carefully. We trust that you will find it helpful and informative.

WELCOME TO THE PRACTICE

THE HEALTH CENTRE HOUSES TWO SEPARATE PRACTICES

Dr Mario Schembri - single-handed
Dr Navin Kumar & Dr (Mrs) Asha Sinha - a non-limited partnership

The health centre was built by the Essex Area Health Authority in 1972 to provide health care facilities for the residents of Shoebury. Contained within the building are two separate GP practices: Dr Kumar and his wife, Dr Sinha, since 1998 and Dr Schembri who took up his post in 2011. There is a separate reception desk for each practice.

DR N KUMAR AND DR (MRS) A SINHA

Telephone: (01702) 577701 or 577702

Fax: (01702) 577726

Dr Kumar and Dr Sinha are a husband and wife team. Both provide a complete range of medical services.

The practice is happy to accept applications to join their list. Please ask at our reception desk for an application form.

Dr Navin Kumar

LRCP LRCS (Edinburgh) LRCPS (Glasgow) Full registration 1983

GP appraiser for South East Essex Primary Care Trust.

Special interest in cardiology, medicine for the elderly, respiratory medicine.

Languages - English, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali.

Dr (Mrs) Asha Sinha

MB BS DGO MS MRCOG (London) MRCGP (UK) Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Teaching (Oxon) Full registration 1995

Dr Sinha is also a gynaecologist and obstetrician. She specialises in pre-pregnancy counselling, teenage health, pregnancy, contraceptive procedures including IUCD (coil fitting), HRT and HRT implants and female ailments and holds a special Women’s Clinic once a week.

Dr Sinha is a registered GP Trainer and a GP Registrar will be working in the surgery for further primary care training before going on to find a full time post in general practice, or the practice may host attachments of medical students. We will always notify you when this is happening and hope that you will feel able to help in this training. However, you have the right, and will always be given the option to decline to have a registrar or student involved in any consultation.

Additional surgeries will be undertaken by doctors assisting in the practice, ie one full-time salaried and three part-time doctors, including a lady doctor.

Our reception desk is open from 8.00am - 6.30pm every weekday.
The surgery is closed on the first Tuesday afternoon of every month for Time to (second if it falls at a bank holiday) Learn.
Surgeries are held every weekday morning and afternoon. Times may vary.
Appointments can now be booked up to six weeks in advance, with a doctor of your choice, if they are available.
We have open access slots and emergency slots daily, but please ring early in the day as they are booked very quickly. You may not be able to see the doctor of your choice, but we will offer you an appointment with another doctor on duty.
If you have a problem booking an appointment please ask to speak to the practice manager, if available, who will endeavour to help you.
There are some appointments available for telephone consultations at the end of morning surgeries. Please ask at reception for details.
We provide two late evening surgeries between 6.30 - 8.30pm for pre-booked appointments, usually on Mondays and Tuesdays excluding bank holidays.

Dr Mario Schembri

MRCS LRCP MRCGP

Telephone: (01702) 577703 Fax: (01702) 577726
GP Appraiser for South East Essex Primary Care Trust
Dr Mario is happy to accept applications to join his list. Please ask the receptionistfor an application form.
Additional surgeries are undertaken on a regular basis by other doctors assisting inthe practice.
Dr Mario’s primary health care team are happy to help patients with diet and exercise programmes, chronic disease management, family planning and smoking cessation.

• Dr Mario’s reception desk is open 8.00am – 6.30pm weekdays
• Surgeries are held every weekday morning and afternoon (times may vary)
• We operate both a ‘book on the day’ and pre-booked appointment system.
• Telephone consultation appointments are available daily.
• Enquiries concerning test results should be made after 2.30pm.
• The surgery is closed on the first Tuesday afternoon of every month for Time to
Learn sessions.

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