What is a Primary Care Network?
Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS)
Primary Care Networks have been given funding to provide up to an additional 18 roles to create bespoke multi-disciplinary teams within their individual network.
PCN’s assess the needs of their local population and, working with local community services, make support available to people where it is most needed.
Our Vision
Havering Health’s vision is described as supporting solutions for quality care by a valued workforce. We believe in offering a well-resourced, high-quality health provision provided by local clinicians who have expertise in, understanding of, and commitment to their community.
We plan to do this by:
- Representing primary care interest in the local health economy
- Supporting our PCNs
- Continually improving the quality and delivery of patient care
- Generating new sources of income
Meet our Team
Havering Health Federation team consists of both Clinical and non-clinical resources making up the Board and Corporate team.
Havering Health Board
Havering Health Board members are elected and appointed to act on behalf of the Member Practices who are the shareholders.
The Board Members are directly accountable to the shareholders and each year Havering Health holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM) at which the Directors provide a report to all shareholders on the performance of Havening Health, and also represent themselves for re-election in line with the Articles of Association.
The agreed objectives of Havering Health are defined in the Articles of Association and its arrangements with member practices in the subscription agreement.
All Directors are local GPs that work in different parts of the Havering Borough.

Dr David Derby
Clinical Board Director / Chairman
About David
Dr Derby was instrumental to the growth of Rosewood Medical Centre from an 8,000 patient practice to over 13,000 patients, leading on a merger and 3 building development projects over the years. He has been a GP trainer for over 10 years and has a special interest in dermatology and minor surgery. He is one of the founding directors of Havering Health Federation and the first Company Secretary, a post he held until he became chair of Federation.
He was the lead director who was instrumental in setting up the Havering Access Hubs and continued his leadership until January 2025, when the role was passed to other directors. He continues to be involved with the Access Hubs.
David has been an elected council member of PELC since 2014 and presently the Vice Chair of PELC. He was elected as a Primary Care Network Clinical Director of South PCN in July 2024.

Dr Noreen Tariq
Clinical Board Director / Company Secretary
About Noreen
She is the Company Secretary, Lead for Care Home Contracts for PCNs and also Co-lead for Extended and Same Day Access

Dr Bunmi Olajide
Clinical Board Director
About Bunmi
Over the years, he has been actively involved in the set up and oversight of the Access Hubs. As co-lead he was involved in the setup of the covid hubs, leading on the home visiting and care home services. In his current role, he jointly oversees the smooth running of the Enhanced Access Hubs and Same Day Hubs.
As Educational Lead for Havering Health, he has ensured the delivery of the Red Whale educational programme for the local clinicians and facilitates the clinical focus group meetings for clinicians working at the hub. His interest in education extends to GP trainees and ARRS staff. He is a GP Training Programme Director for the local vocational training scheme and continues to work towards the approval of Havering Health as a GP trainee urgent care educational site.
In keeping with his passion and clinical interest, Bunmi has supported BHR GPs and patients with improvements to cancer services. More recently, he has on a voluntary basis been involved in producing the Cancer Access Policy of the BHR NHS Trust, working with patients and he is a GP representative on the Improving Cancer Journey’s programme steering group.
In his spare time, Bunmi supports with raising awareness of prostate cancer, particularly within deprived areas and the black ethnic minority group. As a member of the Prostate Cancer Clinical Advisory Group, his work extends across the four nations of the UK covering advocacy, working with patient groups, the voluntary sector and various other expert groups to improve guidelines and research for prostate cancer.

Dr Meera Kalathara
Clinical Board Director
About Meera
In 2017, Dr. Kalathara joined Hornchurch Healthcare, where she has successfully merged her passion for paediatrics with a strong commitment to medical education. She became a GP Partner in 2019 and has since taken on the role of GP Trainer, mentoring and guiding the next generation of doctors at the practice.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Kalathara has served as Clinical Director for the Federation since 2019, where she has led a variety of local incentive schemes aimed at improving patient care and healthcare delivery. Her responsibilities have evolved over the years, and she currently leads the Long-Term Conditions LIS for conditions such as Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, and Atrial Fibrillation (AF). She has also been involved in establishing the spirometry service for Havering and continues to lead our local wound care service.

Dr Richard Burack
Clinical Board Director
About Richard
As the youngest partner at a large established training practice, he developed interests in several medical sub-specialities including medical education (undergraduate lead tutor), paediatrics and adolescent health care, sports medicine, urgent/unscheduled care and safeguarding / child protection. These interests enabled a portfolio of medically supportive posts and roles that complimented his role as a GP partner over the years. This has included being an Academic Tutor in postgraduate education for Queen Mary Westfield College; Honorary Consultant for Late Effects for children with cancer at Great Ormond Street Hospital; Team Doctor for Leyton Orient FC; Clinical Director for PELC; Clinical Director for Barking & Dagenham Primary Care Trust and one of the founding Directors of Havering Health GP Federation.
His particular clinical interest in children’s safeguarding and adolescent health has lead to involvement and support of National leadership roles and responsibilities. He has been a former chairman and current treasurer of the Primary Care Safeguarding Forum, a UK based organisation committed to providing support, education and a voice for Named GPs and equivalents from across the UK and to promote and support quality Primary Care Safeguarding. He was part of and NHS E steering group involved in putting together National guidance on managing remote and sensitive consultations published by NHSX and in putting together advice and guidance for Primary Care in coping with remote CYP consultations including issues surrounding managing and handling of digital imagery / video consultations within a CYP consultation.
His interest in adolescent health has lead to research and academic papers published, invites to speak Nationally and Internationally at conferences on adolescent health and he remains an active longstanding member of the RCGP aligned Adolescent Health Special Interest Group.
Currently, he holds the statutory role as a Named GP for Children’s safeguarding covering Havering and Barking & Dagenham; Clinical Lead for BCYP services within Havering, at Place and recently was delighted to be re-elected back onto the board of Havering Health where his current responsibilities include safeguarding, business innovation and transformation and governance.
Havering Health Corporate Team

Urvashi Bhagat
Finance Consultant
About Urvashi

Shuhela Hannan
Head of Clinical Contracts and Service Development
About Shuhela

Mani Khan
Transformation Lead
About Mani

Simran Girdhar
Human Resources & Office Manager
About Simran

Leanne Davidson
Senior Service Manager
About Leanne

Edward Noonan
Service Manager
About Edward

Sandra Smith
Hub Co-ordinatorCrest PCN
About Sandra

Jennifer Moore
Hub Co-ordinatorLiberty PCN
About Jennifer

Mandy White
Hub Co-ordinatorNorth PCN
About Mandy

Christine Lowry
Hub Co-ordinatorSouth PCN
About Christine

Hasan Kabir
Finance Manager
About Hasan
He provides finance support to 3 Havering Health PCNs – providing back-office support for all financial income and expenditure as well as Monthly Management account. He also manages financial control and liaison with ICB, LBH and other stakeholders including all the GP practices in the borough of Havering.

Chiamaka Friday
Account Assistant
About Chiamaka

Wole Oladele
Project Officer
About Wole
Havering’s PCN Leadership Structure


Our Projects
We have led and supported a wide range of transformation projects, which have made a positive impact across Havering.