At the Specialist Medical Clinic, our highly experienced General Practitioners focus specifically on your general health and wellbeing. With the increasing complexity of modern medical care, and your understandable concern for your health, the team provide unhurried consultations with a strong emphasis on preventative health care.

Dr Patrick Nerney, Dr George Simon, Dr Aaron Dehghan and Dr Vaishali Joshi  provide a full range of comprehensive general practice health care services, for individuals and their families, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Services include:

  • Acute illness assessment and management 
  • Blood tests
  • Health care assessments – including well man and well woman checks
  • Pre-employment checks
  • Prescriptions
  • Blood tests 
  • Vaccination 
  • Ear syringing
  • Driving medicals
  • ECG
  • Peak flow and spirometry

Where possible for most routine problems we will offer  you an appointment within one working day. We endeavour to accommodate urgent requests on the same day.

When necessary, our GPs will refer you to one of our in-house specialists or practitioners.  If we have more than one Specialist in the field you will be offered the opportunity to see the practitioner of your choice for further consultation or treatment.

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Your Specialists

Dr. Vaishali Joshi

General Practitioner

Areas of expertise

General practice


Education and professional training

Primary qualification in India. I trained in general practice in U.K


Professional Qualifications, Associations & Accomplishments

M.B.B.S - University of Pune, India. MRCGP- Royal College of GPs, U.K


Professional experience

I have been working as a GP in England since 2005. I worked in a very busy practice in Manchester. Our service users were a multinational, multi racial, multicultural clientele. I have experience of managing a wide variety of medical conditions.


Languages spoken

English. Hindi


Interests

Women’s health, Mental illness.


I'm still learning"

Dr Patrick Nerney

General Practitioner/ Family Medicine/ Occupational Health

Areas of expertise

General Practice Occupational Medicine Travel Medicine


Education and professional training

Cardiff University Manchester University Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine


Professional Qualifications, Associations & Accomplishments

GMC and GMRB registered


Professional experience

GP 45 years Occupational medicine 10 Years


Languages spoken

English and Spanish


Interests

Squash/ Sailing/ Wine making/ Lifestyle Medicine


"All generalisations are dangerous, even this one.”"

Alexandre Dumas

Dr Aaron Dehghan BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCGP, DGM

General Practitioner

Areas of expertise

All areas of General Practice, (adults & children), with a particular interest in optimising care of the older aged adult, mental health, chronic disease management e.g. diabetes and heart failure, preventative medicine, metabolic and cardiovascular disease management, hormone imbalances, managing multiple co-existing medical conditions and their associated medications, end of life care.


Education and professional training

Anatomical Sciences (BSc Hons) 1:1, University of Manchester Medicine, Imperial College London Post-graduate medical training within Oxford, including general practice training.


Professional Qualifications, Associations & Accomplishments

Awarded the Stevenson prize for graduating in the top three at medical school, Imperial College London. Completed general practice training in 2021, completed the two written elements of the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCPUK part 1 2017 and part 2 written 2019) and the Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (DGM) in 2022. Published papers within the fields of menopause, metabolic disease and pituitary medicine. Taught undergraduate medical students at Magdalen College, Oxford until 2022.


Professional experience

Worked extensively within acute hospital settings including an extended period in emergency medicine alongside a wide spectrum of primary care services. I have worked regularly within general practice, community hospitals, virtual wards, home visiting services, inpatient psychiatric units and ambulatory care medical units prior to taking up work at the SMC.


Languages spoken

English


Interests

Cooking, swimming, kayaking, travelling, music, reading and spending time with my family.