Welcome to Clifton Rise Family Practice

'Offering Care for Family Health;
Sharing Care for the Health of the Nation'

Doctors

Dr S Jeyanathan
Dr R Kandavel

Our mission statement above explains how the individual and family units of our community build up to form the nation.

As an established family practice for over 50 years, we provide health care to the local community with emphasis on good quality individual and family health by targeted lifestyle measures, regular health reviews and modern disease management approaches.

Thus we are proud to offer our contribution to build up a healthier nation with enhanced quality of life and longevity.

Practice History

The year 2008 marked another milestone in the practice's history, when we moved into our brand new, purpose-built, ultra-modern premises where our surgery now forms part of a poly-clinic arrangement.

Clifton Rise Family Practice was founded by Dr B J Pereira in April 1953 with the help of a government grant as a one-room surgery at 11 Clifton Rise. By July 1954, the number of registered patients exceeded over 1000 and over the years continued to rise. As the practice expanded, a partner was taken on in 1959.
In 1960 Dr Pereira built, at his own expense, a new surgery, on the bomb site at 23 - 27 Clifton Rise. The surgery continued to grow successfully, meeting the ever-increasing challenges encountered in General Practice.

A branch surgery was established in the newly-built Lee Health Centre in the early 1980s. At that stage the practice had six partners and was serving well over 12,000 patients at both sites. Later the branch surgery patient population increased to the point that it could sustain itself. At the turn of the millennium, this led to the two practices becoming independent of each other.

The Clifton Rise Family Practice is presently run with a team of two doctors in partnership with two associate general practitioners, a practice manager, a practice nurse, a medical secretary, a computer clerk and receptionists. They are supported by district nurses, a health visitor and community psychiatric nurses etc.
We are part of the Health Consortium in Practice-based Commissioning and proud to play our part in fulfilling the vision of a poly-clinic.

Who live no more still echo Within our thoughts and words, And what they did has become Woven into what we are Dr Bertram John Pereira (Born 10/6/1915 • Died 10/6/1993) Founder of Clifton Rise Dr Vettivelu Rajeswaren (Born 18/10/1936 • Died 28/06/2006) Time with Clifton Rise from 1972 to 2002

Teaching And Training

The practice has a commitment to Medical Education and assists in the teaching of medical students from GKT Medical School. Medical students may observe the doctor or nurse whilst they are consulting with patients. Also, final year students may conduct their own consultations with patients under the supervision of a doctor. Patients will be advised about this when they attend for their appointment and asked for their consent. If any patient does not wish to be seen by a medical student, or in the presence of a medical student, they have the right to refuse. Moreover, they can decide this during the consultation if they feel uncomfortable with the situation, whereupon the medical student will be asked to leave the room. Medical students are committed to upholding patients' confidentiality, but do understand that some patients may consider their presence to be undesirable.

Primary Care Trust

Clifton Rise Family Practice is included in the area governed by Lewisham PCT. The PCT can advise on the availability of other primary care services and can be contacted at:

Lewisham PCT
2nd Floor
Cantilever House
Eltham Road
London
SE12 8RN

Tel:  020 3049 3232
Fax: 020 3049 3358