Welcome to the Ashley Centre Surgery website.

We believe in the very highest levels of personalised medical care and strive to achieve this within the NHS.


Ashley Centre Surgery Primary Health Care Team

Dr James Houghton MB BS  Charing Cross Hospital(1978), MRCGP(1984), DRCOG(1982). DOccMed(1992)

Dr Andrew Sharpe MB BS St Georges Hospital, London(1988), DRCOG(1992), MRCGP(1995)

Dr Ivan Ratnayake BSc(1990), MB BS Charing Cross Hospital (1993), FRCS (1999), DRCOG (2001), MRCGP (2003)

Dr Shamini Sithamparanathan (known as Dr Nathan) MB BS St Georges Hospital, London (1998), DRCOG (2001), MRCGP (2002)

Practice manager  Ruth Harmsworth (AMSPAR practice management diploma)

The Practice Nurses  - we have a team of three practice nurses who are available for advice or special procedures. Their services include: dressings, travel advice and immunisations, ear syringing. They are involved in many clinics detailed later in this website.

The District Nurses - visit the housebound for nursing procedures. They also help to assess, with social services, the need for home care and where necessary admission to a rest or nursing home.

The Health Visitors  - give advice on health care, especially for expectant mothers and the under fives.