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Who Are We?

Our Team

Morgannwg LMC consists of 22 elected GP members, 10 representing Swansea, 5 representing NPT and 7 representing sessional/first five GPs.

Morgannwg LMC consists of:

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Swansea
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Neath/Port Talbot
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Sessional/First Five GPs

The majority of the representative work is undertaken by an Executive Committee made up of:

  1. Chair
  2. Vice-Chair
  3. Medical Secretary
  4. Executive Team Members 
  5. Executive Secretary
  6. Secretarial Assistant

The Team

Dr Sandar Hlaing

Chair
Dr Hlaing has been a GP partner in Swansea since 2009. and was elected as Chair from 1st April 2020, having previously been Vice Chair. Sandar is passionate about delivering comprehensive care for the elderly, promoting quality care in end of life, sexual health and mental health issues. Dr Hlaing love teaching and enjoy gardening in her spare time.

Dr Ashok Rayani

Executive Committee Member

Dr Rayani has been a GP Principal in Swansea since 1989 and since then has been a GP trainee rep, a GP trainer, a medical student tutor, a member of GPC Wales (having once been a national negotiator) and continues to represent colleagues on numerous hospital and Health Board committees. He is involved in Prison healthcare and believe passionately in the involvement of GPs in OOH care, having been involved in setting up the Swansea GP Co-operative in 1996. Ashok has been a member of the LMC since 1985 and LMC Medical secretary since 2015. He believes it is important to engage the wider GP community in LMC activities, particularly younger members as it is their future that needs to be protected. Outside of general practice Dr Ashok enjoys the usual activities of older GPs (eating, drinking, golf, skiing and more recently sky diving!).

Dr Nimish Shah

Chief Executive Officer
Dr Shah was elected as Vice Chair from 1st April 2020. He is a GPC Wales negotiator and is passionate about trying to improve the working lives of all GPs - Sessional and Contractor. He is elected to UK GPC sessional sub-committee. He co-chairs GPNSAG and is Chair of the Welsh Conference of LMC's. In his spare time he enjoys golf, family time, travel and fine wine.

Dr Richard Thomas

Executive Committee Member

Dr Richard Thomas has been a GP partner in Swansea since 2003. He taught medical students at Swansea University for 10 years and is an examiner with the RCGP. He has a passion for training, which includes coaching his son's rugby team. He has more children than sense (exemplified by his love of snowboarding and his border collie). Born in Swansea, he has learned to speak Welsh since moving back in 2000.

Dr Phil Cox

Vice Chair

Dr Phil Cox is a GP working in Port Talbot with a long history of working in elite sport, most recently with the Wales Under 19 football team. A knee injury and lack of talent have limited his athletic ambitions, but he enjoys keeping fit and participating in tennis and football locally. He can usually be found exploring the natural beauty South Wales has to offer with his wife and dog.

Dr Shanti Karupiah

Executive Committee Member
Dr Shanti Karupiah is a GP partner in Swansea. She is the current Honorary Treasurer of RCGP South West Wales Faculty and Welsh Council Member for Swansea Bay. She is a big foodie and enjoys traveling and spending time with her family & friends.

Emma Harris

Secretarial Assistant
Emma has been working for the LMC as a part-time secretarial assistant since November 2015 and also works for the GP Out Of Hours Service. She has found it really interesting to see how Primary care services are provided from both sides. In her spare time Emma enjoys spending time with her family and close friends.

Hannah Curtis

Executive Officer
Hannah has been working with the LMC since October 2020 and really enjoys working with the team who are committed to supporting Primary Care services.

Dr Tim Cufflin

Neath Port Talbot

Dr Heather Wilkes

Neath Port Talbot

Dr Duncan Williams

Neath Port Talbot

Dr Kristy Mellin

Neath Port Talbot

Dr Paul Williams

Neath Port Talbot

Dr Heather Cowie

Swansea

Dr Rhydian Jones

Swansea

Dr James Kerrigan

Swansea

Dr Sara Perman

Swansea

Dr Alan Stevenson

Sessional First Five GPs

Dr Kirsty Wallis

Sessional First Five GPs

Dr Laurence Kerrigan

Swansea

Dr Lucy Jenkins

Sessional First Five GPs

Dr Robin Spacie

Swansea

Dr Ross Chidgey

Neath Port Talbot

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