222 Healthcare

Director and General Practioner

Dr. Oliver Large

MBBS, MA (Oxon), MRCGP, MRCP, Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, Diploma in Allergy Oliver grew up near Banbury. He has worked as an NHS GP in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire for over 10 years. His interests include Allergy, Travel Medicine and Digital Health. Alongside traditional practice, Oliver spent 8 years at the forefront of digital innovation in primary care working in various leadership roles to help deliver his vision of person-centred healthcare . His roles include time as UK medical director at one of Europe’s largest digital health firms. He founded 222 Healthcare after he concluded that person-centred care could only be truly exceptional when both digital and physical access to your Doctors are made available.

Director and General Practioner

Dr. Shanika Attale

MBBS; MRCGP; Diploma in Occupational Health Shanika grew up in Sri Lanka. She undertook her medical training in India and the West Indies and qualified as a Doctors in 2003. She started out in specialist training in paediatrics in Australia, where she met Oliver and they both moved to England to become GPs. Shanika has worked as a GP in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire for 10 years. She has an interest in Paediatrics, Women’s Health, Occupational Health and Lifestyle Medicine. She loves baking in her free time. No guesses what her favourite TV programme is!

General Practioner

Dr Sanjiv Mata

Dr. Sanjiv Mata is a very experienced doctor with 27 years of experience in general practice, firstly Taplow and then at Burnham. He has a special interest in paediatrics. He grew up in India and qualified from University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi in 1980. He came to the UK in 1984 and trained in various disciplines settling into Paediatrics and General practice from 1996. He has 7 years experience in various surgical disciplines, 3 years in Psychiatry, and 2 years in Anaesthetics where he also gained experience in pain management. From 1991 he worked at the paediatric unit at Wexham Park covering all aspects of General Paediatrics. He was particularly involved in looking after children with problems related to Oncology , Endocrine, and gastrointestinal problems and IgG mediated food allergies.

Nurse

Amanda Pugh

Amanda trained in London as an RGN, followed by a stint in cardiac ICU in Southampton before settling into Practice Nursing, working in Hampshire, Shropshire and for the last 14 years based at Lane End Surgery. With 30+ years experience she enjoyed the wide variety of skills needed in Practice Nursing with special interests in Travel, Asthma and COPD. Except for a short break when she lived in Berlin soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, She has worked continuously part-time while raising a family of 3 boys with her husband. When she is not working she can be found adventure travelling, walking, reading, cooking, skiing or as of recent bridge and paddle boarding!

Nurse

Emma Laubser

Emma trained in Berkshire as a Registered Nurse and qualified in 1999. Following this this, she spent 17 years in Accident and Emergency climbing up the ladder to be Sister. After starting a family moved into Practice Nursing for a better work- life balance, and has been in this role for about 8 years. She has a special interest in travel , baby immunisation and women's health. When not working she runs around after her 2 sons and when given the chance enjoys reading and travelling.

Paramedic

Louise Green

Lou has been working as a front line paramedic in Bucks for nearly 30 years . She has recently graduated with a degree in paramedic science and is looking forward to a new challenge within 222 Healthcare . When Lou isn’t working she loves to travel or spending time with her two daughters and go out for walks with her dog.

Healthcare Assistant

Vestka Kostova

Vestka previously worked as a midwife in Bulgaria, and has been a Healthcare Assistant and Dispensary Manager at Stokenchurch Medical Centre for many years. Vestka has been instrumental in our covid testing programme, and also supports our GPs with blood tests and ECGs. In her spare time Vestka enjoys running and more recently has enjoyed becoming a grandparent.

Healthcare Assistant

Ann Hollihead

Ann has been a healthcare assistant for eight years. Originally from Liverpool, she started off her career at a care home before moving to general practice. She will be starting her Nursing associate degree at Bucks New university in January. Ann does blood tests, ECGs, dressings, some vaccinations and Doppler ultrasounds.

Admin

Ventsy Kostov

Ventsy has been expertly running our day to day service since 222 Healthcare started in late 2021. His meticulous planning has been vital to us growing our efficient and reliable reputation. Every day is different at 222 Healthcare: clinics need to be prepared, vaccines need ordering, couriers need scheduling and patient queries need expert answering. Ventsy does it all. Outside of work Ventsy’s passions are skiing and tennis. If he looks a little tired, he might bave been up late watching Gregor Dimitrov playing US tournament tennis.