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GP partners

Dr Faizan Ahmed (m)

MB ChB The University of Manchester (2004), FRCGP, FFMLM, RCPathME, MIoR

Joined the practice in 2011

Available: Monday | Tuesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Communication skills: Understands spoken Punjabi and Urdu

Profile: Lead for Safeguarding, Frailty and Integrative Medicine at the practice. He is striving to become an all round good egg

Clinical interests: Integrative Medicine and medically unexplained symptoms

External roles: Son, brother, husband, dad, neighbour, volunteer and occasional activist.

Dr Maria Ahmed Drake (f)

MB ChB (Hons) The University of Manchester (2007), MPH, MSc, PhD, SFHEA

Joined the practice in 2017

Available: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Saturday

Communication skills: Understands spoken Punjabi and Urdu

Profile: Lead for Research and Quality at the practice; GP Trainer

Clinical interests: Dermatology and Patient Safety

External roles: Director of the Greater Manchester Inclusive Research Network; NICE Committee Member for Suspected Cancer guideline update; PCN Cancer Lead (Ardwick & Longsight). Outside work, Dr Ahmed Drake enjoys spending time with her husband and three young children, who keep her very busy.

Dr Almas Agha (f)

MBBS Baqai Medical University (1996), MRCGP (Merit), FRCGP, DFSRH

Joined the practice in 2019

Available: Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Communication skills: understands spoken Urdu and Punjabi, novice in Arabic

Profile: Lead for Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Medicine at the practice; GP Trainer

Clinical interests: Diabetes, Lipid management, Hypertension, COPD.
Dr Agha is competent in joint injections and IUD fitting and removals.

External roles: GP educator who is regularly imparting her knowledge and skills to fellow GPs and other clinicians. She has given lectures on diabetes and management of COPD. Dr Agha is associated with the British Muslim Heritage Centre and has worked alongside Diabetes UK in delivering lectures to the local community. She was awarded a Champions Muslim Community award for her services to the community in 2022. Dr Agha is a member of the LMC and practice representative for our local PCN.

Dr Randa Elamin (f)

BSc Kings College London (1997), MBBS Shendi University (2000), MRCGP (2017), PGDip Dermatology (2024)

Joined the practice in 2024

Available: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

Communication skills: understands spoken Arabic

Profile: Lead for Training and Dermatology at the practice; GP Trainer

Clinical interests: Women’s health, dermatology

Group Partners

Dr Tariq Chauhan

Dr Zahid Chauhan

Related information

Named GP

Page published: 5 May 2023
Last updated: 11 August 2025