Dr Shani Bhaskaran is a GP with 20 plus years’ experience working Newham primary care .
She is a NEL GP appraiser and a central tutor for QMUL university.
Shani is a ILM5 qualified coach and mentor and she provides mentoring for SPIN fellows in Newham and she coaches NHS clinical and non-clinical staff via the Shuri Network.
She has considerable experience in facilitation having led and facilitated local and national peer support groups Positive Peer Empowerment group and Doctor Mess respectively. She is a trained action learning set facilitator .
Having participated in peer reflective sessions, Shani recognise the value of creating safe reflective spaces for fellow GPs to share , collaborate and take action/ move forward for improved wellbeing, reduced stress and for enhanced performance, all the more important in this present climate of pressured work environments and life stresses with the potential for distress and burn out.
Shani would be holding reflective sessions remotely at 3 pm via MS teams on the third Wednesday of each month commencing 18th June 2025 for 1 hour . This offer to participate in Newham GP Reflective Sessions is open to GPs working in NEL primary care with the aim to provide reflective spaces facilitated in small groups.
