Dr Shanker Vijayadeva

Very helpful :)

Very professional and understanding

I called my GP to ask for a call back from a doctor. Dr Vijayadeva called me back within 15 minutes and was extremely helpful, listening to my symptoms, organising an appointment and carefully explaining steps to follow until my appointment. Thank you.

The best doctor that anyone could have! When Dr. Vijay left it was the most hardest time, as for many years I have never had a doctor who genuinely cares about it’s patients and goes the extra extra mile to meet each patients needs. Dr. Vijay actively listens and takes the time to understand and empathise. He also really helped me to motivate myself and empowered me to take those first steps in making healthy and positive changes in my life. No one can replace Dr. Vijay, I’ve never met any doctor who is so passionate and dedicated about his role, he works from the heart, it’s not merely a job for him, but a way of being. I cannot thank Dr. Vijay enough he has done so much for all patients, he literally deserves all the praise and all the awards for being the best in all that he does. Dr. Vijay is a true legend, and I’m honoured to say that he was once my doctor, thank you so so much.

I have used the services of Cloister Road Surgery on multiple occasions but I was always disappointed with the service their GPs have provided. Dr. Vijayadeva was different. While other GPs rushed through the appointment, Dr. Vijayadeva has listened to my problems and symphtons carefully. With other GPs in Cloister Road Surgery I always felt that they didn't care and they were only there to block me from accessing health care. With Dr. Vijayadeva, again, it was different. He took a holistic approach to my health issues, carefully thinking through the different types of causes that might be behind my sympthons. He referred me to several further diagnoses and consultation or he recommended cheap and harmless treatments to try. He also took a very pragmatic and cost conscious approach in doing so. E.g. instead of sending me to expensive and uncomfortable examinations to figure out if I have reflux, he recommended trying out a cheap and harmless acid regulator tablet, and if that helped we would investigate my issues further. He was also thorough in his approach during our consultation, he a ran a series of short checks on me to rule out some bigger issues (e.g. blood oxygen level, listening to my lungs, testing my lung capacity, etc.). With all other GPs in Cloister Road Surgery that I have met before it felt like I had to 'extract' their diagnosis out of them. Dr. Vijayadeva took the time to explain his thinking and diagnosis and the next steps throughout the consultation so I never felt being in the dark, furthermore he did this voluntarily, without me having to constantly poll his expert opinion. I have regained a huge amount of trust in Cloister Road Surgery yesterday. Thank you. And what would I improve? It's easy, why can't you have all your GP's like this?