Dr Nerida Burnie

General Practitioner, Kingston upon Thames

Dr Burnie is a general practitioner and has worked in Kingston upon Thames since 2005. She originally studied medicine and completed her GP training in Australia.

She has a special interest in dementia. She obtained a postgraduate certificate in Dementia Studies for practitioners with a special interest from the University of Bradford in 2015. She established a primary care based community dementia clinic in Kingston – which provided a follow up and review service for people in Kingston who have been diagnosed with dementia, including those diagnosed with young onset dementia.

She continues to work as a GP at a surgery in Kingston, and is a GP trainer and GP appraiser.

Other relevant roles held:

  • Primary Care Lead for London Dementia Clinical Network, NHS England since March 2017 – current
  • The London Dementia Clinical Network works to promote examples of excellence and innovation in NHS dementia care across London, providing support for those regions not yet achieving excellence by sharing good practice, networking and connecting individuals to achieve the best care and practice across all of London
  • GP Clinical Lead for Kingston and Richmond Place, South West London ICB – for Frailty since July 2022 – current
  • Chair of the working group to develop a dementia specific template for the UCP – universal care plan. 2023-2024 – new expanded version of the UCP launched October 2025

Personal interest and motivation to be involved in Young Dementia Network steering group:

I passionately believe that people with young onset dementia need strong support from their GP and primary care team. This is a long term condition and sits well in primary care for helping with access to diagnosis and management. Young onset dementia impacts not only the person with the diagnosis, but also their family and friends. GPs can have an important role in helping support all involved and helping them find access to the care and support they need. They also should be key to managing co-morbidities which can occur along side young onset dementia– like physical health conditions – which impact quality of life.