Southern Suburbs
DR CAMERON BRUCE
General Practitioner
MBChB UCT 1997
LMCC Canada 2002
PG Dip Pall Med UCT 2007 (Post Grad diplomas diploma in Palliative Care)
Area of Speciality
- General Practitioner with an interest in Geriatric Care and Palliative
- Coordinated teamwork to take care of vulnerable patients at home
Meet Dr Cameron Bruce
After completing university degree at UCT and internship at Victoria Hospital, Cameron did community service at False Bay Hospital in 1999.
He worked as a GP in rural areas of Eastern Canada from 2000-2004 and then returned to Cape Town to be in GP practice from 2005-2010 at Brampton Surgery in Claremont, Cape Town. Dr Bruce completed the UCT Palliative Care diploma 2006-2007 and increased his home visit palliative work as the years went by. Cameron founded Chariot Health in 2010 as a home-visit service focusing on geriatrics and palliative work. Chariot Health has grown steadily over the years to its current capacity in providing coordinated care to patients across the Cape Peninsula and up the West Coast.
‘I have a passionate relationship with music and have been a singer-songwriter-guitarist since the late eighties. I enjoy writing songs and playing in a band with my daughter and other talented musicians.
I have also had a passion for windsurfing since my childhood and have competed at the sports highest levels but now just enjoy being out in the wind and the waves.’
DR JOEL OLIVEIRA
General Practitioner
Meet Joel Oliviera
Dr Joel is a General Practitioner in the Constantia area. He is a dedicated family man practicing from his home on Doordrift road.
He has devoted more than 20 years to general medical practice and building a report with his patients.
His interests are geriatric health; chronic disease management such as diabetes, hypertension; preventative health; mood disorders especially depression and anxiety; homebased frail and palliative care.
Dr Joel and his wife have adopted three amazing boys who may have logistically derailed their lives but brought enormous amounts of joy. There are also 6 dogs and 2 rabbits. Dr. Joel also enjoys reading – mostly sci-fi – and cinema – also mostly sci-fi.
Dr Joel can assist with home visits for frail, elderly or very ill patients that are unable to travel.
Looking forward to the pleasure of meeting you.
DR MIKE BROWN
General Practitioner
Area of Speciality
MB,ChB; Dip Pall Med (UCT) is a Palliative Care Practitioner with previous experience in anaesthesia and in pharmaceutical medicine.
Meet Dr Mike Brown
Mike has around 10 years’ experience within the Hospice environment in Johannesburg (HospiceWits) and Cape Town (St Luke’s).
After moving to Cape Town in 2018, Mike spent time at St Luke’s Combined Hospices in Kenilworth as Chief Medical Officer before joining Chariot Health, and still supports St Luke’s in a part time Medical Officer position.
Mike now divides his time between St Luke’s Hospice and Chariot Health, where he provides home based Palliative Care in private practice.
In his spare time, Mike is an enthusiastic recreational pilot.
SR ALISON MAIN
Community Nursing Sister
Diploma in nursing ( General , Psychiatric , Community) and Midwifery
1995 Carinus Nursing College
Short Course in Palliative Nursing Care for Professional and Enrolled Nurses HPCA – Cum Laude
Area of Speciality
Palliative and geriatric care.
Meet SR Alison Main
Alison worked in an Intensive Care Unit at a private hospital for 19 years.
SR KERENE PAYNE
BSOCSCI (English and psychology) 2007,
BCUR Nursing 2013 cum Laude,
PG Diploma Palliative medicine UCT 2017,
Palliative Care Fellowship 2022
Area of Speciality
Palliative Care and Community Nursing
Meet Sr Kerence Payne
I am a trained palliative Care Nursing Sister, working with Chariot Health in the Southern Suburb communities. I have worked in Palliative Care since 2016 in both public and private settings. I am devoted to supporting patients and families who are needing home support as well as increasing both community and health professionals’ awareness around Palliative Care and what it can offer.
In my free time I can be found enjoying forest and mountain walks around Cape Town, with my family.
SR YVONNE JACKMAN
Area of Speciality
Palliative Care/ Geriatric care
Meet Sr Yvonne Jackman
I began my nursing journey by qualifying as a general nurse in 1970 at Victoria Hospital in Wynberg. Over the next 14 years I travelled between the UK and Southern Africa every six months and am registered as a nurse in England, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. In 1985, I took my first Hospice course at St Lukes’s and started volunteering there while continuing my nursing work in hospitals. This experience at St Luke’s inspired me to join their fulltime staff in 2007, where I dedicated a decade of service before moving to Chariot Health.
My dedication to St Luke’s extended beyond my work, as I participated in two 210km fundraising walks for the organisation in 2011 and 2012, alongside two colleagues.
Adding a touch of adventure to my life, I embarked on a memorable week-long hike in the Annapurna Mountain Range in the Himalayas with my daughter in 2018.
SR JULIE MORGAN
Carinus and Sharley Cribb Nursing Colleges – Diploma in Nursing (General and Midwifery) – 1975-1978
Short Course in Palliative Care at St Luke’s Hospice 2021
Area of Speciality
Palliative Care/ Geriatric care
Meet Sr Julie Morgan
After qualifying I ran the Clinic for the Department of Mines in Port Nolloth and did district in the Richtersveld and surrounds for nearly 3 years. After getting married we moved to Cape Town where I worked a various Private Hospitals in between having and bringing up our two children.
For the last 10½ years I worked at a Retirement Village in Pinelands, where my love of older people really developed.