Southern Suburbs

• General Practitioner with an interest in Geriatric Care and Palliative
• Coordinated teamwork to take care of vulnerable patients at home

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.’

Palliative Care

After graduating from Stellenbosch University in 2019, Tania respectively completed her 2-year internship and community service year at Tygerberg Hospital and Paarl Provincial Hospital. It was during the pandemic that her interest piqued in providing medical care that promotes quality of life for vulnerable individuals and support for their families. Tania served as the primary Palliative Care Doctor at St Luke’s Hospice for two years, during which she obtained a Diploma in Palliative Medicine at UCT.

Tania divides her leisure time between reading, baking, practicing yoga, making memories with her loved ones, and keeping her sprightly border collie entertained. She cherishes the life lessons and sense of fulfilment that comes from caring for her patients.

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.

MB,ChB; Dip Pall Med (UCT) is a Palliative Care Practitioner with previous experience in anaesthesia and in pharmaceutical medicine.

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.

Palliative and geriatric care.

Robyn feels she has a passion for helping people achieve optimal health in spite of adverse circumstances.

Robyn has worked in every dept of a large hospital in S suburbs for the past 20 years. She has gained experience in every area from paediatrics, emergency nursing, orthopaedics and theatre. Robyn retired a year ago and took a long overdue “gap year“, during which she walked the Camino with her husband and did lots of travelling. She loves walking in the mountains, playing tennis and reading.

Rafe and her have 3 adult children and 7 grandchildren, so she is always busy!

Surgical, medical, palliative care and geriatrics.

I matriculated at Westerford High School in 1979.

I was accepted to UCT for the Degree in Nursing 1980-1983, and Midwifery Degree in 1984.

Subsequently, the diploma in Paeds, Palliative Care (UCT and Red Cross) in 2021 and short Course in Palliative Care in 2024.

Work experiences. I elected to stay on and work at Groote Schuur after completing my studies to gain wider experience. The career choices thereafter spanned being Sister in Charge at a Private Hospital (Leeuwendal), working in palliative care in satellite community clinics, and as a team leader at St Lukes Hospice, 2 township/community developmental projects, HIV care, and thereafter in geriatric care in a care facility in Cape Town. I joined the team at Chariot about 5 months ago and have found it to be extremely rewarding and educational.

My interests include road running, writing poetry and baking/cooking.

I feel extremely grateful to have a strong tribe of friends, gathered since junior school in Cape Town, with whom I maintain a lot of contact and derive great support.

Palliative Care and Community Nursing

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.

Palliative Care/ Geriatric care

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.

Palliative Care/ Geriatric care

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.