Our Staff
Doctors
DR LINDSEY CROCKETT
BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCGP, DFSRH (Senior Partner).
Female. Qualified in 1999 at Royal London and Barts hospital. Dr Crockett was a GP in Surrey until January 2010 when she moved to Suffolk. “ I’ve felt privileged to be part of an excellent team and work family where the individual needs of every patient is attended to". Recognising that time and resources are limited, Dr Crockett and her team's ambition is for every patient to feel heard and their needs met. She also works in a strategic role as the Associate Professional Director for End of Life care and frailty for the Integrated Care Board for Suffolk, advocating for the severely frail. Lindsey is also the pioneer and clinical lead for the compassionate companion service across Suffolk.
DR JAFAR SHAHABI
MD, MSc, MRCGP (Partner)
Male. Dr Shahabi qualified in medicine from the Shahid-Beheshti University in Tehran in 2004. After working for a couple of years in Iran, he moved to the UK in 2008. He studied Master of Science (MSc) in Clinical Neuroscience at Roehampton University in London. He then moved to Suffolk in 2011 and did his training at the Peninsula Practice and Ipswich hospital. He returned to the Peninsula Practice in 2021. “After working for years in Ipswich, I decided to come back to Peninsula Practice, as I had such an amazing experience and feeling to work for such a wonderful practice and patients.”
DR GIHAN NANAYAKKARA
Ph.D., MRCGP., MbChB., BSc (Salaried GP)
Male. Having studied as an undergraduate and then going on to research tropical disease and dermatology at King's, Guy's and St Thomas' London, he qualified in medicine in 2011 from Warwick University. Dr Nanayakkara moved to Suffolk in 2014 where he did part of his GP training at the Peninsula Practice, before joining as a salaried GP in 2017. “I had such a wonderful and welcoming experience training at the Peninsula Practice, from staff and patients alike, that I was certain I wanted to return to join the team."
DR IAN RUDLAND
DR RUPERT BOYCE-BOWN
MBBS MRCGP Male. Qualified in 2018 at Bart's and the London School of Medicine. He was a GP in Cornwall until summer 2024 when he moved to Suffolk. “I enjoy the variety of rural GP practice, and particularly the care of older patients and those with complex histories. Joining Peninsula Practice offered me the opportunity to continue working in areas I love". When possible, he also works alongside consultant Geriatricians in A&E over the winter months, helping to support frail older people when they are taken to hospital.
DR GORDANA KOVACEVIC
Practice Management
KAY GOODCHILD-CRITCHLEY
Practice Manager
Team & Area Leads
SARAH FIDDES
Assistant Operations Manager
NATALIE CHENEY
Finance & Research Lead
DEBORAH BLOOMFIELD
Dispensary Manager
LOUISE HO
Nurse Lead
JO CROSS
Medical Secretary Lead
REBECCA NEWARK
Admin lead
Carer and Safeguarding Administrator
GP Trainees
DR KAUSHIKI BALACHANDIRAN
DR SUZANNE KEARNEY
DR JANET ADEGOKE
ALI ZAHID
CHUKWUNOMNSO IWEGBU
NGONI DUBE
KAUSHAL JAIN
Paramedics
RYAN WAUGH
Nurses
EMMA CRISP
NORA FOR-SZABO
Practice Nurse
LOUISE HO
Nurse Lead
Healthcare Assistants & Phlebotomy
MEGAN HALLET
LUCINDA SPEIRS
JULIE SUMMERS
Administration
ALISON QUILTER-CUDWORTH
Medical Secretary
KAILEY MICHAEL
JO CROSS
Medical Secretary Lead
JULIE SUMMERS
MELANIE BUNTON
REBECCA NEWARK
Admin lead
Carer and Safeguarding Administrator
BOOGIE THOMPSON
Care Navigators
SALLY FITZWALTER
KEVIN RYAN
LINDA BARLEY
DEBORAH OSBORNE
KAILEY MICHAEL
GEORGIA TILLSON
RICHARD PRESTON
ANNE WORSLEY
JO MAEL
Dispensers
GINA SMITH
Senior Dispenser
CLAIRE BUTTLE
DEBORAH BLOOMFIELD
Dispensary Manager
AMBER SNOWDON
REBECCA GREEN
JUDY CRACKNELL
Compassionate Companion Service Leads
BILL THOMPSON
Clinical assistant and admin lead
KATE BARBER
Clinical Coordinator
Social Prescribers (Community Connectors)
KAREN FRENCH
Social Prescriber
Primary Care Network
CHLOE PROCTOR
PCN contracts and IT Administrator
JO CLARKE
NSFT Mental Health Hub
KARAN BROWN
KATIE GREEN
Patient Coordinator
KAYLEIGH GILMORE
Pharmacy Technician
KYLE TANNER
Physiotherapist
LAUREN DONKIN
Patient Coordinator
MOHAMMED YASIN
Pharmacist MPharm
SARAH LAWRENCE
Patient Coordinator
SOPHIE WALKER
Patient Coordinator
VICTORIA PHIPPS
Pharmacy Technician
VICTORIA THURSTON
Health Visitors
MARC OSBORNE
DipHe RN, BscHons SCPHN
Attached Staff
GINNY HAYNES
Ultrasound
Page created: 26 May 2020