Our Staff
Doctors
DR LINDSEY CROCKETT
BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCGP, DFSRH (Senior Partner).
Female. Qualified in 1999 at Royal London and Barts hospital. She was a GP in Surrey until January 2010 when she moved to Suffolk. “In the time I’ve been here I’ve felt privileged to be part of an excellent team where the individual needs of every patient is attended to. I have particular interest in women's health, drug & alcohol issues, and emotional health.”
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 JOHN SCOTT
MBBS, DIP.Pall Med (Salaried GP)
Male. Dr Scott qualified at The London Hospital in 1979. After his first hospital jobs in Ipswich and then GP Training in Bury St Edmunds, he became a GP in Stowmarket in 1983. An interest in Palliative Medicine lead him to work full time at St Nicholas' Hospice in Bury St Edmunds for 3 years until leaving in 2003 to become a GP in Thetford. He joined the Aldeburgh Surgery in 2019 having moved from Bury St Edmunds to the Framlingham area. His interests include walking, spending time with his two young grandchildren and also driving his 1928 Humber.
DR MOHAMMAD JUBAYER
Salaried GP
GP Trainees
DR FOLASHADE OJO
DR GORDANA KOVACEVIC
DR KAUSHIKI BALACHANDIRAN
DR MAHMOUD ELSHARKAWY
DR SOPHIE BEALES
Nurse Practitioners
CARLY MCKERNAN
DipHe,Bsc(Hons),Msc(Hons) Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Nurses
LOUISE HO
Team Leader
LINDSEY SMITH
NORA FOR-SZABO
Practice Nurse
Healthcare Assistants
ROSIE JONES
Phlebotomists
MEGAN HALLET
JULIE SUMMERS
Practice Management
KAY GOODCHILD-CRITCHLEY
Practice Manager
LINDA DEABILL
Finance Manager
Administration
NATALIE CHENEY
Administration Lead
JO CROSS
Medical Secretary Lead
ALISON QUILTER-CUDWORTH
Medical Secretary
REBECCA NEWARK
Carer and Safeguarding Administrator
SAGE NORMAN
Care Navigators
SARAH FIDDES
Navigator Lead & Patient Liaison Officer
DEBORAH OSBORNE
ELLE HAYWOOD
JULIE SUMMERS
KEVIN RYAN
LINDA BARLEY
MELANIE BUNTON
SALLY FITZWALTER
Dispensers
MARLENE SCRIVENER
Dispensary Lead
DEBORAH BLOOMFIELD
CLAIRE BUTTLE
REBECCA GREEN
GINA SMITH
AMBER SNOWDON
Social Prescribers (Community Connectors)
KAREN FRENCH
Social Prescriber
Primary Care Network
JO CLARKE
NSFT Mental Health Hub
LAUREN DONKIN
Patient Coordinator
KAYLEIGH GILMORE
Pharmacy Technician
KATIE GREEN
Patient Coordinator
BHARGAVI GUVVALA
Lead Pharmacist MSc, IPP
SARAH LAWRENCE
Patient Coordinator
KARAN BROWN
VICTORIA PHIPPS
Pharmacy Technician
CHLOE PROCTOR
PCN contracts and IT Administrator
BETHANY SCOTT
First Contact Physio
KYLE TANNER
Physiotherapist
SOPHIE WALKER
Patient Coordinator
RYAN WAUGH
Paramedic
MOHAMMED YASIN
Pharmacist MPharm
Health Visitors
MARC OSBORNE
DipHe RN, BscHons SCPHN
Attached Staff
GINNY HAYNES
Ultrasound