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". 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 as an associate professional director for End of Life care and frailty in the Integrated Care Board for Suffolk, advocating for patients needs.
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-BROWN
Practice Management
KAY GOODCHILD-CRITCHLEY
Practice Manager
Team & Area Leads
DEBORAH BLOOMFIELD
Dispensary Joint Lead
GINA SMITH
Dispensary Joint Lead
JO CROSS
Medical Secretary Lead
LOUISE HO
Nurse Lead
NATALIE CHENEY
Finance & Research Lead
REBECCA NEWARK
Admin lead
Carer and Safeguarding Administrator
SARAH FIDDES
Navigator Lead & Patient Liaison Officer
GP Trainees
DR GORDANA KOVACEVIC
DR KAUSHIKI BALACHANDIRAN
Nurse Practitioners
CARLY MCKERNAN
DipHe, Bsc(Hons), Msc(Hons) Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Nurses
LINDSAY SMITH
NORA FOR-SZABO
Practice Nurse
Healthcare Assistants
MEGAN HALLET
Phlebotomists
MARIE JONES
SAGE NORMAN
JULIE SUMMERS
Administration
ALISON QUILTER-CUDWORTH
Medical Secretary
BOOGIE THOMPSON
Marketing Administrator
JULIE SUMMERS
MELANIE BUNTON
Care Navigators
DEBORAH OSBORNE
GEORGIA TILLSON
KAILEY MICHAEL
KEVIN RYAN
LINDA BARLEY
RICHARD PRESTON
SALLY FITZWALTER
Dispensers
AMBER SNOWDON
CLAIRE BUTTLE
JUDY CRACKNELL
REBECCA GREEN
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
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