Staff

Doctors

  • DR I MCKENZIE

    Male

    MB ChB MRCGP

    Joined the practice in 2006 after a decade with Pfizer Ltd. He has a specialist interest in aviation medicine. He has taken on the overall organization and administration of the practice.

  • DR N TIPPU

    Male

    MB BS LRCP DAB MRCP

    Joined the surgery in 2009. He worked as a GP in Dover for 10 years and then did forensic and custodial medicine for 10 years before joining us here. His special interest is general medicine.

  • DR A AIYEOLA

    Female

    MBBS MRCGP

    Joined the practice in 2011. She has a background in paediatrics and community child health.

  • DR C RICHARDS

    Male

    MB ChB DFFP FRSA

    Previously was a GP in the Army until 2010. He joined the practice in April 2015 as a partner and has a special interest in palliative care.

  • DR M CABRAL-JACKSON

    Female

    MBChB, BSc, MRCGP, MA

    St Andrews Graduate (1995) with an interest in mental health and general medicine. She joined Pencester Surgery as a partner in May 2022, after a portfolio career in the UK and New Zealand in urgent care, ship medicine and special allocation.

  • DR J PRYSE

Practice Management

  • JULIE HOOPER

    Practice Manager

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Counsellor

Your doctor is able to refer you to a qualified counsellor for things such as difficulty coping with anxiety, bereavement, or relationship difficulties. Consultations are held at the surgery.

Dietician

We can refer to the community dietician.

District Nurses

We have close links with community nursing services. If community help is required our practice staff will contact the appropriate service.

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

Midwife

You now self-refer to the local midwife at http://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/pregnancy

Physiotherapist

Reception staff can now book you direct to have an assessment with a First Contact Physiotherapist.