Scheme Administrators
Our GP scheme administrators are:
Hannah Willians, based at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, and Joseph Maloney, based at Maidstone Hospital. They are fabulous sources of information and should be your first port of call for queries.
Training Programme Director
richardestall@nhs.net
Richard is a GP Partner at Marden Medical Centre, and has been a Programme Director since moving to Kent in 2008. Before that he worked in London, and was involved in GP Training and teaching medical students. Based mainly at Tunbridge Wells, he has particular interests in MSK medicine, and support for the medical workforce.
Training Programme Director
Shobha is a GP Partner at Bower Mount Medical Practice and is mainly based in Maidstone
Training Programme Director
mark.hambly@nhs.net
Mark is a GP partner at Rusthall Medical Centre and mainly based in Tunbridge Wells.
Training Programme Director
Having trained at King’s College London, I completed my VTS in South London in 1994. I then worked as a locum for 2 years first in Oxford area and then in Maidstone. My first salaried post was on the retainer scheme, followed by the flexible career scheme and then a part-time salaried post. All this, whilst bringing up my family of four children and a menagerie of various animals including pigs! I have been a Partner now for 15 years but enjoy a varied portfolio career, having developed special interests in gynae, family planning, whilst also working for NHSE as a GP appraiser; HEE as an educational supervisor and programme director; Medocc OOH and as the medical advisor for a fostering agency. My career to date as given me wide experience of career choices that are available to GP’s and has kept interest alive and burn out at bay!
Training Programme Director
David is a GP partner at Snodland Medical Practice and is based at both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells. He trained on the Maidstone VTS programme, finishing in 2014, and became a programme director in 2019.