{"id":564,"date":"2019-09-10T14:57:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/?page_id=564"},"modified":"2021-10-15T15:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:36:21","slug":"meet-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/about-us\/meet-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-panel1 nhsuk-panel is-style-panel-with-label\"><h3><strong>Scheme Administrator<\/strong>s<\/h3><div class=\"paneltext\">\n<p><a href=\"mailto:alexandra.davis2@nhs.net\"> <\/a><p>Our<strong> GP scheme administrators<\/strong> are: <\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:alexandra.davis2@nhs.net\"><\/a><p>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.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p><a href=\"mailto:hannah.willians@nhs.net\">hannah.willians@nhs.net<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p><a href=\"mailto:joseph.maloney@nhs.net\">joseph.maloney@nhs.net<\/a><\/p> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-panel1 nhsuk-panel is-style-panel-with-label\"><h3><strong>Training Programme Director<\/strong> <\/h3><div class=\"paneltext\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/12\/Picture1-e1620384545765.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/12\/Picture1-e1620384545765.png 300w, https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/12\/Picture1-e1620384545765-182x200.png 182w, https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/12\/Picture1-e1620384545765-200x220.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"mailto:richardestall@nhs.net\">richardestall@nhs.net<\/a><br><br>Richard is a GP Partner at Marden Medical Centre, and has been a Programme Director since moving to Kent in&nbsp;2008. Before that he worked in&nbsp;&nbsp;London, and was involved in GP Training and teaching&nbsp;medical students. Based mainly at Tunbridge Wells, he has particular&nbsp;interests in MSK medicine, and support for&nbsp;the medical workforce.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-panel1 nhsuk-panel is-style-panel-with-label\"><h3><strong>Training Programme Director<\/strong> <\/h3><div class=\"paneltext\">\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sravindra@nhs.net\">sravindra@nhs.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shobha is a GP Partner at Bower Mount Medical Practice and is mainly based in Maidstone <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-panel1 nhsuk-panel is-style-panel-with-label\"><h3><strong>Training Programme Director<\/strong> <\/h3><div class=\"paneltext\">\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mark.hambly@nhs.net\">mark.hambly@nhs.net<\/a><br><br>Mark is a GP partner at Rusthall Medical Centre and mainly based in Tunbridge Wells.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-panel1 nhsuk-panel is-style-panel-with-label\"><h3><strong>Training Programme Director<\/strong> <\/h3><div class=\"paneltext\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/12\/Picture1-e1620384603832.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/12\/Picture1-e1620384603832.jpg 299w, https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/12\/Picture1-e1620384603832-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/12\/Picture1-e1620384603832-165x220.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:suginahesketh@nhs.net\">suginahesketh@nhs.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having trained at King\u2019s 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\u2019s and has kept interest alive and burn out at bay! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-panel1 nhsuk-panel is-style-panel-with-label\"><h3><strong>Training Programme Director<\/strong> <\/h3><div class=\"paneltext\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/David-tighter-crop-e1620385103649.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/David-tighter-crop-e1620385103649.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/David-tighter-crop-e1620385103649-182x200.jpg 182w, https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/David-tighter-crop-e1620385103649-200x220.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:david.harris1@nhs.net\">david.harris1@nhs.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1334,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-564","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet the team - Maidstone &amp; Tunbridge Wells GP Training Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/mtw\/about-us\/meet-the-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet the team - Maidstone &amp; 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