Practice Staff

DOCTOR PROFILES

Dr Ojagbemi

Dr Festus Ojagbemi - MB BS (Benin 1987)

Festus Ojagbemi qualified from the Benin School of Medicine in Benin City, Nigeria in 1987 and he has been working in England since 1992. After gaining experience in various hospital posts, Dr Ojagbemi joined the vocational training scheme for general practice in Dartford and spent a year in a GP training practice in Longfield before joining the practice in 2001. He is the partner in charge of child health, hypertension and heart clinics.

Dr Oshinusi

Dr Tunde Oshinusi - MB ChB (1994)

Tunde Oshinusi qualified in Nigeria in 1994. He worked in various hospital posts all over England before completing his GP training in Medway. He joined the practice in 2003. Outside interests include motor racing, football and music. He is married with two children.

Dr Pancholi

Dr Kavita Pancholi - MBBS MS MRCOG MRCGP (1996)

Kavita Pancholi graduated in India, having specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology. She practised obstetrics, gynaecology and fertility in UK hospitals for several years and attained membership of the Royal College of Gynaecologists in 1996. She completed her GP training at Maidstone and attained the membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2004. She is married to a surgeon and has two children. She joined the practice in 2006.

TRAINING PRACTICE

From time to time we have final year medical students attached for five weeks in the practice as observers and working under our supervision and, on occasion, practice nurses in training. Nurse triage training for local practices takes place in the building from time to time.

RECEPTIONISTS

Our receptionists do a difficult job very well. Please remember that if you do need to be kept waiting or seem to be asked one or two irritating questions, they are only carrying out our instructions to them to help the practice run smoothly. They try to keep both the doctors and the patients happy! This is not easy - please be patient!

PRACTICE MANAGER

Zoee Heathcote - Practice Manager

Zoee Heathcote, our practice manager, is a trained and experienced manager with the NHS. She joined Medway Maritime Hospital in 1998 (having previously worked within a sales organisation) before coming to us in June 2006. She possesses excellent skills in communication and management of people. If you wish to make enquiries about administration or non-medical aspects of your health or treatment Zoee may be able to help.

RECEPTIONISTS

PRACTICE NURSE TEAM

Angie Cooke SEN holds surgeries by appointment including well person checks, registration checks, over 75 screening, dietary advice, ear syringing, blood pressure checks, cervical smears, ECGs, travel and routine immunisations. Angie also holds clinics for hypertension and warfarin monitoring.

Debra Smart RGN holds surgeries by appointment. Debra is available for health advice and screening, women’s health problems eg contraception and cervical smears, management of minor illness, travel immunisations and stable chronic disease such as coronary heart disease review, diabetes review, and warfarin monitoring clinics.

Sue Walker holds surgeries by appointment and is available for health checks, ear syringing, cervical smears, ECGs, travel immunisations, smoking cessation advice, asthma and COPD clinics, family planning and HRT.

Angela Cornell is our triage nurse but also holds surgeries by appointment. Angela is available for cervical smears, travel and general immunisations, minor illnesses and health checks for patients with mental disabilities.

Hayley Hempstead is one of our Health Care Assistants; who holds surgeries by appointment. She is available for screening, new registration checks, well person checks, ECG’s, spirometry, blood pressure checks, ear syringing, suture removal and some dressings.

Karen Cherry is one of our Health Care Assistants; who holds surgeries by appointment. She is available for screening, new registration checks, well person checks, ECG’s, spirometry, blood pressure checks, suture removal, some dressings, phlebotomy and baby clinic.

NURSE TRIAGE

We have introduced a nurse triage service during morning surgery for those patients requesting an "on the day" appointment. All telephone requests for advice and/or a same-day appointment to see the doctor or nurse practitioner will be triaged initially by the triage nurse. Please contact the surgery in the normal way giving our receptionist an idea of your medical problem. Your details will be passed on to the triage nurse who will contact you by telephone and offer you the correct level of service for your particular problem:

Advice only
A prescription
Appointment (same day or routine) with a doctor or nurse

COMMUNITY NURSES (District Nurses)

Patients who are confined to their homes and who need nursing assistance may arrange with their doctors for a community nurse - Jackie Robson and her team, Jo Godman, Julie Walkling and HCA Hayley Hempstead - to call. The hospital will normally arrange for a nurse to call on patients discharged early and who still require nursing treatment at home. The community nurses also carry out assessments on our patients over 75 years old who are housebound.

HEALTH VISITORS

To contact them phone (01634) 717755 or call in to The Keystone Centre in nearby Gun Lane.

TRAINING PRACTICE

St Mary’s is a training practice and we have junior doctors attached to the practice for some months through out the year as well as final year medical students for five weeks in the practice as observers and working under supervision.