Coaching and Mentorship

I am Salaried GP in Tower Hamlets and have been a GP for almost 10 years. I have a passion for Medical Education and have co-authored, a couple of medical textbooks. I am currently a GP trainer for the Tower Hamlets VTS Scheme and I really enjoy this aspect of my work. I am also an appraiser and assess GP’s with a range of experiences, from the newly qualified, to those approaching retirement. I find this aspect of my role very rewarding and learn so much from others. A couple of years ago, my colleague and I set up a peer review support group for local salaried GPs. I was also the Clinical Lead for Planned care for the CCG and set up the local MECS service. I am also a GMC PLAB examiner. In my free time, I immensely enjoy the theatre, attending music concerts and trying out new restaurants. I used to be an avid celebrity selfie taker, I have pictures with the likes of Sir Ian McKellan, Nicole Kidman and Jude Law to name, a few in my collection.To me work life balance is important, my motto is ‘work hard and play hard’, and I like to teach my trainees the importance of this and to also recognise the signs of burnout and try to be resilient.I am currently available for Coaching and Mentoring on Wednesdays and Fridays, but with flexibility on other days.

I’m GP and trainer in Hertfordshire having previously been a GP in Tower Hamlets and an appraiser in Tower Hamlets, London. I became a GP in 1995. I enjoy teaching and learning new coaching skills. I have been trained in solution focused based therapy SFBT. I love “noticing” details in how people change and move forwards with their “best hopes” and goals. Specialist interest areas are rheumatology / joint injections (I’m married to a rheumatologist which helps!) palliative care and frailty and teaching consultation skills. I recently completed the European certificate of palliative care. My hobbies/ interests have been “fusion” cooking and making banana cake; learning Arabic better; watching TV dramas and being a grandma! I enjoy reading poetry by Tagore and Rumi. Tuesdays and Fridays are best days to meet.

I have worked in Tower Hamlets all my life, starting as a pioneer job-sharing partner and GP tutor. As a partner for 25 years in a large TH GP practice well used to innovation and change, I have also always been involved in education and training. I have learned that crucial to good decision making

in both work and family life is the investment of time and ‘space’ to think through problems in order to find solutions, with the assistance of others. I have had to work through the pressures of guilt, stress, and competing demands common to most. I also lost my partner to cancer several years ago and following that I had to ‘find my way back’ and reshape my life. Changed direction, leaving my practice to become a portfolio GP and a coach. I apply the skills and techniques I use in coaching to other areas of work with patients and peers in mentoring, appraising and facilitating. I love the
opportunity all these roles afford to be involved with people’s journeys of development and flourishing. Health and wellbeing requires attending to our whole selves- body, mind and spirit so I dance and cycle, I regularly go to the theatre and sing in a choir. I read, think and pray. I am currently a trustee of a hospital abroad and have previously set up a mental health charity. I have four
children, two of whom work in the NHS. Current availability can include Monday afternoons, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Friday mornings

Mid-career GP who loves to work to improve people’s lives through narrowing health inequalities, climate environmentalism and reducing social injustice. I was always the one friends and family would come to for a help and advice, which led me to a career as a doctor but now I have realised the power that coaching people has in unleashing their potential. The pandemic and its aftermath has been draining for staff so investing in yourself by having coaching is a great way to get a refresh and gain much needed perspective. I am available Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the day until 2.30pm via video conferencing.

I have lived in Tower Hamlets since 1989 and have been a partner at the Aberfeldy practice since the turn of the century. My other roles have included being a GP appraiser, Clinical Director of the Tower Hamlets GP Care Group and Chair of the local integrated care systems THIPP and Tower Hamlets Together. I have been a GP Training Programme Director for more than 20 years and have enjoyed providing educational supervision to many doctors as well as supporting their pastoral needs. I have also provided ongoing career advice to those who qualified from the GP training scheme. I am keen to offer this support as a GP mentor in Tower Hamlets. When I’m not at work, I enjoy travelling by train throughout the UK and Europe, watching all types of sport, especially football and cricket and am looking to add to the tally of over 200 football grounds that I have visited worldwide. My general availabilities are Mondays, Wednesday PM, Thursday PM, possibly evenings and weekends if its helpful.

I grew up in North London and went on to study at QMUL, my undergraduate experience with the diverse population and opportunities locally inspired me to stay in East London. For the 15 years, I have been a GP working across Newham and then Tower Hamlets I developed my passions for Information Technology and Education in health and training. I currently hold roles as a VTS Programme Director and a GP Update presenter for Red Whale as well as being the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) across North East London. I have led on local developments for innovative teaching including the development of webinars and livestreaming as well as rolling out online registration and online consultations. More recently, I have been working on future models of consultations as well as introducing Virtual Reality (VR) and immersive learning into healthcare to enable NHS staff and patients to benefit from technological advancements. In my other life I spend time with my children who I home educate, enjoy baking and DIY projects. I have found seeing where I want to go and taking the first step is sometimes scary but also a chance to explore my resourcefulness and challenge my thinking by learning from the ups and downs. As I have been supported by colleagues and mentors along my journey to reach my aspirations. I would also like to support others looking to establish their careers in their preferred role and path, or to support and provide development for a portfolio career in an aspirational and enjoyable way.

I started out in life as a teacher before embarking on a career in medicine and General Practice. I have been involved in medical education at many levels from teaching students through to GP training, to running continuing professional development courses for multidisciplinary teams. I am now London-wide lead for GP Appraisal. Addressing inequalities has been a core value throughout my career in East London and I try to live up to feedback given once that I was ‘quietly determined to make a difference’. I have studied Public Health at LSHTM and think this has helped provide a wider perspective on health. I feel that the NHS would be a better place to work if coaching and mentoring was embedded throughout all our careers. Coaching positively builds on strengths and can enable change and release potential. I feel I have benefitted greatly from being coached myself. In 2023 I gained a qualification in Coaching and Mentoring (ILM5). When not working I enjoy open water swimming, running, ski-touring and mountaineering in wild and remote places – when this is possible!

For those of you who are new to coaching I have listed some of the principles below:

·       People are resourceful

·       The coach’s role is to develop the resourcefulness of the person being coached

·       Coaching addresses the whole person

·       The agenda is set by the coachee

·       The coach and the coachee are equals

·       Coaching is about change and action

I am contactable at Philippa.Cockman@nhs.net for any questions. I am most likely to be available for coaching in normal working hours on Thursdays and Fridays but with flexibility on other days.

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I am currently a GP locum, having been  been a salaried GP at St Andrew’s Health Centre for 4  years and prior to that, I spent 15 years working in Hackney. I also work as an out of hours GP trainer and an appraiser.  I have been lucky enough to have worked in a number of other sectors including a start up, a technical consultant for WHO in India, the Ethiopian public health system and 8 years as an adviser on staff health for the UK humanitarian sector where I led a team of 6 doctors.  I have been a doctor now for 25 years and hope to use these many and varied experiences to offer a rich experience whether as a mentor or coach.

I have benefited and learned from being a coachee several times in my career including coaching on the psychodynamics of the workplace at The Tavistock Consultancy.

I am passionate about coaching and the changes it can create, both internal and external.  My coaching is focussed around listening at a deeper level, affirming of the coachee, intuitive and sometimes light hearted.  While coaching requires the work of thinking from the coachee, I believe it should be enjoyable as well as challenging where appropriate.  I trained externally as a coach at the MOE foundation and am committed to my ongoing development as a coach.

Outside of work, I am a parent by transracial adoption and live in a triple nationality household.  I also love gardening, yoga, contemporary literature about society, creative writing and maintaining my personal links with Ethiopia.

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I’ve been working as a Doctor in Tower Hamlets since 2015. I’ve been lucky enough to be mentored and coached by some excellent colleagues over the years and I am hoping to repay the service to others.I initially trained as an Emergency Medicine trainee in Manchester, before switching to General Practice. I completed my GP training in Tower Hamlets with a little detour along the way to complete a Darzi Fellowship with London’s Air Ambulance. I’m currently a salaried GP at Tredegar Practice 2 days a week, I work in the Urgent Treatment Centre 1-2 days a week and am the clinical lead for unplanned care in Tower Hamlets. I am also a member of the Tower Hamlets London Medical Committee. More recently I’ve taken on the role of leading our GP ‘First Five’ programme which has included facilitating socials, wellbeing activities and online learning and reflection events. You may have also seen me at one of the Basic Life Support training sessions that I deliver for General Practice colleagues.

I’m a big team player and I love being part of the community. I live locally and am lucky to have some colleagues who are my very best friends. Outside of work I play netball and have started running Mile End park run.I hope to help others with mentorship and coaching support which I’ve had the opportunity to develop skills in.

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I have been a GP in Tower Hamlets since 2003 and the partner at Wapping Group Practice for the past 15 years. I’ve always enjoy teaching medical students and GP Registrars as well as supporting newly qualified GP’s.

As a GP with interest in Diabetes I became passionate about empowering patients to make their lifestyle changes. I recently also became clinical director for our PCN and juggling this role with partnership and being a mum taught me a lot about time management, prioritising while still keeping reasonable life/work balance. My love for coaching came few years ago when I joined Coach Practitioner Programme leading to EQA accredited level coach recognised by EMCC Qualification ( European Mentoring and Coaching Accreditation). Working with my coachees and seeing the profound changes one can achieve with just a few hours of coaching by unlocking their potential is extremely rewarding for me. I believe that finding personal strengths, values and goals can really inspire people and help them to live more satisfying life. Through the coaching course I found that my strengths are Honesty and Love and I am bringing those qualities to my coaching sessions hoping to create a truly nurturing
environment allowing my coachees deeper exploration of their issues in the safe space. I deeply care about my coaches and their development. My outside
interests are theatre, poetry, enjoying nature on long walks, spending time with my family and cooking for them.  I am available to coach on
Wednesdays Fridays and weekends.

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I am a newly qualified GP working in Tower Hamlets, having completed my GP training here in August 2021. I have stayed on at the practice I trained at and do 3 days a week here where I am privileged to work with a really inspirational team. I also work in the urgent treatment centre at the royal london, in extended access hubs, the occasional locum session and do a couple of other things when I get a chance. Prior to GP training I completed an MA in medical ethics and law and spent some time in emergency medicine in Liverpool then London. Our practice looks after several hundred asylum seekers in local home office accommodation and I have worked alongside doctors of the world in improving the quality of care provided to these patients at our surgery and across Tower Hamlets.

I relish the flexibility and opportunities that general practice offers as a career, but it is a long one. It is important to look after ourselves as doctors and to have some space to work through issues we are facing and I look forward to coaching and mentoring those in challenging points in their careers, and helping you navigate through them. I am flexible with availability apart from Wednesdays and Fridays.

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I undertake a number of leadership roles and have a variety of experiences to share. I believe in building resilient systems and teams that can adapt to change and have capacity to innovate and continually improve. Within my roles I try to encourage patient partnerships and co-design of services and address health inequalities and social disadvantage. At Board level I have extensive experience of Chairing, Governance and Organisational and Leadership Development. My passion is developing people and teams to reach their potential and developing leadership at all levels.

I grew up in Tower Hamlets and now work as a GP in the borough. I trained at UEA Norwich Medical School, worked in Scotland and all over London, and completed my GP training in North London.

My passions are Child and Young People’s health. I have worked with many young people to support them on their journey to university and I set up a charity called Health Pioneers (https://www.healthpioneerscharity.com/). As a result I have mentored and coached many people. However, from this experience, and working in Tower Hamlets, I’ve realised that mentoring and coaching needs to be provided to everyone whether they’re straight out of school, university or changing career. My style of coaching and mentoring is collaborative and directed by you to meet your needs.
In my spare time I play football, Muay Thai, try to eat at every Chinese Restaurant I can find, and watch lots of terrible films on Netflix!

Ultimately, I am here to improve my community in Tower Hamlets and recognise I cannot do this alone. I want to help as many people as possible achieve a healthy Tower Hamlets community. So if you are interested get in contact and I look forward to working with you to achieve this!

I have lived and worked in Tower Hamlets for two decades. I’ve been a partner at Island Health since 2007 and have been a GP trainer for more than 10 years . During that time I have worked with many inspirational colleagues and have been fortunate to be involved in medical education events from Tower Hamlets to rural China. My most enjoyable roles include being one of the Training Programme Directors in Tower Hamlets, and recruiting and providing peer support to newly qualified GPs across NEL. I also have a role as an appraiser and have been privileged to meet many colleagues and support them in career development. I have a MSc in Sports Medicine and have been part of the medical teams providing cover at several events including the Olympics, London Triathlon and the UFC. I also have a role as a GP with specialist interest in musculoskeletal medicine and in the last year have been involved with establishing a First Contact Physiotherapy Service in our Primary Care Network. In my spare time, I enjoy good coffee, the Alps, triathlons and when there’s time Mahi Mahi fishing in the Au Au channel.

I’m looking forward to offering mentoring on a more formal basis to lend support to colleagues to make the most of their talents. My general availabilities are Monday PM, Thursday AM, and evenings and weekends.

I am a local GP and primary care educator and my background is from East London.

Through coaching and mentoring I support others to visualise and achieve their goals, whether that’s a personal goal or a professional one. Through challenge and diversity we learn and grow.

Availability online on weekday evenings and weekday afternoons.

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I have been a GP in Tower Hamlets for 25 years and have been working as a locum since September 2023, having previously been a Partner at the Aberfeldy Practice for 23 years.

Throughout the majority of this I have been involved in education. My journey as an educator began in 2000 when I became a course organiser for the Tower Hamlets GP Training Scheme, a role I continued until 2014. I was also a GP trainer from 2005 to 2023 and have been a GP appraiser since 2007. As a trainer I valued the continuity and relationship that developed with my trainees during their time with us in the practice. Observing and supporting their development, as well as sometimes supporting them through difficult life challenges has been extremely rewarding. It’s been an equal privilege to work as an appraiser, a role in which i have also learnt a lot from the experiences of my colleagues.

I have two children aged 21 and 13 and I think it would be fair to say that I’ve navigated my way through a range of personal and professional challenges during my time as a working mum, including trying to develop the ideal work: life balance so that I and my family remain happy and healthy. In my spare time I enjoy walking, open water swimming, practicing yoga, gardening and reading.

Participating in the coaching and mentoring scheme over the last few years has felt a natural progression from my training and appraisal roles. I’ve enjoyed learning new skills and supporting colleagues through what has been an extremely challenging time in the NHS.

I have a reasonable amount of flexibility in terms of when i’m available to meet

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I have been a GP in Tower Hamlets for the last 13 years since switching from internal medicine and retraining in General Practice. I am a portfolio GP and embrace the flexibility this brings and welcome the broad view this allows. Along side clinical sessions, my roles include being a GP appraiser, GP undergraduate tutor and I am a GMC PLAB examiner. I also work for the Ministry of Justice and sit as a medical member for PIP/ESA appeals tribunals. I am a parent of two children and all the juggling that brings. I enjoy painting in my spare time and strongly believe that the arts feed into the skills we need to be effective healers. I have availability on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

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I am a newly qualified GP with nearly 2 years experience of working in a salaried post within Tower Hamlets. Alongside this I teach medical students and am a clinical fellow in two roles within primary and secondary care looking at workforce development and medical leadership. I have also recently completed a PGCert in Health and Wellbeing. Prior to specialising in General Practice, I spent some time working in Australia in Emergency Care and Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the UK. Over the next few years I plan to continue to work a varied Portfolio role and develop as a person and as a clinician. I feel I am able to share my experience through this mentorship scheme while being approachable and supportive. I think the following quote by Denzel Washington depicts how I feel mentorship can add value to a person. “Show me a successful individual and I’ll show you someone who had real positive influences in his or her life. I don’t care what you do for a living—if you do it well I’m sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor.” Wednesdays are best days to meet and evenings and weekends are also doable.

I grew up in East London, trained as a GP in Tower Hamlets, and have worked at St Stephen’s Health Centre in Bow since 2011. I’m also a GP trainer, GP appraiser, and medical student tutor. For me mentoring is about tailoring a conversation to be the most useful it can be for the individual. It’s about listening and teamwork; supporting a colleague to identify their challenges, their goals and their strategies to get there. I think we all strive for a sense of belonging, a professional identity, and want to develop our skills and stay interested and engaged with our work.

I feel very lucky to have found a place where I am happy and balanced in my professional and personal life – I think open honest conversations with trusted and respected colleagues over the years have helped me greatly in this.

My preferred times to meet are Tuesdays, Wednesday (pm), Fridays.

My main passion is as a GP Partner in Aberfeldy practice.  That said I have a few additional roles, GP in Health Spot (Spotlight – youth centre), Doctor in Mildmay HIV hospital, running a private podiatrist clinic with my wife, owning a non profit MMA gym, trustee in the Will Thorne pavilion CIC and the odd media stuff.

I started my higher education in biochem at Imperial and later medicine at St Georges with the aim to be a surgeon or A&E doctor. After med school I took a bit of a U turn and actually went in to core psychiatry for few years where I had CBT patients and psychotherapy patients. I later realized I needed balance between physical medicine and psychiatry and that my heart was in GP all along!

I have presented in a few international conferences mostly about fungal nail infections! I have also designed and executed a 3 day conference in district wide educational event about primary care in china.

I have 4yr old twins that were born at 28 weeks. We spent 4mths in NICUin total. That was an interesting experience ( perhaps a little emotional at times!) and had given me an interesting perspective to being a patient and a new appreciation of the NHS.

I’m passionate about being a caring doctor which at times require direct honesty but in order to achieve that I need good balance and that involves family life, sports, fun and resources.

I have been so fortunate in having so  many varied roles. I have been a GP trainer for the last ten years , a GP partner for 25 years, a QI coach, a GP locum, a salaried GP, an undergraduate tutor and lead undergraduate GP tutor as well as honorary senior lecturer in general practice and family planning trainer  .I have been involved in  minor surgery as well as implant and coil fittings and removals. I have been lead GP in Diabetes. General Practice is wonderful in generating so many opportunities for development! I feel privileged and honoured to be able to teach and learn from so many people, be they patients or colleagues, and in being able to make a difference to people’s lives. I am also a mother of four with an understanding of the conflicts between family life and professional life, especially as most of my mothering has been in a single parent capacity. My hobbies and relaxation are gardening (I open my garden each year under the National Garden Scheme; dancing (keen lindyhopper and charleston lover with some forays into solo jazz , blues , collegiate shag and balboa ,  photography ( I have a Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society) and reading , especially social and local history, Art and theology. . I want to listen to those I coach , hearing about their dreams and concerns , aspirations and worries; and so , help them, through their own thoughts and reflections , to find themselves , and to determine where they would like to be, who they want to become. I can be available most days.

I am a GP partner working in East London for 21 years. I love the “generalist” aspect of General Practice and the long term relationships you forge with patients and their families over time. I have been involved in Education and Training in General Practice for 15 years as a GP trainer and I particularly value the one to one relationship with registrars. In the past I worked at Queen Mary’s University on the Refugee Doctor Programme where we were involved in setting up a programme to prepare refugee doctors for the PLAB exam and embed them into clinical placements. I enjoyed this tremendously as I was involved in teaching and mentoring a very diverse group of Doctors. I am a GP Appraiser and feel privileged to have had many professional conversations with Doctors at different stages of their career. Currently I am Clinical Director of my PCN which has given me the opportunity to lead on some exciting projects in our PCN such as development of First contact Physiotherapists in Primary care. I have learnt a lot from working closely with another discipline. I started formal coaching sessions last year and have really enjoyed working with different health care professionals helping them maximise their potential. I have 2 sons and have survived their teenage years to tell the tale! I love spending time with them when they are free and want to spend time with me! I enjoy reading fiction books, going to the theatre, playing tennis, baking and spending time with family and friends. Thursday and Friday afternoons are usually my best days to meet.

I am a GP Partner in Bromley by Bow Health, based in St Andrews Health Centre.

Having trained in Hackney and working in various roles such as salaried & locum GP, clinical lead and board member in CCG, I moved to Tower Hamlets in 2014.

As a partner, I am involved in various leadership aspects within our organisation including organisational development, training and health tech. I continue to work as an OOH GP and am a clinical lead for the OOH service in Hackney. I am a GP trainer and a training programme director for international medical graduate GP trainees in London. The role involves addressing the challenges in exams and career progression these GP trainees face. Mentoring, coaching and training of wider clinical and non clinical primary care teams are part of my portfolio.

I am a Tower Hamlets LMC representative working to represent general practice in our borough.  I am a BMA UK council rep  which gives an opportunity to represent all doctors in the UK and help shape national conversations for doctors. Along with

this, I am a nationally elected council member of RCGP which provides a national platform to represent GPs of UK.

As a director of Greenlight@GP, an employee owned pharmacist organisation, I have an opportunity to support primary care pharmacists. As a health tech enthusiast, I am have been involved in the roll out of various innovative initiatives over the years.