Dr Philippa Kaye

Dr Philippa Kaye is a GP, author, journalist and mother. This means that she is busy, really busy and while others may dream of long indulgent weekends, she dreams of a lie in until 8.30am – that extra hour and a half makes all the difference, ask any parent!
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Philippa is one of those irritating clichés, she really did always want to be a doctor as she has always been fascinated by science and by people. Thankfully medicine is a career which combines the two. She grew up in a very large and noisy family, where everyone knows everything about everybody. This may have led to her becoming quite nosy, some people may prefer the term ‘interested’, but the truth is, she is nosy, but as a doctor this can be a great thing because a bit of nosiness helps to find out about people which may in turn affect their health.
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Dr Philippa is a Londoner and only moved away for three years while studying at Downing College Cambridge, before returning to Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ medical school for her clinical training. Once qualified she started having babies all in the midst of training in paediatrics, gynaecology, care of the elderly and acute medicine, psychiatry and then general practice. She now works as a GP in both privately and for the NHS, before running home to the chaos of a house with a husband and three children.​
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Dr Philippa knows that one of the core skills of medicine is being able to translate ‘medicalese’ into English and has used this skill to write multiple books on subjects ranging from pregnancy to child health and development. Her book Doctors Get Cancer Too is her memoir of being a 39 year old busy Dr and mother when she was diagnosed with bowel cancer. It was an Amazon bestseller, while her previous book The M Word: Everything you need to know about the menopause reached number 2 in the Amazon charts. Breasts: An Owner’s Guide was released in March 2023.

She is the medical expert for That’s Life and My Weekly Special magazines after holding long tenures at Woman and Woman & Home, and regularly contributes to the print and online press.

Dr Philippa is passionate about helping educate and empower as many people as she can which has led to a role as the Ann Summers sexual health GP. She is regularly seen on the sofa on television on This Morning, Talk TV and various news programmes on both radio and television.

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Clients often ask about purchasing books for giveaways and delegate packs. Below you’ll find a selection of products by Dr Philippa Kaye. Click the images to view on Amazon's website. For bulk orders, please speak with your Booking Agent.