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Meet the team

The doctors, dentists and vets behind your application

TheUKCATPeople is a team of practising doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeons, supported by current medical, dental and veterinary students at UK universities. Every tutor won their own place through the same application process you are facing now, so the people guiding you have genuinely been where you are.

  • Qualified clinicians
  • Won their own place
  • Med, dental & vet specialists
  • Online 1-1
  • Dr Akash Gandhi
  • Dr Sonal Gandhi
  • Dr Rebecca Massie
  • Dr Jonathan Wood
  • Dr Shaneil Tanna

Led by Dr Akash, Dr Sonal and Dr Rebecca

640+ 5* reviews on Trustpilot

Track record

Running since 2012, our mentors have helped 2,700+ students into UK medical, dental and veterinary schools.

14+
Years helping applicants
2,700+
Students mentored
640+
Five-star verified reviews
99%
Five-star review rate
Why students and parents trust us

Guidance from people who have done it themselves

We are not a faceless tutoring agency. You work with named clinicians and students who have come through the exact process you are about to start.

Qualified clinicians, not anonymous tutors

Your mentors are practising doctors, dentists and vets, supported by current medical, dental and veterinary students at UK universities. You always know exactly who is teaching you.

They have sat where you are sitting

Every tutor won their own place through the same UCAT, personal statement and interview process. Several of our leads received all four of their offers.

Real admissions-panel insight

Our team includes mentors who have sat on university admissions and interview panels, so you prepare against what schools actually score, not guesswork.

Enhanced DBS checked, safeguarding-first

Every tutor holds an enhanced DBS check, is interviewed by us before an offer, and works to a published safeguarding policy. Sessions are online and parents are welcome to stay in the loop.

Our mentors

The people who will guide you

Our subject leads oversee every programme, and our mentors personally coach students on the Ultimate Package. Each one is matched to the subject they studied and work in.

Dr Akash Gandhi, NHS GP · Cambridge & UCL

Dr Akash Gandhi

Founder & Lead Medicine Mentor

MBBS (Dist), MA (Cantab), DGM, DRCOG, MRCGP

NHS GP · Cambridge & UCL

Received all 4 medicine offers

Dr Akash founded TheUKCATPeople in 2012 and has spent 14 years helping students win places at UK medical schools. He received all four of his own offers to study medicine, graduated from Cambridge with a first class degree and prize and from UCL with a distinction, and now works as an NHS GP in London. He leads the mentors on the Ultimate Package.

  • UCAT
  • Personal Statement
  • Interview
  • Application strategy
Dr Sonal Gandhi, Dentist · King's College London

Dr Sonal Gandhi

Lead Dentistry Mentor

BDS (Hons)

Dentist · King's College London

Received all 4 dentistry offers

Dr Sonal is a dentistry admissions expert who received all four of her offers to study dentistry. With over nine years of tutoring experience, she specialises in the UCAT, personal statement and interview practice, and has sat on dental admissions panels. She mentors students on the Ultimate Package and works to instil confidence in everyone she teaches.

  • UCAT
  • Personal Statement
  • Interview
  • Admissions panels
Dr Rebecca Massie, Veterinary Surgeon · Royal Veterinary College

Dr Rebecca Massie

Lead Veterinary Mentor

MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon · Royal Veterinary College

RVC graduate & practising vet

Dr Rebecca is a practising vet and Royal Veterinary College graduate who has coached many students into veterinary medicine at universities across the country. She focuses on the written SAQs, personal statements and panel interviews that vet schools rely on, and has a strong record of helping the students she coaches secure at least one offer.

  • Personal Statement
  • SAQs
  • Interview
Dr Jonathan Wood, Doctor · University of Oxford, 2018

Dr Jonathan Wood

Medicine Mentor & Interview Lead

Urgent care consultant and A&E registrar

Doctor · University of Oxford, 2018

Oxford medicine graduate, 2018

Dr Jonathan graduated in medicine from the University of Oxford in 2018 and now works as a UCC consultant and A&E registrar, two of the most demanding, high pressure environments in the NHS. He co-leads our medicine interview programme: he designs the mock stations, writes the hot topic teaching that students work through in interview season, and trains the interview experts who run the 1-1 sessions. If you have sat an Oxbridge panel or an MMI circuit with us, you have worked through material he built.

  • Interview
  • MMI stations
  • Hot topics
  • Oxbridge
Dr Shaneil Tanna, NHS GP · Imperial College London

Dr Shaneil Tanna

Medicine Mentor

MBBS, BSc (Management)

NHS GP · Imperial College London

Imperial medicine graduate and NHS GP

Dr Shaneil won his own place at Imperial College London, one of the most competitive medical schools in the country, and now works as an NHS GP in London. He also holds a BSc in Management, which is why he is as useful on the strategy of an application as he is on the content: where to apply, how to build a personal statement that stands up to scrutiny, and how to answer like a future colleague rather than a candidate. Medical education is more than a side interest for him. He has published peer-reviewed research on it, including a study of bedside teaching in Advances in Medical Education and Practice, and he mentors applicants right through to the interview.

  • Medicine applications
  • Personal Statement
  • Interview
  • Medical education

Behind our leads is a wider team of doctors, dentists, vets and current students: the UCAT tutors behind our 1-1 tutoring, personal statement support and interview coaching.

The wider team

Doctors, dentists, vets and students, all in one place

Whatever you are applying for, you are matched with someone who applied to and trained in that exact field.

Doctors

Practising NHS doctors who mentor medicine applicants on the UCAT, personal statement and interviews.

Dentists

Qualified dentists, including admissions-panel members, leading our dentistry tutoring.

Vets

Registered veterinary surgeons coaching vet school SAQs, statements and panel interviews.

Current students

Medical, dental and veterinary students at UK universities who add recent, on-the-ground experience.

Our mentors studied at

  • University of Cambridge
  • University College London
  • King's College London
  • University of Sheffield
  • Royal Veterinary College
  • and other leading UK schools
How we choose our tutors

Five stages before anyone teaches you

Every tutor clears all five, and has done since 2012. Not a sample of the team, and not a recent policy.

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Step 1

Score verified

We verify that they scored in the top 10% of the exam they will teach. That happens before anything else.
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Step 2

Enhanced DBS

Every tutor holds an enhanced DBS check. No one is put in front of a student without one.
3
Step 3

References requested

We request professional references covering their suitability to work with young people.
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Step 4

Interviewed

Every tutor is interviewed by us before an offer, so we know how they teach and not only how they scored.
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Step 5

Trained and mentored

They complete our own specialised training before their first session, then are mentored for as long as they teach here.
In their words

What students say about our tutors

640+ 5* reviews from students our team has helped into medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine.

I am very grateful to have met Sonal from TheUKCATPeople. She was patient, caring and always taught with a smile. I received all 4 of my offers for Dentistry, mainly because of all the practice that we did. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Savita
Dentistry · 4 offers
Akash is a great tutor, especially for the UCAT. He helped me with my prep and gave me invaluable tips that came in really handy. He also provided extra resources. All of this helped me achieve a 740 average. Thanks.
Mohammed
UCAT 740 average
My best advice is to get in contact with TheUKCATPeople, Akash and Sonal in particular, as soon as possible. Without their UCAT tutoring and personal statement help I would not have gained medicine offers from King's, Birmingham, Manchester and Sheffield. They went over and above.
Adam
Medicine · King's
Akash went through my medicine personal statement in immense detail, offering suggestions that none of my teachers had even thought of. He knew exactly what was needed to enhance it, and went through the tips logically.
Ben
Medicine · UCL
Doing 1-1 medicine interview practice gave me the content, structure and confidence to succeed in my interview. Breaking down what I needed to do with helpful pointers proved invaluable on the day. I would recommend them to anybody.
Mohamed
Medicine · 4 offers
I didn't get in the first time I applied. I then joined the Dentistry Ultimate Package and it was the best decision I made. I had constant support, mentoring and reassurance throughout the year, and my parents were kept in the loop too.
Gemma
Dentistry · Ultimate Package

Trusted by leading schools

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  • City of London School
  • Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
  • Francis Holland School, Sloane Square
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Common questions

Questions about our tutors

Who will my tutor be?

We match you with a mentor who specialises in your subject and the stage you need help with, whether that is the UCAT, your personal statement or interviews. Medicine applicants are paired with a doctor or senior medical student, dentistry applicants with a dentist, and veterinary applicants with a vet.

Our lead mentors, Dr Akash, Dr Sonal and Dr Rebecca, oversee the programmes and lead the Ultimate Package mentoring teams. Your own mentor is matched by hand after you join.

Are your tutors actually qualified doctors, dentists and vets?

Yes. Our team is made up of practising doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeons, alongside current medical, dental and veterinary students at UK universities. Every tutor won their own place through the same application process you are going through, and several of our leads received all four of their offers.

Do I get a tutor in my exact field?

Yes. We keep separate medicine, dentistry and veterinary mentors, so your guidance comes from someone who applied to, trained in and works in your chosen subject. The application demands differ between the three, and your tutor knows yours inside out.

Can I choose or change my tutor?

Tell us your preferences when you enquire and we will match you accordingly. If a pairing ever feels like the wrong fit, we will happily move you to another tutor so you always feel comfortable and well supported.

Are students or qualified clinicians doing the teaching?

Both, by design. Qualified doctors, dentists and vets lead the programmes and mentor on the Ultimate Package, while current students add recent, first-hand experience of sitting the UCAT and interviews in the latest cycle. You get the credibility of clinicians and the immediacy of people who applied very recently.

How do you make sure tutors are trustworthy and safe?

We hand-pick every tutor, verify their qualifications and admissions record, and follow a published safeguarding policy. All sessions are online and we welcome parents staying in the loop throughout.

How experienced is the team?

TheUKCATPeople has been running since 2012 and our mentors have helped 2,700+ students through their applications, earning 640+ five-star reviews along the way.

Not ready to book a tutor yet? Try our free UCAT skills trainer first. It has timed drills for every subtest and will build you a revision plan around your test date, with no account or card needed.

Searching for BMAT tutors? The BMAT has been discontinued, with 2024 entry its final admissions cycle, so we no longer offer BMAT preparation. UK medicine applicants now sit the UCAT.

Talk to the team

Speak to a doctor, dentist or vet today

Get free, no-obligation advice from an expert who has been exactly where you are. We will help you map out the UCAT, your personal statement and interviews, and answer any questions you have.

14+
Years experience
99%
Average 5* rating
100%
Would recommend
2,700+
Students mentored

Call 0203 488 5468 Email info@theukcatpeople.co.uk

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2025/26 results

Why Students & Parents Recommend Us

Ultimate Package students from our 2025/26 cycle, with their UCAT scores and offers, who trained with us for the UCAT, personal statements and interviews.

Ultimate Package
Sophie
Medicine, King's College London
2025 UCAT2,590 / 2,700
Harry got my UCAT up to 2,590, working through the sections I kept dropping marks on week by week. Gemma then ran my interview practice so the MMI stations didn't catch me out, and Dr Akash mentored me the whole way through. I'm off to King's for Medicine.
Ultimate Package
Daniel
Medicine, University College London
Medicine offers4 offers
The interview prep was the part that actually moved the needle. Proper mock MMIs, not just lists of questions, and feedback that was honest about what I was getting wrong. I ended up with four offers and firmed UCL.
Ultimate Package
Aisha
Dentistry, University of Birmingham
Dentistry offers4 offers
The Ultimate Package kept me organised from UCAT through to interviews. They knew what dental schools actually ask and tightened up my personal statement. Four offers in the end, and I'm going to Birmingham.
Ultimate Package
Charlotte
Veterinary Medicine, Royal Veterinary College
Vet offers4 offers
Vet applications come down to the written SAQs as much as the interview. Dr Rebecca went through my SAQs line by line, sharpened my answers and prepped me for the panels. I came away with four offers and chose the RVC.

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Trusted by leading schools

  • St Paul's School, London
  • City of London School
  • Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
  • Francis Holland School, Sloane Square
  • Partner school crest (Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam)
  • Brampton College, Independent Sixth Form College
  • Partner school crest