Cheltenham Road Surgery

THE PRACTICE TEAM

The Doctors

Dr Christopher J Champion (Male) MBBS (London 1976) MRCGP DOccMed

Dr Champion is our senior partner who joined the practice in 1980. He is responsible for the management of asthma and COPD and has a special interest in occupational medicine.

Dr Michael S Ellis (Male) MBBS (London 1980) DRCOG DCH DTM&H MRCGP

Dr Ellis joined the practice in 1994. He is a GP specialist in dermatology with appointments at the local hospital. He runs our skin clinic dealing with warts and other skin lesions, and provides a sigmoidoscopy and endometrial biopsy service at the practice thus reducing the need for patients to wait for hospital appointments. He also runs travel clinics at the surgery for travellers with complicated itineraries.

Dr Janet L Webb (Female) BM (Southampton 1980) MRCP MRCGP

Dr Webb joined as a part-time partner in 1996. Her special interests include HRT and family planning. She is responsible for audit and protocols within the practice ensuring we are up to date with the latest local and national guidelines and our high standards are maintained.

Dr Lindsey A Roberts (Female) MBChB (Leeds 1980) DRCOG MRCGP DA DOCC MED

Dr Roberts joined as a part-time partner in May 1996. Her special interests include child health surveillance, psychiatry and family planning including, coil fitting. Her interest in alternative therapies, homoeopathy in particular, has proved popular with many of our patients.

Mr Michael H V Delhanty (Male) MBChB (Bristol 1988) DRCOG, DFFP, MRCGP

Dr Delhanty joined the practice in 1999. His special interests are psychiatry, family planning including coil fitting and endometrial biopsy. He is responsible for the management of diabetes.

The GP Registrar

We are approved as a training practice for qualified doctors with hospital experience who wish to become GPs under the supervision of Dr Champion, Dr Ellis, and Dr Delhanty. The registrars will offer appointments at the same time as the other partners. For training purposes they will sometimes conduct surgeries with their supervisor sitting in on the session. If you are unhappy with this arrangement the second doctor will be happy to leave the room on request. We sometimes videotape the surgeries for training purposes. This will only occur with your signed consent and the tapes will be only be used for training within the building. If you are unhappy about this just say so and the camera will be switched off. If you decline to be filmed or to have a second doctor present it will not in any way effect your treatment. Most examinations will not be filmed.

Salaried Doctor

Dr Rahana Bibi is our salaried doctor. Dr Bibi was formerly our registrar she consults on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday mornings between 9AM and 11AM. Dr Bibi has a special interest in Dermatology.

The Nursing Staff

We have three practice nurses:

Sister Lynn Dhany RGN, ONC, Asthma Dip, MHI PC

Sister Dhany (along with Sister Hewitt-Stubbs) is responsible for the practice asthma clinics. She is also responsible for the annual over 75 year health check and is the lead nurse for the University of Gloucestershire students. She runs our stop smoking clinic. Lynn also offers an initial screening service for older patients with memory problems

Sister Julie Hewitt-Stubbs RGN, Asthma Dip

Sister Hewitt-Stubbs (along with Sister Dhany) is responsible for the management of patients with asthma,COPD and diabetes, providing advice and support where necessary. She also assists Dr Ellis in the travel clinic.

Sister Lin Emmett RG, FPA Cert, CHD Cert

Sister Emmett is responsible for the management of patients with coronary heart disease and diabetes, providing advice and support where necessary.

In addition to the specific roles, our nurses provide a wide range of services including cervical smear tests, travel advice and vaccinations, blood pressure monitoring, ear syringing and health checks. Our nurses are very experienced and will give telephone advice regarding medical problems referring on to the doctor when appropriate.

You can make an appointment directly with the nurse via reception without needing to see a doctor first.

District Nurse Team - 01452 300213

The team is led by Sister Sarah Ballinger RGN, DipHP, BSc (DN) and provides nursing care to those patients living at home who are too infirm to attend the surgery.
The district nurse and community nurses can be contacted directly at the surgery on the number above, without need for GP referral.

Health Visitors - 01452 859901

Health visitors for the practice can be contacted on the number above, without a GP referral. Their main responsibility is child health and development for the under fives.

Community Midwives

Our community midwife is Amanda Price. She can be contacted via the surgery reception.

The Administrative Team

Practice Manager

Simon Colbeck is responsible for the overall management of the practice. He will deal with queries of a non-clinical nature and would encourage your comments and criticisms regarding the practice that may help us improve our service to you.

Practice Administrator

Pat Moreton is responsible for the running of the front office and reception. She also oversees appointments for our occupational health service

Secretary

Pauline Edgeworth is our medical secretary. She co-ordinates the practice’s hospital referrals using the NHS Choose and book system

Receptionists

We have seven receptionists and they are there to help you. They may ask the nature of your problem so that we can assist you in the most appropriate way. Like all members of the practice they will treat all information with the strictest confidentiality