GP REGISTRARS AND TRAINING

Practice Profile for Portland Practice and Hatherley Surgery for prospective GP Registrars

We are a friendly and enthusiastic training practice, ably supported by an excellent team. We believe in providing high quality medical care to our patients but at the same time value our own quality of life. We all have a wide range of interests outside medicine such as flying, motorcycling, sailing, music and even golf!

The practice was fundholding and is now a successful PMS pilot site.

  The Partners

Ian Ramsay MBChB, DRCOG       

Dr Ramsay trained at Liverpool and joined the practice in 1979.

Medical Interests: Aviation Medicine, School Medical Officer.       

Stephen Pratt MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG                                                                                                      

Dr Pratt joined the practice in 1984 having trained at Bristol. 

Medical Interests: GP training, Occupational Health.

Colin Burgess MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG       

Dr Burgess also trained at Bristol and joined the practice in 1984.

Medical Interests: VTS Course Organiser, Assistant School Medical Officer.

Shirley Elliott MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG       

Dr Elliott joined the practice in 1989 having been a GP in Oxford for ten years and now works three quarters time.

Medical Interests: Clinical Governance, Asthma/COPD.

William Miles MA, MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG       

Dr Miles joined the practice in 1992 after a year as registrar in the practice.

He trained at Cambridge and Guy’s.

Medical Interests: Diabetes.

Sally Davies MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG         

Dr Davies trained at Leicester and joined the practice in 1997. She works half time.

Medical Interests: Family Planning/Gynaecology, Psychiatry.

Alexander Owen BSc, MBChB, DRCOG, DCH, MRCGP, Dip Derm

He is a Hospital Practitioner in Dermatology at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

Salaried GP – Dr Meg Stokoe

Practice Details  

List Size:    total 13,559 patients.

Fourth wave PMS pilot.

Shared lists.

Urban/rural area split over two sites.

Non-dispensing.

Premises

The St Paul’s Medical Centre is a privately owned new primary care development situated in the middle of Cheltenham. The facilities are comprehensive including onsite pharmacy, physiotherapy unit, optician, chiropodist and chiropractor. We are able to practice modern family medicine to the highest standards.

The Hatherley Surgery was purpose built for general practice 10 years ago and is owned by the practice. Situated on the southern edge of Cheltenham, the premises are modern, light and fully equipped.

Computerisation                 

Fully computerized using  Vision 3.

Records fully summarized manually and computer.

Scanning letters and results - we are now almost paperless

On-Call                      

Practice does its own on-call:                        

Mon-Fri: 08.00-18.30

Otherwise all out of hours cover is provided by the local Cheltenham PCT, based at Cheltenham General Hospital.

Registrars are gradually eased into the practice on-call rota after about 10-12 weeks once they and their trainer feel that they are ready.

In-House Clinics

Standard:           Antenatal, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Child Health, Diabetes.

Specialised:       Aviation Medicine, Endometrial Biopsies, Family Planning, Occupational Health, School Medicine, Minor Surgery, Joint Injections, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities

Registrars

We have been a successful training practice for over twenty years. Many former trainees/registrars are now established principles locally.

Over the past 10 years we have had 11 full time registrars (as yet we have had no part time registrars but would be very happy to do so);

                        9 registrars have passed the MRCGP exam;

                        7 registrars have become principals in general practice.

VTS             

Gloucestershire VTS based in Cheltenham and  Gloucester.                       

Colin Burgess, one of the partners, is a VTS Course Organiser.

Contract        

Standard BMA Contract (with additional study leave below).

Study Leave   35 days per year.

TYPICAL REGISTRAR TIMETABLE

N.B.   

1. We all work 4 days Mon-Fri

2. Monthly Clinical Meetings on Wednesdays 1.30-3.30

3. ‘Target’ half-day educational sessions ten times per year.  

4. On-call for the practice 08.00-18.30 works out as 1 in 7

5. In addition to the above timetable, sessions in practice baby clinics, antenatal clinics, etc as well as relevant hospital outpatient clinics will be arranged.