STAFF TRAINING in 2012

SURGERY CLOSED BETWEEN 12.30PM - 4PM

DATES:

17TH FEBRUARY 2012

16TH MARCH 2012

20TH APRIL 2012

18TH MAY 2012

22ND JUNE 2012

20TH JULY 2012

21ST SEPTEMBER 2012

19TH OCTOBER 2012

23RD NOVEMBER 2012

 

URGENT REQUESTS SHOULD RING 01452 528299, NON URGENT REQUEST SHOULD CONTACT 01452 336290

Doctors
Nursing Staff
Practice Team
Healthcare Team

Doctors

Dr Rhys M Watkins

MBBS DRCOG MRCGP (London 1979)
I graduated in 1979 from St Mary's Hospital Medical School of the University of London; subsequently entering General Practice after completing my vocational training in 1984. Postgraduate qualifications DFFP (Diploma of the Faculty of Reproductive Health Care of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists), DRCOG (Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists), MRCGP ( Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners) and Membership of the HEA (Higher Education Academy).

I have been the senior partner at Heathville Road surgery since the retirement of Dr. Peter Griffiths in 1999. In the past I have worked as a Clinical Assistant in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in ENT surgery and also in Elderly Care Medicine, Gastroenterology and General Medicine. I am a General Practice Trainer and former convenor of Gloucester and Forest of Dean Trainer's Workshop. Both Dr Khalid and I provide training for postgraduate doctors entering General Practice as does our Practice as a whole.

My interests include:

  • Gastroenterology including sigmoidoscopy.
  • ENT surgery
  • Care of learning disability patients
  • Forensic medicine
  • Paediatrics
  • Reproductive health care
  • Medical computing
  • The role of mental illness in offenders
Dr Nicholas J Gilbert

MBChB DRCOG MRCGP (Birmingham 1985)
I qualified in medicine at Birmingham University in 1985. I then worked in hospital medicine for three years, mainly in Hereford, gaining experience in orthopaedics, accident and emergency, paediatrics, ophthalmology and obstetrics and gynaecology, and obtained a further qualification in the latter in 1988.

I qualified as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1990, in the same year that I started work at Heathville Road Surgery. Over the last fourteen years I have been undertaking minor operations at the surgery and also medical examinations for the D.V.L.A. As well as providing traditional family care I also have an interest in Care of the Elderly

Dr Andrew Seymour
MBBS MRCGP DMJ (London 1987)
Dr Sarah E Richards

MBChB (Sheffield 1988) Graduated from Sheffield University Medical School in 1988.
Postgraduate posts in Auckland, New Zealand and Rockhampton, Queensland Australia. Travelled through New Zealand, Australia and South East Asia then returned to United Kingdom in 1993 and completed General Practitioner training in Gloucester. Full time GP principal since 1996.

Interests:

  • Child Surveillance
  • Clinical Governance
  • Women's Health
  • Diabetes
  • Psychiatry
  • Palliative Care
Dr Rachel Khalid

MBBS MRCGP DFFP (London 1998) Graduated from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School (Imperial College), London in 1998.
Went on to complete postgraduate training in General Practice in Surrey in 2002/3 and became a full time partner at Heathville Road in 2003. Postgraduate qualifications in obstetrics, gynaecology and family planning and, most recently, become a member of the Royal college of General Practitioners from 2004. Qualified as a GP trainer.

Interests:

  • Palliative Care and Gold Standards Framework
  • Family Planning including coil fitting
  • Genitourinary medicine
  • Womens health
  • Paediatrics
  • GP training/medical education
Dr Sanjeewa Sumathipala
MB ChB, DRCOG, MML, MRCGP ( Birmingham 1995) General Practitioner since 2004.
Graduated from Birmingham University Medical School. Undergraduate study also at the University of Otago. Master of Medical Law awarded by the University of Glasgow. Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and the Royal College of General Practitioners obtained in 1999 and 2005, respectively. Involved in all aspects of general practice. Part of a team providing minor operations at the surgery and also involved in Out of Hours' GP work locally
Dr Susan J Amroliwala
MBChB DRCOG (Manchester 1980)
Dr Alyson van den Broek
 
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