Dr Andrew Sant

Doctor, Hospital & Health Care

Dr Andrew Sant's Experience:

• Director at Sentinel Healthcare CiC

  March 2010 - August 2011

  Provider of referral management solutions to NHS Plymouth through a communuity assesment service utilising Choose and Book and peer clinical review. Became emergent clinical commisioning group (CCG) and encompassed NHS Plymouth's Professional Executive Committee (PEC). Now part of NEW Devon CCG. Portfolio roles as clinical commisioner for Child and Young People and IT. Introduction of pilot project for use of portal technology.

• GMS Partner at Westcroft House Surgery

  October 2002 - August 2007

  Full time GMS partner. 5500 patient practice on the edge of the Lake District National Park. Teaching medical students, appraising senior staff, mentoring and supporting nursing staff. Minor surgery and joint injection. Regular out of hours.

• Locum General Practitioner at Self employed

  August 2000 - September 2002

  Out of Hours General Practice with Cumbria Doctors on call (Cuedoc) Out of Hours General Practice and covering community hospital and Minor Injuries unit at Keswick In hours practice in surgeries in Egremont, Whitehaven, Workington, Maryport and Cockermouth

• Medical Director at Plymouth Community Healthcare

  December 2012

  Full Executive board member with responsibility for clinical advice. Responsible officer to employed doctors. Professionally accountable for over 130 clinicians and line manager of over 80 Caldicott guardian.

• Honorary Fellow at Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry

  September 2010

  Teaching on Special Study Unit (SSU). Currently at PCH for Healthcare management. Teaching and assessing third and fourth year medical students. Previously at the Acute GP Service for special environments and the LMC for healthcare management

• Elected member- Western locality subcommittee at Devon Local Medical Committee

  May 2009

  Elected member of Western locality subcommittee (previously only Plymouth), covering Plymouth, the South Hams and West Devon. Representing, supporting and leading the General Practitioners of Devon Board member from October 2009 to May 2013 Executive vice chairman from February 2011 to January 2013

• General Practitioner at Plymouth Community Healthcare

  September 2007

  Now providing services to the inpatient wards at Liskeard and Launceston hospital on behalf of Peninsula Community Health. Previously providing triage of all GP referred patients to Medical Admissions Unit. Seeing 30% of referred demand in ambulatory way and providing telephone advice only to a further 10%. Provision of out patient IV antibiotic pathways. Outpatient management of venous thromboembolism. Investigation of undifferentiated illness. Running Hospital Outpatient Treatment (HOT) clinic for inpatients to reduce length of stay.

Dr Andrew Sant's Education:

• University of Southampton

  1990 – 1995
  Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.)
  Concentration: Medicine

• Nailsea School

  1983 – 1990