Dr Rachel Elliott
Based at: St Mary’s Hospital, Block C1, Portsmouth
Since starting as a GP educator in 2005, Rachel has sampled the full spectrum of GP posts, from trainer, salaried GP, Locum GP, retained GP, partner, flexible careers GP, TPD, patch AD and Head of School in Wessex, to Primary Care Dean for both Thames Valley and Wessex and Four Nations COGPED Vice chair. She has now returned to the role she loves as Patch Associate Dean in a job share with Bryony Sales for one day a week.
She is also a Professional Support and Wellbeing Case Manager and Training Programme Director.
Aside from these professional roles she is married with two children in their 20s and keeps chickens, which she does not need encouragement to tell you all about.
Dr Bryony Sales
Based at: St Mary’s Hospital, Block C1, Portsmouth
Having been a trainee on the Portsmouth and Isle of Wight GP training scheme, Bryony joined the education team as an Education Fellow and subsequently a TPD.
She became a patch Associate Dean in 2018, now job sharing with Rachel Elliott. Bryony is a GP Partner and Trainer at The Portchester Practice and a member of the RCGP WPBA core group, and is passionate about medical assessments, in particular reviewing and developing the assessments on the Portfolio.
Alongside her professional roles, Bryony juggles parenthood and enjoys all aspects of living in and exploring Hampshire.