SelectGP is run by Dr. Simon Berrisford, a GP with nearly 20 years experience in the medical profession. He is a doctor who believes passionately in the ongoing education of GPs and in the importance of the doctor-patient relationship.
During an extremely varied and accomplished career he has worked in all types of general practice, written and lectured on a broad range of medical topics and worked at the exclusive health spa, Champneys.
After his initial studies at University of Manchester Medical School, Simon gained experience in a variety of disciplines including General Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ear, Nose & Throat, Accident and Emergency Medicine and Palliative Medicine.
“I believe a proper GP should have a very wide range of experience,” he says. “After medical school I engaged in a range of specialities so that when I became a GP I could both diagnose and treat patients in a very hands-on way”
Simon has worked as a GP for the last 13 years and is a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, the highest professional qualification for a GP, and also holds the Family Planning Certificate. During his time in practice he enjoyed a parallel career as a writer and Consultant Medical Editor of the professional medical journal Pulse and created UKpractice, the most successful online medical education service in the UK.
Simon currently divides his time between working as an NHS doctor and as a hospice physician where he is involved with advanced pain control and treatments and interventions for incurable disease. He continues to lecture at GP educational symposia in the UK and abroad and writes on medical subjects for a variety of publications.