Full Name
Olesya Atkinson
Job Title
Cheltenham Central PCN Clinical Director; GP Partner, Berkeley Place Surgery; Gloucestershire ICB Primary Care Networks GP representative
Speaker Bio
Olesya qualified as a doctor from University of Cambridge in 2002, working as a medical doctor in Nottingham until she made the move to General Practice in 2006. She is a GP partner at Berkeley Place Surgery in Cheltenham which she joined ten years ago.
Olesya has an extensive background in teaching and training. She became actively involved in Primary Care Networks (groups of GP practices working together) at their onset, seeing them as an opportunity to enhance primary care workforce, the range of services, reduce health inequalities and increase resilience of GP surgeries. Olesya has represented Primary Care Networks on the Gloucestershire ICS board since July 2022.
Olesya is passionate about delivering holistic care in a more joined up and sustainable way closer to peoples' homes. Olesya is an advocate of population health management and proactive care which is more effective when working collaboratively with partners across all health and social care settings.
Olesya has an extensive background in teaching and training. She became actively involved in Primary Care Networks (groups of GP practices working together) at their onset, seeing them as an opportunity to enhance primary care workforce, the range of services, reduce health inequalities and increase resilience of GP surgeries. Olesya has represented Primary Care Networks on the Gloucestershire ICS board since July 2022.
Olesya is passionate about delivering holistic care in a more joined up and sustainable way closer to peoples' homes. Olesya is an advocate of population health management and proactive care which is more effective when working collaboratively with partners across all health and social care settings.
