Management team

Chester is the Hospital Director of Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green and Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre, Devizes.

Having studied Maths and Statistics at the University of Exeter, Chester subsequently gained financial management and leadership experience in a range of business sectors.

Since 1995, Chester has worked in the UK independent healthcare sector.

Chester is particularly interested in developing a streamlined and efficient patient experience. He is passionate about implementing best practice, and delivering the highest quality service to patients.

Michelle has over 30 years of nursing experience in both clinical and managerial positions in the UK and overseas. Having worked in both NHS and private organisations she is a clinical expert with a wide range of experience.

She has a strong background in Surgery, Theatres and Anaesthesia and has also worked in positions leading Infection Control teams along with Mental Health.

Michelle is responsible for leading our clinical teams prioritising patient safety, quality and patient experience to ensure the centres are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.

Mike Burnett is Operations Manager across Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green and Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre, Devizes. He is responsible for managing all aspects of non-clinical running of the centres including booking, cleaning, catering, laundry as well as supporting the centres to ensure efficiencies. Mike initially trained as a Sports Physiotherapist and graduated from UWE in 2010. Following this he started working with Practice Plus Group’s 111 service whilst building up his own private practice. Since then Mike has worked across a number of roles within Practice Plus Group, working across all 9 of the Practice Plus Group Hospitals, gaining a wealth of operational knowledge which he brings to Emersons Green and Devizes.