08/08/2025
⭐️ Dr Trenchards Retirement ⭐️
After 14 years with Church View Medical Centre as a GP partner, Dr Trenchard will be retiring from the practice at the end of December 2025.
During his distinguished career with us Dr Trenchard has provided exceptional care to countless patients and has been an integral part of our practice. Whilst we will all miss him greatly, we wish him all the best in his well deserved retirement.
👨⚕️ Message from Dr Trenchard
'I qualified as a doctor in 1989 and did 4 years hospital training before becoming a fully-fledged GP in September 1993.
So, after 32 years I have decided to hang my stethoscope up and move on to new challenges.
I have worked at Church View Medical centre since 2011 and seen many changes. Initially working in some old but cosy Portacabins and then moving into an exciting new surgery in 2014. I have worked with some great staff, seen our patient list grow by nearly 200% with the challenges that has presented, welcomed new doctors, nursing and administrative staff into the fold and I now have the best team I have ever had.
I am excited to retire at the end of December and hope you will welcome my replacement and any other new members of the expanding workforce, and I wish everybody the best'
👨⚕️ Continuity of care
We want to reassure all of our patients that your healthcare will continue without interruption. We have been successful in recruiting two new GPs who will step into the partnership this will ensure Church views succession and also provide additional GP capacity to better serve our growing patient population.
What happens next:
🩻Dr Trenchard will continue to see patients until the end of December
🩺Dr Chinomona has already joined the practice as a GP partner
💊Our new GP partner will join January 2026 to ensure seamless transition
💉Patients currently under Dr Trenchard care will be allocated a new named GP
🦠We will be contacting patients individually in the coming months to inform them of their new named GP.
👨⚕️ Your Questions
If you have any questions or concerns about these transitions, please do not hesitate to contact the practice manager : Naomi Pattison
Naomi.pattison1@nhs.net
We thank Dr Trenchard for his years of outstanding service and dedication to the patients and surgery.
We look forward to introducing you to our new team members in the coming months.
👨⚕️ Farewell message book
From September, we will have a message book available at Reception for any patients who wish to leave Dr Trenchard a goodbye message. We know many of you have built meaningful relationships with Dr Trenchard over the years, this will provide an opportunity to share your thoughts and well wishes.
