Dr. Salim Cheeroth

Dr Salim Cheeroth is a a consultant in acute, general and geriatric medicine with 18 years experience. He is also a clinical advisor for the PHSO. His role is to provides expert guidance on clinical and other relevant areas to support the PHSO's caseworkers in investigating complaints, ensuring they are handled fairly and with the appropriate level of expertise, ultimately contributing to the PHSO's goal of resolving disputes and improving public services.  

With extensive experience in strategy development in the acute and geriatric hospital setting as well as in the community with integrated care. Dr Cheeroth has a solid clinical base in acute, general and geriatric medicine. Having on two occasions been appointed the first acute medical consultant in new acute medical units, firstly in an under-resourced rural district general hospital setting and then a large urban teaching hospital, with broad experience of asking questions and coming up with solutions to shape a new service. He has an excellent understanding of the strategies needed for building and implementing smoothly functioning emergency, acute medical and acute geriatric pathways to enhance quality of care, including reducing length of stay and readmission rates.

Dr Cheeroth’s medicolegal experience includes provision of reports for coroners and solicitors, attendance at inquests and attendance as an expert witness for the defence.

Throughout his career, Dr Cheeroth has had an inexhaustible energy for teaching and training. He has been involved in bedside PACES teaching for over 20 years, including setting up PACES courses. He is a Clinical Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and co-leads a module on their Masters in Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine.

PG Diploma (Medical Leadership). CCT (General Medicine/Geriatrics), MPhil (Epidemiology & Biostatistics)