Accident and Emergency

About the Department

We provide a 24 hour Accident and Emergency Service at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey. This covers all major specialties and includes 24 hour cardio-pulmonary and major trauma resuscitation. The Emergency Department Lead Consultant is Dr Balen Ahmed.

The department has its own x-ray facilities, a counselling service, trauma team, and a dedicated paediatric A&E service (located in the Urgent and Emergency Care Centre next to the Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic Unit).

Visiting at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals

Please ensure that you visit during the normal ward visiting times. Please note that no more than two people should visit a patient at any given time. Only one visitor per patient is allowed in the emergency department.

Find out more about ward visiting times and exceptions at each hospital.

Testing for Blood Borne Viruses

From 4 August 2026, patients aged 18 and over attending our emergency department (A&E) at St Peter’s Hospital who require a blood test will be screened for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).

This is an opt-out test, meaning every blood test taken in the department will be screened for HIV, unless you tell us not to.

• Read more about HIV testing and opting out

Ashford Urgent Treatment Centre

Please note that the service at St Peter's is for emergency treatment only. There is no A&E on our sister site at Ashford Hospital.

There is a Urgent Treatment Centre at Ashford.

Coming into Hospital as an Emergency Patient

Please read our short guide to using our A&E services.

We encourage all patients to Choose Well in relation to their appropriate care. Hospital services are usually busy and there may be a more suitable treatment pathway for you. Choosing well helps us treat patients faster and takes pressure off key clinical areas.

We appreciate that patients and relatives may be in a heightened emotional state when visiting our emergency department. Please respect the safety and security of our staff and the other patients in the hospital.

Our Clinical Team

The consulting team in the department are:

Dr Balen AHMED Consultant Emergency Medicine Clinical Lead Undergraduate Education Lead

Dr Salman ABBASI Consultant Emergency Medicine USS Lead

Dr Jacob ADDO Consultant Emergency Medicine ACP Lead Audit Lead

Dr Celina BONDOC Consultant Emergency Medicine

Dr Elaine BRUCE Consultant Emergency Medicine Consultant & T4 rota lead

Dr Helen CANNON Consultant Emergency Medicine Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN) Trust Lead ATLS Instructor Trauma Lead, Support Champsion RTT KSS

Dr Ajay CHAKRABORTTY Consultant Emergency Medicine Governance & Quality Improvement Lead Ambulatory Majors Lead

Dr Donna EDANO Specialist in Emergency Medicine Sepsis Lead Major Incident Lead Frailty Lead

Dr Sonia HARIS Consultant Emergency Medicine (Joining in August 2024)

Dr Serine JOHNSON Specialist in Emergency Medicine Deputy College Tuto Junior Doctor Rota Co-ordinator Lead

Dr Sushil LAHANE Consultant Emergency Medicine (Joining in August 2024)

Dr Vijaya MEKA Consultant Emergency Medicine

Dr Santosh PRADHAN Consultant Emergency Medicine College Tutor

Dr Lok THAPA Consultant Emergency Medicine Mental Health Lead Frequent Attenders Lead

Dr Alexander THOMAS Emergency Medicine Consultant Tier 2 Rota Coordinator

Dr Vishal VOLVATCAR Consultant Emergency Medicine Paediatric Emergency Medicine Lead Bring Back Clinic Lead

Dr Mohammed WAQAR Consultant Emergency Medicine

Dr Farhan ZAIDI Consultant Emergency Medicine Surrey Safe Care Lead

Key Staff

	Charles Johnson Divisional Director UEC
	Jen Francis Head of Nursing and Allied Health Care Professionals for UEC
	Stella Davey Divisional Chief Nurse UEC
	Darren Best ED Service Manager
	Katherine Long Deputy Associate of Operations
	Sarah Moth ED Matron
	Paulo Rodrigues ED Matron

Location

Map of St Peter's Hospital

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Getting the Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust want to ensure that the patients in our hospitals are only those who will and are continuing to need our care and treatment. This is because hospitals are best suited for treating those who are very unwell and need urgent and emergency care for serious and life-threatening symptoms.

We have developed this video which details the range of services delivered by our partners across North West Surrey which can be accessed if you need healthcare and wellbeing support or treatment.

Should you need to receive care within a hospital setting, we will make every effort to get you to your usual place of residence as safely and as soon as possible. This video also provides an overview of our discharge process so that our patients and their loved ones can be aware of what to expect when they are admitted into our care.

The winter months are a busy period for the NHS. We hope that this video will be a useful tool for our local community so that they are able to access the right care, in the right place, at the right time, not only throughout winter, but all year round.

• Watch the video