We are a family Medical Practice with 11,000 patients in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The practice was founded by Dr Underwood in 1947 in premises in Church Road, St Mark’s, Cheltenham. The practice developed in this location until it moved to the present site in St George’s Road in 1976.
The Practice has been associated with St Paul’s and St Mary’s Teacher Training College, now the University of Gloucestershire, for some 40 years.
Car parking
A car park is provided for patients who are visiting the surgery, with a designated parking space for the use of disabled patients.
Please park only in the spaces provided and ensure you are not blocking the exit of a doctor who may be called out on an emergency. Please note that no responsibility can be accepted by the practice for damage caused to any vehicle in the car park.
Due to the small number of parking places, we ask that patients consider walking or cycling to the surgery or else catching a bus or parking elsewhere.
Sustainability
Underwood Surgery is pleased to be signed up to the Green Impact for Health Toolkit and is actively taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint. Over the past year we have made changes which have resulted in us achieving a silver award and next year, we will be working towards the gold award. The climate emergency is also a health emergency, and health care in the UK contributes 4-5% of the UK’s carbon emissions.
We need to enhance the health of today’s population without compromising the health of future generations, and this means operating within the sustainable boundaries of the planet. Fortunately, most of the solutions for the planet also make our health better – for example eating a mainly plant-based diet, engaging in active travel and exercise in nature, avoiding smoking, reducing pollution etc. These all enhance our health and reduce our need for medications, with further benefits to the NHS, your health and the carbon footprint of healthcare.