Dr Michelle Le CheminantClinician

Biography

Dr Michelle Le Cheminant is a Consultant Anaesthetist and, since January 2026, Chair of the Medical Specialist Group (MSG) in Guernsey — the first female and youngest person to hold that position since the group's establishment in 1992. The MSG provides emergency and elective specialist medical services for the Bailiwick of Guernsey in partnership with the States of Guernsey. She joined the MSG in 2019 as a locum Consultant Anaesthetist, was made permanent in 2020, and served as Deputy Chair before being appointed Chair. She studied medicine at the University of Cambridge and qualified with an MBBS from King's College London, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2014. She has publicly argued for adapting healthcare services to meet the demands of Guernsey's ageing population and has emphasised patient-centred care as the core priority of the MSG.

References

1. 1.The Medical Specialist Group appoints first female chair | MSG — Confirms appointment as Chair (first female, youngest since 1992), educational background, charitable roles including Orbis International and Guernsey Overseas Aid Commissioner
2. 2.Medical Specialist Group appoints first female chair – Channel Eye — Confirms January 2026 Chair appointment, career history at MSG from 2019, Cambridge/King's College London education, Fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthetists 2014
3. 3.Dr Michelle Le Cheminant | MSG — Official staff page confirming permanent appointment from 2020, prior role at UCL, Zambia lectureship, specialist interests in paediatric/ophthalmic/obstetric anaesthesia, DRCOG 2016, FRCAnaes 2014, Orbis volunteering
4. 4.New Deputy Chair appointed for Medical Specialist Group – Channel Eye — Confirms November 2024 Deputy Chair appointment and succession plan, quotes on ageing population and patient-centred care priorities

Expertise

Cited on

• Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Stated areas of expertise

• Anaesthesia and peri-operative medicine
• Healthcare governance and leadership
• Ageing population and specialist care
• Paediatric anaesthesia
• Island and community healthcare
• Workforce development

Notable achievements

• Appointed first female and youngest Chair of the Medical Specialist Group since its establishment in 1992, taking up the role in January 2026. Source ↗
• Volunteered with Orbis International on sight-saving and eye-care training projects in Vietnam, Malawi and Mongolia. Source ↗
• Served as a Visiting Lecturer in Anaesthesia at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia for six months in 2017. Source ↗
• Appointed Commissioner on the Guernsey Overseas Aid committee, responsible for distributing States funds to ongoing programmes and disaster relief. Source ↗

What they’ve said

• “Every number in this report is a person. Someone waiting for a diagnosis. Someone recovering from surgery.”

  Chair of the Medical Specialist Group (MSG) · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · HOW LONG? Waiting times hit all-time high as HSC gives itself more time for complaints ↗

• “Every complaint represented a "moment where we fell short of what a patient or family hoped for" and "each one is taken seriously on its own terms".”

  Chair of the Medical Specialist Group (MSG) · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Delayed Guernsey hospital discharges continue for seventh year ↗

• “had refused to hold an interview”

  MSG chairwoman · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Guernsey scrutiny chief condemns interview silence on key report ↗

Source references

1. HOW LONG? Waiting times hit all-time high as HSC gives itself more time for complaintsbailiwickexpress.com · 27 Aug 2026
2. Delayed Guernsey hospital discharges continue for seventh yearbbc.co.uk · 27 Aug 2026
3. Guernsey scrutiny chief condemns interview silence on key reportbbc.co.uk · 27 Aug 2026

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.msg.gg/clinical-team/consultants/dr-michelle-le-cheminant/
• Websitehttps://www.msg.ggpublished here ↗

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