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THE DOCTORS
Dr Helen Akester
Qualified in 1989 from Nottingham University Medical School. Postgraduate work included three years on the South Lincolnshire Vocational Training Scheme for General Practice and six months in the Casualty Department of the Sheffield Children's Hospital. She has a special interest in diabetes and GP training.
Qualifications
B Med Sci (Bachelor of Medicine Sciences, 1987 Nottingham)
BM BS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1989 Nottingham)
DRCOG (Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists 1993)
MRCGP (Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1993)
DFFP (Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning 1993)
Certificate in Diabetes Care (Warwick University)
Dr Gareth R Roberts
Qualified in 1994 from Manchester University. He spent three years working on the GP Training Scheme at Northallerton, then he worked in A & E in Leeds and spent a year as an expedition doctor in West Africa. He was also a GP in Bishop Auckland for two and a half years. He has special interests in drug/alcohol misuse and in travel/expedition medicine. He works a weekly session for the Community Addiction Service in Bishop Auckland, and is Honorary Medical Advisor to the youth development charity Raleigh International.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) (Bachelor of Science, Manchester University)
MB ChB (Hons) (Medical Degree, Manchester University)
MRCGP (Member of Royal College of General Practitioners) Certificate in Management of Drug Misuse, Royal College of General
Practitioners
Dr Elizabeth Gardner
Qualified from the University of Sheffield Medical School in 2001, Dr Gardner then worked in A & E and Orthopaedics in two of the London Teaching Hospitals. In 2004 she took up a registrar post in Leeds as part of her GP training scheme before joining a Harrogate practice as a full time maternity cover. She enjoys all aspects of General Practice.
Qualifications
MRCGP (Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners)
MB ChB (Medical Degree, University of Sheffield)
Dr Angela Wright
Qualifications
Qualified in 2002 from Leeds University. Postgraduate work has involved VTS work in the Airedale area in such fields as A & E, paediatrics and gynaecology. After completing her VTS training in 2006 Dr Wright worked in a busy Harrogate surgery.
Dr Wright has special interests in Palliative Care and works two days per week at St Michael’s hospice in Harrogate. She also has interests in women’s medicine and fits coils and contraceptive implants.
Qualifications: MRCGP (Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners) – 2007
Post graduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine (Cardiff University
2010 – Distinction)
Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Health – 2009
Dr Steven Broadbent
Qualifications
Qualified from Leicester university in 1999. Postgraduate work was initially at Leicester and then in A & E Departments for several years.
He has spent several years doing surgical training around the country including Derby and Salisbury where he studied Orthopaedics, ENT, Plastics, General Surgery and Urology. He attained his MRCS in 2006 and then decided to leave surgery. He studied psychiatry in Solihull and then secured a three year GP training scheme at Northallerton where he did 6 months in paediatrics, medicine and obstetrics and gynaecology. He has a special interest in minor injuries and minor surgery.
MRCGP (Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners)
MRCS (Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England)
DRCOG (Diploma Royal College of Obstetricians &
Gynaecologists)
MB ChB (medical degree, Leicester)
PRACTICE STAFF
The practice is organised by a practice manager with the assistance of two office managers and eight receptionists. There are five qualified practice nurses and a health care assistant who will give general health advice, attend to blood taking, measurements, dressings and travel immunisations.
They are also available for routine pill checks, blood pressure checks, dietary advice and cervical smears. There is a close liaison between the practice staff and the district nurses employed by the local hospital trusts.
The Nursing Staff
Sister Carol Gilbey
Sister Helen Cunningham
Sister Fiona Ranson
Sister Sally Bailey
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Health Care Assistants
Mrs Patricia Chapman
Mrs Daphne Wilson
Administrative Staff
Practice Manager Office Managers
Mr Geoffrey Hyde Mrs Evelyn Nicholson (Masham)
Mrs Elaine Falshaw (Kirkby Malzeard)
Receptionists
Mrs Lorna Clarkson
Mrs Daphne Wilson
Mrs Marion Fairbairn
Mrs Judith Ramsay
Mrs Stephanie Riley
Mrs Louise Threapleton
Mrs Helen Bowen
Mrs Sarah Stansfield
Mrs Patricia Chapman
Other Associated Staff
The following professionals, who are all employed by the Primary Care Trust (PCT),
liaise with the surgery personnel and have full use of the practice facilities to provide additional services to our patients:
District Nurses
Midwives
Counsellor
Health Visitors
Physiotherapists
Mental Health Link Visitor
Doctors in Training and Medical Students
The practice has been approved for the training of doctors in general practice. Drs Akester and Roberts usually have a registrar working with them. These doctors are fully qualified and in the final stage of training before entering a practice of their own. You may be asked permission for your consultations with the doctor to be video-taped for training purposes. At various times during the year for two week periods, a medical student from either St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Imperial College Hospital, London or Leeds University sits in on consultations and accompanies the doctors on their visits to patients.
It is recognised that patients may prefer not to be seen by a registrar or medical student. If this is the case please indicate your wishes to a member of the reception staff. If, however, you are prepared to allow the medical student or registrar to see you, this will be much appreciated.
