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THE DOCTORS
Dr Michael Harford-Cross |
| Qualified in 1971 from Cambridge University and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. Postgraduate work included a year in the children's department in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, of which six months was spent in the special care baby unit and doing paediatric developmental assessment. He also did a year at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in the Dermatology Department and six months' obstetrics and gynaecology at Newmarket Hospital. His family doctor training year was spent in a Cambridge practice. In 1990, Dr Harford-Cross was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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| Qualifications |
MA (Master of Arts, Cambridge University)
MB BChir (Medical Degree, Cambridge University)
DCh (Diploma of Child Health)
FRCP (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians) |
Dr Roger H Higson |
| Qualified in 1971 from Cambridge University and The Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. Postgraduate work included two years at Manchester Royal Infirmary and three years in the surgical departments at Oxford Hospitals. He is responsible for training doctors in general practice within the Northallerton area. |
| Qualifications |
MA (Master of Arts, Cambridge University)
MB BChir (Medical Degree, Cambridge University)
FRCS (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons) |
Dr Elizabeth S Harford-Cross |
| Trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London and qualified in 1971. Postgraduate training included six months in obstetrics at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. She has full family planning qualifications and is on the obstetric list. She works in the field of the treatment of cervical cancer as well as having a specialist interest in colposcopy, holding regular clinics at St James's University Hospital in Leeds. |
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MB BS (Medical Degree, London University)
DRCOG (Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists)
Family Planning Certificate |
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 maternity care, women's medicine and adolescent problems. |
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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) |
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.
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| 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. |
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Qualifications
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MRCGP (Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners)
MB ChB (Medical Degree, University of Sheffield) |
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 Sara Bailey
Sister Debra Smith
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Health Care Assistant
Mrs Patricia Chapman
Administrative Staff
Practice Manager
Office Managers |
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Mr Geoffrey Hyde
Mrs Evelyn Nicholson
(Masham) |
Mrs Elaine Falshaw
(Kirkby Malzeard) |
Receptionists
Mrs Lorna Clarkson
Mrs Daphne Wilson
Mrs Marion Fairbairn
Mrs Lynda Fletcher |
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Mrs Louise Threapleton
Mrs Helen Bowen
Mrs Rebecca Mann
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 |
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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. Dr Higson usually has a registrar working with him. 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.
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