All of the doctors are partners in the Practice which is an unlimited partnership. This is a training practice, so you may see another doctor. He or she is a fully qualified doctor, who has completed at least a year in hospital (often much longer), and who is now working with us for six months or one year to obtain experience in general practice.
As part of their training they are now required to record some of their consultations on video. These recordings are normally only seen by the doctor and his or her trainer, and will only be made or viewed with your written permission.
GPs
Dr Julia Brown
GMC No 3584998
MBBS, DCh, DRCOG, MRCGP
1992 Newcastle
Dr Debbie Ashcroft
GMC No 3465655
MBChB, DRCOG, MRCGP, Dip Derm
1990 Sheffield
Dr Stephen Wild
GMC No 3120581
MBChB, FRACGP (Aus), MRCGP, DOccMed
1986 Leicester
Dr Bridget Laybourne
GMC No 4369080
MBChB, DFFP
1996 Johannesburg
Dr Dylan Owen
GMC Number 4307873
MBchB, MRCGP, Dip Derm
1996 Manchester
Nurses
Caroline Blackburn – Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Caroline qualified as a registered nurse in 1996 and has worked in the community setting since 2003. She completed additional training as a Non Medical Prescriber and Physical Assessment Skills in 2010 and has a Bachelor’s of Science with honours in Respiratory Practice (2012).
Caroline can undertake assessment and clinical management of patients with health problems. She can take health history, perform clinical examinations, diagnose and treat many illnesses and conditions. She has special clinical interests in respiratory medicine (asthma/COPD) and elderly care.
Debra Smith – Nurse Prescriber
Debra qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1997 and has worked as Practice nurse for the past 14 years. She has been a Nurse Prescriber since 2014 and can undertake assessment and management of patients with minor health illnesses and long-term conditions including hypertension (blood pressure), cardiovascular and respiratory conditions. She has undertaken specialist training in respiratory medicine (asthma and COPD), minor illness/injury and is also a Nurse Trainer/Mentor for the Cervical Cytology Service. Debra holds specialist chronic disease clinics for patients with asthma and COPD, hypertension and cardiovascular disease and provides minor illness/minor injury clinics. She is also available for telephone advice.
Sandra Chapman – Nurse
Sandra has undertaken specialist training in coronary heart disease, diabetes and smoking cessation.
Janet Coates – Nurse
Janet has undertaken specialist training in smoking cessation and in coronary heart disease.
Amy Kerr – Nurse
Amy has recently joined as a treatment room nurse after spending a number of years working on the Ambulatory Care Ward at the Friarage Hospital.
Emma Stanley – Nurse
Emma has a wide range of nursing skills and provides a general nursing service for our patients.
Kathryn Hill – Phlebotomy and Care Assistant
Olivia Dixon – Phlebotomy and Care Assistant
Lorraine Reed – Phlebotomy
Helen Stephenson – Phlebotomy and Care Assistant
Supporting staff
Managing Partner
Stephen Brown BA (Hons) FCCA MA
Assistant Practice Manager
Harriet Manning
Dispensers
Sue Buck – Dispensary Manager
Kate Fox
Lynne Wallis
Dispensary Assistants
Amanda Morton
Sarah Weatherald
Home Deliveries
Kate Fox
Olga Lambert
Secretaries
Jo Corbett
Alison Binks
Janet Armstrong
Notes Summariser
Rachel Flintoft
Receptionists
Janet Armstrong
Karen Mabbott
Ruth Westwood
Sarah Pybus
Lorraine Reed
Specialist Paramedic
Pete Shaw, a Specialist Paramedic employed by Yorkshire Ambulance Service, is based at our Practice. In a scheme unique to Leyburn Medical Practice, as well as answering Ambulance Service emergency calls, Pete is able to see and treat walk in minor injury cases, thereby complementing the service provided by our doctors and nurses.
Community Support Staff
Access is provided to a full complement of support staff, based mainly in the same building, comprising community nurses, midwives, health visitor, physiotherapist, chiropodist and psychiatric nurses.
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