We have three GP partners based at Leyburn along with three salaried GPs. 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.
GP partners
Dr Julia Brown
GMC No 3584998
MBBS, DCh, DRCOG, MRCGP
1992 Newcastle
Dr Brown is our lead GP Partner for diabetes care.
Dr Debbie Ashcroft
GMC No 3465655
MBChB, DRCOG, MRCGP, Dip Derm
1990 Sheffield
Dr Ashcroft is our lead GP Partner for palliative care.
Dr Stephen Wild
GMC No 3120581
MBChB, FRACGP (Aus), MRCGP, DOccMed
1986 Leicester
Dr Wild is our lead GP Partner for Harewood Medical Practice and no longer sees patients at Leyburn.
Dr Bridget Laybourne
GMC No 4369080
MBChB, DFFP
1996 Johannesburg
Dr Laybourne is our lead GP Partner for family planning and is also our safeguarding lead.
Our GPs
Dr Vas Mani
Vas graduated from the University of Leeds Medical School in 2005. He initially worked as a hospital doctor in the Yorkshire region and then spent time working in emergency medicine in Australia. Vas transferred to GP training in 2010 with placements at Leyburn Medical Practice and The Masham Surgery, during which he was appointed as Club Doctor for Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football. On completion of his GP training he accepted a position as a full time locum Civilian Medical Practitioner at RAF Leeming until taking up a position at Mowbray House Surgery Northallerton as a salaried GP. More recently he has spent time as a A&E doctor, the Club Doctor for Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire Carnegie, and for the last four years he has also worked as a GP for the British Army at the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick Garrison. He is currently the Head Doctor for Hull City Tigers Academy Football Club. Vas completed his Post-Graduate Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine at the University of Bath in 2019 and has a lot of experience in sports and musculoskeletal medicine.
Dr Jane McLennan
Jane graduated from Oxford University Medical School in 1985 and did her GP training at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. She was a partner in a practice in Hertfordshire until 1999 when a family move took her to California for 12 years. During her time in the USA she worked in Cancer Genetics and studied for a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. In 2013 she returned to the UK and worked in various practices as a long term GP locum until moving to Yorkshire, a place she is now very happy to call home. Her interests are women’s health and family planning, paediatrics, dermatology and genetic counselling.
Dr Lucy Fox
Lucy graduated from Leeds University in 2014 and enjoyed living in the area so much she stayed on to do her foundation training in the Leeds and Airedale area. Lucy then moved on to complete her GP training on the Northallerton training scheme. Lucy is our newest recruit and is looking forward to developing her specialist interests and building her career with us here at Leyburn.
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 over 16 years of age 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 joined us 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. She has also undertaken specialist training in cardiovascular disease management, diabetes care and wound care.
Emma Prior – Nurse
Having previously worked in Germany as a child health nurse, Emma now provides us with general nursing, with a specialism in wound care. She is currently undertaking training in diabetes.
Janet Singleton – Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Janet provides specialist care for patients with diabetes.
Kathryn Hill – Phlebotomy and Care Assistant
Carol Monk – Phlebotomy and Care Assistant
Helen Stephenson – Phlebotomy and Care Assistant
Supporting staff
Managing Partner
Stephen Brown BA (Hons) FCCA MA
Assistant Practice Manager
Alison Binks
Vasectomy Service Manager
Harriet Manning
Dispensers
Sue Buck – Dispensary Manager
Kate Fox
Diane Harmsworth
Dispensary Assistants
Amanda Morton
Caroline Humphris
Home Delivery Driver
Tim Marshall
Secretaries
Jo Corbett
Janet Armstrong
Sarah Weatherald
Notes Summariser
Rachel Flintoft
Receptionists
Janet Armstrong
Ruth Westwood
Sarah Pybus
Amanda Crawford
Alison Suttill
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 works closely with our GPs when triaging cases including when responding to 999 call outs to patients’ homes.
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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