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Our Team

Doctors

Dr Bridget Laybourne - Senior GP Partner

GMC No 4369080 MB BCh 1996 University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg)

Special intertest in Women's Health & Safeguarding Adults & Children Lead.

Dr Lucy Fox - GP Partner

GMC No 7454780 MB ChB 2014 University of Leeds

Special intertest Musculoskeletal, Palliative Care

Dr Karthik Shanmugam - GP Partner

GMC No MB BS 2000 Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Med University

GP Lead: Diabetes and GP Training and CQC registered manager for the practice.

Dr Matt Ansell

GMC No 7553011 MB ChB 2017 University of Sheffield

Special interest in Men’s Health and skin.

Dr Sinead Bell

GMC No 7138132 MBBCh 2011 Cardiff

Special interest in Medical Education.

Dr Rachael Tibbits

GMC No 7037591 MB ChB 2009 University of Manchester

Special interest in skin

GP registrars

This is a training practice, so you may see another doctor known as a GP registrar.

A GP registrar is a qualified doctor who is training to become a GP through a period of working and training in a practice. They will usually have spent at least two years working in a hospital before you see them in a practice and are closely supervised by a senior GP and/or trainer.

You will be advised if an appointment is with a GP registrar and you will have the choice to have an appointment with another member of the clinical team if you prefer.

As part of their training they are 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.

Locum GPs

You may also speak to and/or be seen by a locum doctor. A locum doctor is a fully qualified GP who works at the practice on a temporary basis to cover the regular doctors when they are away from the practice, for example on holiday or on maternity leave.

Nursing Team

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, and carry out cervical smears.

Caroline Blackburn - Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Special interest in respiratory medicine, learning disabilities and elderly care.

Debra Smith - Lead Practice Nurse/Nurse Prescriber

Special interest in chronic disease clinics for patients with asthma and COPD, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

Amy Kerr - Practice Nurse

Special interest in respiratory medicine.

Emma Knights - Practice Nurse

Special interest in diabetes.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses and GPs with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and health checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Healthcare Assistants
  • Olivia Dixon (Lead)
  • Alison Mulligan
  • Clare Tulip
  • Kathryn Hill
  • Kristie Townend

Pharmacy & Dispensary Team

GP Clinical Pharmacists in primary care manage medication reviews, repeat prescribing systems, and provide expert advice on drug therapies to optimise patient care.

Pharmacy

Mick Rayner

Dispensary
  • Sue Buck - Dispensary Manager
  • Kate Fox - Dispenser
  • Diane Harmsworth - Dispenser
  • Amanda Morton - Dispenser / Dispensary Assistant
  • Betty Guy - Dispensary Assistant
  • Tim Marshall - Home Delivery Driver

Practice Team

Practice Management

Alison Binks

Our Practice Manger is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and ensuring that the practice runs efficiently and effectively and is responsible for managing both the administrative and operational aspects of the practice, allowing healthcare professionals to focus on patient care.

Practice Support Team

Our admin team are vital for maintaining the efficient and organized functioning of the practice. This team supports both the clinical staff and patients by handling a variety of administrative tasks.

  • Amanda Crawford
  • Clare Lambert
  • Emily Pead-Jowett
  • Janet Armstrong
  • Jo Corbett
  • Kirsty Worsley
  • Lisa Roper
  • Millie Riley
  • Ruth Westwood
Other Staff

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 visitors, physiotherapists, podiatry and Memory and Mental Health.