The doctors, nurses and other staff at our practice

Doctors

Nursing Staff

Practice Team

Healthcare Team

Dispensers

Doctors

Dr Robert D Fouracre (m)
MBBS FRCGP Qualified London 1976

Dr Fawaz Khoury (m)
MD Qualified Damascus 1973

Dr Robert S French (m)
MB ChB MRCGP DRCOG Qualified Liverpool 1978

Dr Graham D Heaton (m)
MBChB Qualified Leeds 1983

Dr Robert J Blackbourn (m)
BSc MBBS DRCOG DCH MRCGP Qualified London 1993

Dr David G Fitzsimons (m)
MBChB MRCGP Qualified Leeds 1999

Dr Darren P Wheatley (m)
MBChB Qualified Sheffield 2004. Salaried.

Nurse Practitioners

Sister Debbie Burkinshaw (f)
Sister Debbie Burkinshaw is our Nurse Practitioner. She specialises in acute illness and is able to prescribe medication. Sister Burkinshaw sees many of our acute same day appointments.

Nurses

Sister Angela Lorimer
RGN

Sister Catherine Moss
RGN

Sister Judy Smith
RGN

Healthcare Assistants

Jeanette Simpson
Jeanette Simpson is our health care assistant. Appointments with the HCA can be made for blood pressure checks, hearing tests, ECGs, health checks, spirometry and urine test.. She also performs some of our COPD & Stroke reviews.

Practice Management

Joy Dawson
Joy Dawson is the practice manager she manages and oversees the running of the practice.

Miss Linda Burkitt
Miss Linda Burkitt is the assistant practice manager. Miss Burkitt oversees all personnel and the setting up of surgeries and clinics.

Kathy Sherwood
Kathy Sherwood is our Finance Manager

Administration

The practice employs a number of receptionists and an administration team. They do a difficult job well and are here to help you. Please remember, when asked by the receptionist what appears to be an intrusive question, she is only acting on instructions from the doctors.

Debra Hunter is our Head Receptionist. Receptionists and other staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses.

Pharmacists

Mr Williets
Mr Williets is the practice pharmacist. He provides medication reviews for our patients in order to ensure the medication prescribed by the doctor continues to be the most appropriate for the patient. If you have a query with your medication Dispensary can organise for Mr. Williets to contact you.

Attached Staff

Mrs Guest
Dietician
Mrs Guest is available on Thursdays at Withernsea and Patrington surgeries. An appointment is needed.
She also runs diabetic clinics in conjunction with the practice nurses.

Mrs Alison Muir (f)
Is a Specialist Nurse working with those who have Alcohol or Substance Misuse problems. She attends the surgery on a Tuesday. To see Mrs Muir you must see a GP first.

Clinical Psychologist, Counsellors, Health Visitors, District Nurses, Community Midwives, Speech Therapist, Community Psychiatric Nurses and Substance Misuse Specialist Workers are attached to the practice. Their service is provided either from our surgeries or Withernsea Community Hospital. Assura East Riding provide Ultrasound Scanning and some Physiotherapy services from the surgery.

Dispensers

The practice employs trained dispensers to dispense your medicines and to manage the repeat prescriptions, Donna Lyon is our Head Dispenser. If a dispenser is unable to issue or dispense what you are asking for, it is because of instructions from the doctors. In such cases you will be referred to a doctor or practice pharmacist to deal with your request.

Doctors

Nurse Practitioners

Nurses

Healthcare Assistants

Practice Management

Administration

Pharmacists

Attached Staff

Dispensers

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