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Our team

Doctors – partners and GPs Nurse practitioner and AHPs Pharmacist Nursing team GP registrars, junior doctors & medical students Management & support staff

Doctors – partners and GPs

Dr Colette Broadhurst

MBchB(hons) Edinburgh 1992; MRCGP; DFFP; DRCOG; Diploma in Nutritional Medicine; Diploma in Palliative Care; BSc (hons)

Dr Broadhurst has worked here since 2016 following 20 years as a Scarborough GP. The personal list system enables her to get to know her patients and provide personalised care, whilst the daily walk-in surgery ensures patients with acute problems are able to access help. She is a GP trainer and believes strongly in supporting and developing staff who wish to undertake new roles. The practice systems facilitate effective part time working, which enables her to pursue other interests outside of work.

Colette lives in a beautiful house near the sea in a small village of people who are passionate about their interests. She loves being able to walk or cycle directly from home, catching glimpses of the local wildlife, or to discover the amazing work of local artists drawn to the area because of the quality of the light.

Dr Becky Chandler

MB, ChB, MRCGP, DFSRH; 2003 Liverpool

Dr Chandler qualified in Liverpool in 2003 and gradually made her way to Whitby, via Australia, in June 2014. She loves living by the coast and when not at work, you may see Becky out running, walking her dog or trying to keep up with her children.

Dr Carolyn Fisher

MB, ChB, FPC; 1983 Manchester

Dr Fisher is a salaried GP; she has a special interest in teaching, family planning, IT, women’s health and psychiatry.

Carolyn loves the beautiful village she lives in, with its true sense of community.

Dr Napa Gopikrishnan

M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S (Ed); 1990 Madras

Dr Gopikrishnan is an FRCS (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons) and has a special interest in teaching, ENT (ear, nose and throat), orthopaedics and joint injections. Dr Gopikrishnan is the buildings lead for the Practice.
Outside of the Practice he works in Whitby Community Hospital and does out-of-hours sessions.

Dr Rob Hazledine

MB, ChB, MRCGP; 2001 Glasgow

Dr Hazledine is a GP trainer and has a special interest in teaching and joint injections. He also works in the local Community Hospital.
Outside of work Rob is a qualified RFU coach, enjoys both coaching and watching local rugby, and loves the quality outdoor lifestyle that living in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park offers him and his family.

Dr Tara Hazledine

MB, ChB, DCH, nMRCGP; 2000 Edinburgh

Dr Hazledine has a special interest in teaching, paediatrics, women’s health and palliative care. She is an FY2 trainer and teaches the 4th year HYMS medical students. Outside of the Practice she works as a hospice doctor at St Catherine’s Hospice in Scarborough and until recently worked for the CCG as a Macmillan GP. Tara loves spending quality time outdoors with her family.

Dr David Hilson

MB, BS; 2011 York

Dr Hilson has an interest in palliative care and covers the local hospice in Scarborough on a number of weekends. He also works as an out of hours doctor in Whitby.

Studying medicine was a second career. His first degree was in Marine Geography. He led adventure tours for a number of years in a wide range of areas including Cuba, Libya, Pakistan and Peru. His favourite areas to work were Jordan and Costa Rica.

He was consistently asked when he was going to get a ‘real job’. In 2005 he started his medical degree at Hull York Medical School. He loved Yorkshire and stayed in the area after graduation, moving to Whitby as it was half way between his job at Scarborough Hospital and his wife’s in Middlesbrough. Having fallen for Whitby, Dave was delighted to become a partner at Whitby Group Practice in 2015.

Professor Terry McCormack

MB, BS, DA(Eng), DRCOG, DFFP, MRCA; 1982 St Mary’s Hospital London

Prof McCormack has a special interest in research, teaching, orthopaedics, joint injections and cardio-vascular medicine. He also liaises with the Whitby Lifeboat crew and in 2016 received the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Gold Award. He is an extensively published researcher, and in February 2016 was awarded the NIHR Clinical Research Network Award ‘Leading Commercial Trial Principal Investigator’ Recruitment Category 19.

Prof McCormack is an Honorary Reader in Primary Care Medicine, Hull York Medical School and Honorary Teaching Fellow, Imperial College of Medicine, London. He is editor of the British Journal of Cardiology and on the Editorial Board, Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease as well as being an. He is an Expert Adviser NICE Centre for Clinical Practice and a member of both the Hypertension and Venous Thromboembolism Guideline Committees.

Dr Richard J Morgan

MBChB (hons) Leeds 2012, BSc (hons)

Dr Morgan qualified from the University of Leeds in 2012 and moved to Scarborough in 2014 to complete his GP training. Having worked as a GP in Scarborough, he recently joined Whitby Group Practice and is enjoying working in this beautiful part of the coast.

Dr Anne Zhao

MBChB (Leeds 2012), BSc (Hons)

Dr Zhao was born in North Wales. She moved to Yorkshire in 2006 for University and has lived here ever since. She qualified from the University of Leeds and moved to Scarborough in 2014, where she completed her GP training. She loves living by the coast and joined Whitby Group Practice after previously working in a practice in Scarborough.

Dr M. Hilson

MBBS 2011 Hull York Medical School, DFSRH

Dr Maddy Hilson is a salaried GP. She has a special interest in women’s health and is passionate about menopause care. She fits coils and contraceptive implants within the surgery. She has previously worked in Hull, Middlesbrough and Newcastle hospitals before completing her GP training in Scarborough.

She lives locally with her husband (also a GP at Whitby Group) and their children.

Dr Akinloye Joseph Olawamide

MB ChB, MRCGP; 2011 (Ife)

Dr Olawamide qualified from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 2011. He moved to the Scarborough area in 2019 to complete his GP training. He enjoys living and working along the beautiful North Yorkshire coast.

Dr. Bankole Adeyalo

MBBS, MRCPGP, MRCSEd. Ibadan 2011.

Dr. Adeyalo qualified from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 2011. He has previously worked in Essex in surgical roles and he is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.

He moved to Scarborough in 2019 to for his training in General Practice and has since remained in the area. He enjoys going to the beach in summer and exploring the outdoors.

Nurse practitioner and AHPs

Our Nurse Practitioner, Maxine Atkinson, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Maddie Butler and Anna Newham, are fully trained to diagnose, treat and advise on:

  • asthma problems
  • abdominal pain/symptoms
  • eye problems
  • throat problems
  • thrush (candida)/urine infections (UTIs)
  • muscular or bony injuries and symptoms e.g. back pain
  • childhood high temperature
  • chest infections (upper RTIs)
  • headaches
  • ear problems
  • rashes/skin infections
  • general or emergency contraception and advice
  • refer for further tests e.g. x-rays

Pharmacist

Clinical Pharmacists

Marie Newbould.
Marie works for the Primary Care Network and is based at Whitby Group Practice, Sleights and Sandsend practices.

Joanne Lambert
Joanne works for the Primary Care Network and is based at Whitby Group Practice, and Egton practices.

We are also supported by Pharmacy Technician Damian Chrapek who works for the Primary Care Network and is based at Whitby Group Practice.

Pharmacists are highly trained health professionals, having completed a four-year university degree and worked for a year under supervision.

Nursing team

Senior Practice Nurse: Mell Dunwell

5 Practice Nurses (RNs)

1 Diabetes Specialist Nurse

1 Clinical Support Worker
5 Healthcare Assistants (HCAs)

Our team of Practice Nurses and Healthcare Assistants are available from 8.00am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Later appointments can be arranged for certain clinics and through Better Access; please ask one of our receptionists.

Practice Nurse run clinics are run by appointment in the nurse consulting rooms as follows:

  • Diabetic clinic
  • Asthma clinic
  • COPD clinic
  • Hypertension clinic
  • Coronary heart disease clinic
  • Treatment monitoring clinic
  • Cervical smear clinic
  • Cryotherapy clinic
  • Family planning clinic including insertion and removal of subcutaneous contraception and coils
  • Immunisation clinic
  • Foreign travel advice and immunisation
  • Leg ulcer treatment clinic
  • Stroke clinic
  • Sexual health clinic  – chlamydia screening, condom distribution and contraception advice

Our Healthcare Team also offer:

  • New patient health checks
  • NHS health checks on patients aged 40-74 with no pre-existing conditions
  • Smoking cessation advice
  • Advice about healthy eating
  • Weight management
  • Drug monitoring

We also have an Outreach Service, and a Research Team.

District Nurses and Health Visitors are attached to the Practice.

Midwives are accessible through Whitby Community Hospital.

GP registrars, junior doctors and medical students

Training practice

We are proud to be a well-established training practice. We often have medical students and trainee doctors working in the practice. You may have an appointment at the surgery or receive a home visit from them. There is a good explanation of GP training on the BMA website.

GP registrars

Fully qualified doctors, known as GP registrars (or Specialty Trainees/GPST), complete the final stages of their general practitioner training. The doctors are usually with us for between six to 12 months, becoming an integral part of the practice team and an invaluable resource for patients.

You may be offered an appointment with a GP registrar should your own doctor not be available. Please treat them as one of our team. All GP registrar work is supervised by a partner.

Feedback from patients regarding our GP registrars has been overwhelmingly positive. We believe that achieving and maintaining training practice status enhances the quality of the medical care that we provide. It also enables patients to see a wider range of clinicians, whilst allowing the practice to benefit from the fresh ideas and approaches brought by young enthusiastic doctors.

You can of course still elect to see your regular doctor.

Foundation year two doctors

We also train junior doctors in the second year of their postgraduate training. This is called Foundation Year Two (FY2). They will be attached to the practice for four months as part of a rotation of posts they undertake based in local hospitals. Some of them plan to train to be GPs but many will go on to training in another speciality such as surgery or paediatrics. They will work under the supervision of a partner at all times.

Our current foundation year two Junior Doctor is Dr Jennie Kusznir (female clinician)

Medical students

Patients may also meet medical students in the surgery or accompanying the doctor on their calls. Students from Hull York Medical School and Imperial College London spend time with us during years 4 and 5 of their five years at university. It is very useful for them to gain experience meeting patients in the practice and at home. It helps them understand the impact of illness on peoples’ lives far better than they can achieve in hospitals. They are not qualified doctors and cannot prescribe. All their work with patients is supervised closely.

Video recordings

A very important part of the training of doctors is to use videotaped recordings of consultations to assess the doctor’s competence and to help them develop their consultation skills. Video recordings of consultations are used for assessment and may be viewed outside the practice by assessors who do not know the doctor or the patient.

Every consultation that is video-recorded is done with informed consent. We will ensure you understand beforehand that the recording is being made, the purposes for which it will be used, who will see it and how long it will remain in existence. You have the right to refuse. The tape is only seen by doctors and is erased as soon as the educational activity has been done. If you change your mind after a consultation the tape will be erased immediately. No physical examinations are filmed. We are very grateful for our patients co-operating with this activity.

If you do not wish to be seen by a medical student or trainee doctor please inform the receptionist.

Management and support staff

Our non clinical team

Whitby Group Practice employs management and support staff to ensure the smooth running of the Practice. Staffing covers both sites, Whitby and Robin Hood’s Bay, with many of the team working part time, achieving a great work life balance.

Practice Manager: Bekki Shone 
Head of Operations: Ness Dixon
Head Premises, Patient Liaison & HR Administration: Paula Heffernan

5 receptionists
4 medical secretaries
3 records clerks
1 research administrator
1 summariser

1 senior dispenser
5 dispensers

6 housekeeping staff

Whitby Group Practice

Spring Vale Medical Centre
Rievaulx Road
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO21 1SD

Part of Whitby Coast and Moors Primary Care Network

Robin Hood’s Bay branch surgery

Station Road
Robin Hood’s Bay
North Yorkshire
YO22 4RA

Contact us

Whitby Spring Vale: 01947 820888

Robin Hood’s Bay: 01947 880230

Email: HRWCCG.WhitbyGroupPractice
@nhs.net

Out of hours: 111

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Accessibility

Accessibility modes

Epilepsy Safe Mode
Dampens color and removes blinks
This mode enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode
Improves website's visuals
This mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode
Helps to focus on specific content
This mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode
Reduces distractions and improve focus
This mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode
Allows using the site with your screen-reader
This mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.

Online Dictionary

    Readable Experience

    Content Scaling
    Default
    Text Magnifier
    Readable Font
    Dyslexia Friendly
    Highlight Titles
    Highlight Links
    Font Sizing
    Default
    Line Height
    Default
    Letter Spacing
    Default
    Left Aligned
    Center Aligned
    Right Aligned

    Visually Pleasing Experience

    Dark Contrast
    Light Contrast
    Monochrome
    High Contrast
    High Saturation
    Low Saturation
    Adjust Text Colors
    Adjust Title Colors
    Adjust Background Colors

    Easy Orientation

    Mute Sounds
    Hide Images
    Virtual Keyboard
    Reading Guide
    Stop Animations
    Reading Mask
    Highlight Hover
    Highlight Focus
    Big Dark Cursor
    Big Light Cursor
    Navigation Keys

    Whitby Group Practice, part of Whitby Coast and Moors Primary Care Network Accessibility Statement

    Accessibility Statement

    • whitbygrouppractice.nhs.uk
    • February 3, 2023

    Compliance status

    We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.

    To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.

    This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.

    Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.

    If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email HRWCCG.WhitbyGroupPractice @nhs.net

    Screen-reader and keyboard navigation

    Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:

    1. Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.

      These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.

    2. Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.

      Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.

    Disability profiles supported in our website

    • Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
    • Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
    • Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
    • ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
    • Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
    • Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.

    Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments

    1. Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
    2. Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over 7 different coloring options.
    3. Animations – epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
    4. Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
    5. Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
    6. Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
    7. Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.

    Browser and assistive technology compatibility

    We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.

    Notes, comments, and feedback

    Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to HRWCCG.WhitbyGroupPractice @nhs.net