Elvington Practice
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This is a rural dispensing Practice of approximately 7000 patients. The Practice area covers 70 square kilometres to the south we cover the villages of Ellerton, East Cottingworth, Seaton Ross and Laytham, and to the west it covers up to the A19 and east of the river Ouse; the Northern boundary includes the villages through Dunnington,Wilberfoss and Bielby.
There are three surgeries at the villages: Elvington, Dunnington and Wheldrake. The main site is at Elvington which is a new surgery built in 2004. The trainee has a dedicated consulting room and undertakes all surgeries from the main site.
Traditionally the Practice area was arable farmland but increasingly, due to commuter spread, there are large pockets of patients who are commuting into Leeds, York and sometimes further afield. The Practice area lies within two health authorities. The majority of the patients are in York and Selby PCT which is North Yorkshire Health Authority but patients on the East side of the river Derwent are covered by East Riding PCT.
Two thirds of the Practice population live further than a mile from a chemist and as a result the practice is able to dispense to patients. This is very different to urban or city GPs and the practice is in a minority of 4,000 national dispensing GPs.
Being rural, visit numbers are very low but it is quite easy to travel many miles on a single visit .Often patients will access the practice rather than A&E because of the distance to the hospital, it is not unusual to deal with chest pain and suturing of lacerations in surgery hours.
Out of hours is now provided by the PCT.
The Practice currently has six Partners:
Full-Time
- Urszula Dudek MBChB
- David Lightwing MBChB MRCGP DCCH BMedSci
- Tim Longmore MBChB MRCGP DGM
- Jamie Ingham MRCGP
Part-Time
- Rome Sigsworth MBBS MRCGP DRCOG DFFP
- Nicole Kessen MD MRCP MRCGP DFFP
Other facts about the practice:
- The practice holds the Investors in People Award.
- The Practice is paper light and all consultations are on the computer.
- As well as being a training practice, the partners are also involved with teaching the HYMS medical students.
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