Clinicians

 

Rebecca Wright

Pharmacy Technician

Rebecca has been with Thursby Surgery since January 2021.

A fully qualified Pharmacy Technician, trained to Level 3, Rebecca has 24 years of experience working within Pharmaceuticals.

With an ever-evolving role at the Surgery, Rebecca will soon be holding face-to-face

consultations with patients, to discuss medications, in the near future.

Mark Green

Practice Paramedic

Mark joined Thursby Surgery in March 2022.

Qualified in Muscular Skeletal injury management and recovery,Mark has worked for both the East Midlands and North-West Ambulance Services, spending a combined 19 years as a Paramedic, 11 years as a Senior Paramedic..

Mark will specialises in acute care and teaches resuscitation and clinical skills. He is also studying for his masters.

Outside of work, Mark enjoys paddle boarding, mountain biking and hiking with his wife and Labrador "Copper"

Mark also considers himself a "Bit of a history buff"

In progress

Andy Savage

Practice Paramedic

Andy joined Thursby Surgery in October 2023.

Andy has worked for the North West Ambulance Service since 2007, here locally in East Lancashire. He started his career as an ambulance technician and qualified as a paramedic in 2011, he held a senior paramedic post for 10 years before joining the Surgery.

Outside of work, Andy enjoys spending time with his family and getting into the great outdoors with his wife and 2 young sons. He also enjoys camping trips, paddleboarding, mountain biking and just getting out in nature! 

In progress

Sean Freyne

Practice Paramedic

Sean joined Thursby Surgery in October 2024.

Sean started working in the NHS in 1988 and since then he has had a varied career over the last 34 years.

He started working as a hospital porter aged 18 years at Burnley General hospital and following attending night school and obtaining the required GCSE qualifications, he then applied to the then Lancashire Ambulance Service (Now NWAS -  North West Ambulance Service) where he qualified as State Registered Paramedic, he remained in that post until 2014. He was also a retained firefighter working both jobs at that time but he gave up his firefighting position in 1993 as things became too time consuming doing both jobs, and also due to the volume of academic training he was doing to obtain his degree. He then attended John Moore's University in Liverpool where he gained additional qualifications which enabled him to progress to become a credited practitioner in primary care. He obtained a position in 2016 at Airedale Hospital in Keighley where he worked with the acute illness team and Telemedicine until 2017. He then moved over to Preston Royal Hospital where he worked as a Paramedic Practitioner in the Urgent Care Centre unit until 2018 when he secured a post at Briercliffe Medical Centre as a Paramedic Practitioner and independent prescriber where he stayed for 6 years.

He then took early retirement at aged 55, in May of this year (2024), and took 6 months out before coming to Thursby Surgery working part time - 2 days per week, which he says is a lovely work and life balance and allows him to provide support to his children and child care for his grandchildren where needed.

 Outside of work, Sean plays an electric guitar and bass guitar and he has played in several bands over the years. He currently spends most weekends playing in pubs, clubs and festivals all over the country in his ska and reggae band which he says is really enjoyable but at times quite time consuming.

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