Allied Health Professionals
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Pharmacists
- Tobi Amadasun – Male, Clinical Pharmacist and Partner
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Tobi Amadasun joined the Breckland Alliance in 2018 as Lead Clinical Pharmacist. He works across all three Breckland sites. He became a Partner at the Practice in 2019 and helps support the leadership of the practices across the Alliance. Tobi has a background in Community Pharmacy, Care homes services, Pharmacy business development and General Practice. He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia (Pharmacy), University of Birmingham (Independent Prescribing) and London school of Commerce (MBA). He has a passion for Elderly medicine, Type 2 diabetes and Medicines Management. A local to Watton, Tobi lives in the area with his wife Khadija and two young children. Tobi enjoys involvement in several activities within the community and is a regular guest speaker at the local diabetes society. He enjoys playing Football, reading and spending time with family.
Advanced Practitioners
- Rob Mackie – Male, Advanced Paramedic Practitioner
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Rob joined Watton Medical Practice in 2015 and has specialised in Primary Care for 30 years. Previously he was a member of the Royal Air Force for 23 years, seeing operational services in Norway, Falkland Islands, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and Democratic Republic of Congo to name a few areas. Rob left the RAF in 2000 and started managing Helimed Aeromedical Services, providing Helicopter Emergency Medical Services to major sporting events such as F1 Grand Prix, WRC, F1 Offshore Powerboat Championships, World and British Super Bike Championships. He then moved on to serve with EEAST as a Paramedic Practitioner, Clinical Operations Manager in Out of Hours and Clinical Director to CareUK in Suffolk and North Essex. He has 2 sons both in their 20’s. He is also a member of the Emergency Medical Response Team at Snetterton Race Circuit. His interests are generally outdoors/water sport based. He enjoys surfing, kayaking, climbing, travelling, walking, reading, listening to music and walking his beloved Jack Russell, Nalu. - Professor Mark Bilby – Advanced Paramedic Practitioner, Independent Prescriber
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Mark joined Watton Medical Practice in April 2018 following a period of working in Acute Medicine at the James Paget Hospital. He started his clinical career with the Royal Navy, becoming a Petty Officer, and has more than 40 years of patient care experience in both military and civilian settings.After working in prehospital care in both the West Country and Norfolk, including several years on the East Anglian Air Ambulance, Mark became one of the UK’s first Advanced Emergency Care Practitioners (ECPs). He was appointed an Advanced ECP and Team Leader at Whitechapel Walk-in-Centre, eventually becoming Deputy Lead Clinician and leading its closure and amalgamation into the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centre at the Royal London Hospital, developing his skills and knowledge in treating illness and injury, for all patients. Missing Norfolk, he moved back to work in Primary Care. Mark was amongst the first Paramedics to become Independent Prescribers.Mark is also an Associate Professor in Medical Education at Norwich Medical School and is the Module Lead for Primary Care on the Physician Associate Programme.Mark is married to Karen, who is an Operations Manager for the NHS, they live locally. They have five children and 2 grandchildren between them. Outside work Mark is a keen motorcyclist, both on and off road. He and Karen tour on their motorcycle, he is an enthusiastic cook and enjoys a glass of wine. - Suzanne Martin – Female, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Female
Sue grew up in Leicestershire before moving to Norfolk to commence her Nurse training and qualifying in 1997. Working in Older Peoples Medicine at QEH whilst studying for her degree, where she met her Nurse Husband. She also had a career in District Nursing, Management, Specialist Nurse roles and a Community Matron. She has recently completed her Advanced Professional Practice Post Graduate Diploma to work as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner upon joining the Surgery in March 2023. Sue has a huge passion about improving care for our older population. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family and 2 rescue dogs, meeting up with friends and reading. - Kezia Wilkinson – Female, Physician Associate
Kezia graduated from the UEA in 2021 with a degree in Biological Sciences. She then went on to study for another 2 years at UEA gaining her MSc as a Physician Associate. She grew up in Norfolk and attended Wayland Academy High School. Kezia enjoys playing sports in her spare time, mostly spending time at the gym, or playing netball in a competitive league in Norwich.
Healthcare Team
- Rebecca Willies – Pharmacy Technician, Female
Rebecca has worked within pharmacy for over 20 years, qualifying as a Pharmacy Technician in 2011. She has worked in several community pharmacies up until 2015 when she worked at a Mental Health Hospital as a medicines management technician. She moved to Norfolk in 2020 and worked within Prison healthcare as a wing pharmacy technician. Moving to Primary Care in 2023, to take on a new branch within Pharmacy and help make a difference to patients. Rebecca has a 5 year old child, enjoys doing many crafts including diamond art, string art and knitting. She also helps run a bi-yearly charity short mat bowls competition where she helped raise £17,000 for various charities including Mind, Great Ormond Street, Guide dogs and Marie Curie.
- Andrea Green – Social Prescriber, Female
Andrea joined The Breckland Alliance in January 2020 as a Social Prescriber. Social Prescribing is a means of enabling GPs, nurses and other primary care professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services. Social prescribing seeks to address people’s needs in a holistic way and support individuals to take greater control of their own health. One of the key goals of the Social Prescriber is to help reduce unnecessary demand on front-line health and social care services. Social prescribing is open to all adults and can help a range of people whose needs are non-medical. Andrea has been a Social Prescribing practitioner for many years and has achieved a Level 5 qualification in information, advice and guidance. In her spare time she loves to visit the coast and spends many weekends away with her Husband in their caravan. Originally from Sheffield but has lived in Spain, Manchester and the Midlands as her husband was a publican, and has lived in Norfolk for 12 years and has one son.