Meet the team
Doctors
Dr James Howarth (Male) MB BChir (Cambridge) 1997 MRCGP
Dr Howarth was born and brought up in Yorkshire. He studied medicine in Cambridge and London and ended up as a junior doctor at Lincoln County where he met his future wife. In 2005 he became a GP and spent 8 happy years on the coast at Mablethorpe before he joined Spilsby Surgery. He is happily married with two children who he thinks are lovely, but then he would. He has a couple of dogs which need a lot of walking. In whatever spare time is left he likes watching films and live bands no-one has heard of. He works at Spilsby three days a week and is Clinical Lead for the East of the county on Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
Dr Vongai Shuro (Female) MRCGP MBBS (St George’s, London) BSc Medical law and ethics (King’s College, London) Publicity and social media lead First5 Lincolnshire
Dr Shuro went to medical school in London and moved to the East Midlands for her GP training in 2016. She is happily married and has two handsome sons who love animals and farm visits. In her spare time, she loves cooking, singing, writing and playing basketball. She also looks forward to tourism and travelling after the Covid19 storm is over.
Dr Shuro has a special interest in medical law and ethics as well as holistic and mental health. She has also been recently appointed publicity and social media lead for the <a href=”http://www.firstfivelincolnshire.co.uk/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>First5 group of young GPs</a>. She is looking forward to engaging with and improving the health of the our communities at large while working from the surgery 3days a week.
Dr Stephen Savory (Male) MB BS (London) 1991 MRCGP 1995
Dr Savory trained as a GP at Lincoln, and has lived locally for 25 years, working at Boston, Swineshead, and from 2010 at Spilsby. He is the surgery’s prescribing and safeguarding lead, and has special interests in cardiovascular (heart and stroke) medicine and contraception. He is a trainer for doctors wishing to specialise in General Practice, and tutor to medical students from the University of Lincoln. He is the Chair of the Lincolnshire Local Medical Committee, which represents the county’s GP practices and their patients. He is usually available at Spilsby three days a week.
Nursing Staff
Andrea Longstaff RGN - Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Andrea is qualified at Masters Level as Advanced Nurse Practitioner. Her working week and caseload is very similar to her doctor colleagues. She works in our Duty Clinician rota, and leads weekly visits to our three local care homes. Andrea can prescribe, request investigations and initiate referrals. Andrea is accredited to fit intrauterine and implant contraceptives.
Practice Nurses
Mrs Carli Wright RGN
Mrs Rachel Wren RGN
Care Coordinators
Mrs Georgina Green RGN
George is a trained nurse who works part-time to plan the joined-up social, health and voluntary care of patients with complex health or social care needs where they lack existing community nursing or social work support. George is contactable via our Reception team, and will consider self-referrals or contacts from the family or acquaintances of our patients. She normally works on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
