Meet Our Doctors
The Doctors are available Monday-Friday for appointments, or advice by telephone (according to availability). The doctors are also actively involved with Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
Fownhope Medical Centre is also committed to training qualified doctors to specialise in becoming General Practitioners. We regularly have doctors working here on this basis who are overseen by the partners.
Dr Alison Wood
MB. ChB (Birmingham) DRCOG DFFP Certificate in Diabetes
Dr Wood started work as a GP in 1995 and joined the Fownhope Team in 1996. She lives at Upton Bishop and has a special interest in Family Planning & Diabetes
Dr Michael Hearne
MB.Ch (Cardiff) MRCGP Dip. Derm. DRCOG DFFP
Dr Hearne started work as a GP in 1997 & joined the team in 2000.
He is also Clinical Director of Taurus Healthcare Ltd.
Dr Dinah Hawkyard
MB. CHB (Birmingham) MRCGP DRCOG DFFP
Dr Hawkyard started work as a GP in 2005 and joined the team in 2010. She joined the Fownhope partnership in July 2014. She lives in Lugwardine with her young family.
Dr Richard Kippax
MB BS (Middlesex) MRCGP DRCOG DFFP T GP
Dr Kippax has worked at a Hereford City Practice for 20 years and joined the Fownhope partnership in July 2014.
Dr Sion Gibby
MA (Oxon) BM BCh, DGH DRCOG MRCGP
Dr Gibby started work as a GP in 2002. He has been a GP in London for 15 years before joining the Fownhope team in 2018. He lives on the Welsh Borders.