Fred MacSorley
Fred MacSorley | |
|---|---|
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Known for | Medical cover for motorcycle racing events |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Doctor |
| Field | General Practitioner |
| Sub-specialties | Prehospital care, High Speed Accidents |
Frederick James MacSorley MBE FRCGP is a doctor from Northern Ireland who provided medical cover at motorcycle races for more than 20 years. He works as a General Practitioner (GP).
Early life[edit]
MacSorley came from a medical family in Belfast.[1]
Medical career[edit]
He registered in Belfast in 1978[2] and has worked as a GP, based in Lurgan since 1992.[1] He also has a role as a BASICS doctor.[3]
In the 2002 he devised a programme of self-defence classes for GPs.[4]
MacSorley was one of the team that pioneered the concept of a mobile response at motorcycle racing events in the mid 1980s.[5] He worked as part of the Motorcycle Union of Ireland's medical team.[6] In September 2014, MacSorley retired from being a “travelling doctor” at motorcycle competitions.[7] He had previously had a well-established partnership with his colleague John Hinds.[8] Hinds died the following year while providing medical cover at a race.[9]
Honours[edit]
MacSorley was Northern Ireland Doctor of the Year in 1999.[10][1] He received a MBE in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Family ties central to doctor's honour". Portadown Times. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Team - Church Walk Surgery". churchwalk.gpsurgery.net. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "MBE for BASICS Doctor" (Press release). British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS). June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "Self-defence classes for GPs". BBC News. 17 September 2002.
- ^ Purvis, John (May 2015). "The Art of Motorcycle Medicine" (PDF). Ulster Medical Journal. 84 (2): 77–78.
- ^ "Biking Doctors". BBC News. 8 May 2009.
- ^ "Retirees have put so much into road racing". Fingal Independent. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Bell, Stephanie (13 May 2015). "Flying doctor: How medic John Hinds is helping to make biking safer". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ White, Kyle (7 July 2015). "Dr John Hinds 'irreplaceable' says fellow 'Flying Doctor' Fred MacSorley". The News Letter.
- ^ "Ulster's top doctors vie for GP title". Belfast Telegraph. 23 October 1999. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Queen's birthday honour's list: MBE". The Guardian. 11 June 2011.