Fred MacSorley
Years active1980s–present
Known forMedical cover for motorcycle racing events
Medical career
ProfessionDoctor
FieldGeneral Practitioner
Sub-specialtiesPrehospital 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

MacSorley came from a medical family in Belfast.[1]

Medical career

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Family ties central to doctor's honour". Portadown Times. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Team - Church Walk Surgery". churchwalk.gpsurgery.net. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Self-defence classes for GPs". BBC News. 17 September 2002.
  5. ↑ Purvis, John (May 2015). "The Art of Motorcycle Medicine" (PDF). Ulster Medical Journal. 84 (2): 77–78.
  6. ↑ "Biking Doctors". BBC News. 8 May 2009.
  7. ↑ "Retirees have put so much into road racing". Fingal Independent. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Bell, Stephanie (13 May 2015). "Flying doctor: How medic John Hinds is helping to make biking safer". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  9. ↑ White, Kyle (7 July 2015). "Dr John Hinds 'irreplaceable' says fellow 'Flying Doctor' Fred MacSorley". The News Letter.
  10. ↑ "Ulster's top doctors vie for GP title". Belfast Telegraph. 23 October 1999. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Queen's birthday honour's list: MBE". The Guardian. 11 June 2011.
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