Archived: Bretton Medical Practice

Updated 19 October 2016

Bretton Medical Practice provides primary medical care to approximately 12000 patients living around the Bretton area within the city of Peterborough. The practice is situated close to a local shopping area with accessible parking and transport links.

The practice is led by two GP partners (male) who are supported by three salaried GPs (one male and two female) and four nurse practitioners. It is a training practice and currently has two trainee GPs working at the practice. In addition there are five practice nurses and three healthcare assistants. A practice manager and assistant manager support the clinical team along with three administrative staff and 13 reception staff.

The practice opens between 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Appointments are available with GPs from 9am to 12pm and 3pm to 6pm daily. Extended surgery hours are available on Tuesdays until 8pm and on Saturday mornings. In addition to pre-bookable appointments, patients are offered urgent appointments or telephone consultations.

When the practice is closed, patients are provided with the contact number for the local out of hours service or given details of the location of the local walk in centre.

The registered population of patients comprises of a higher than average number of children under the age of 18 compared to the national average. It also has a lower than average number of people aged over 65 years. 36% of patients do not have British/mixed British ethnicity and to help accommodate the diverse patient population, the practice employs multi-lingual staff. The demographic area has a higher than average level of deprivation and the practice have a population turnover of around 20% each year.

Updated 19 October 2016

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out a desk based review for Bretton Medical Practice on 22 September 2016. This was to follow up on actions we asked the provider to take after our announced comprehensive inspection on 1 February 2016. 

During the inspection in February 2016, we identified that the provider must improve;

• health and safety risk assessments of the environment  
• procedures for checking incoming patient health information records
• the role of the infection control lead and the scope and frequency of infection control audits
• documented care plans for patients at risk of unplanned hospital admissions that can be accessed by other health professionals.

The practice wrote to tell us about the action they would take to comply with Regulation 12 Safe care and treatment. We reviewed the evidence they sent us and found the improvements had been completed.

The overall rating for the practice is good. You can read our previous report by selecting the ‘all reports' link for on our website at www.cqc.org.uk

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

Updated 19 October 2016

The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and effectiveness identified at our inspection on 1 February 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.

Updated 19 October 2016

The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and effectiveness identified at our inspection on 1 February 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.

Updated 19 October 2016

The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and effectiveness identified at our inspection on 1 February 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.

Updated 19 October 2016

The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and effectiveness identified at our inspection on 1 February 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.

Updated 19 October 2016

The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and effectiveness identified at our inspection on 1 February 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.

Updated 19 October 2016

The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and effectiveness identified at our inspection on 1 February 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.