Updated 2 July 2019
Rowlands Gill Medical Centre provides care and treatment to around 6,300 patients in the Rowlands Gill, High Spen, Chopwell and Winlaton Mill areas of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. The practice is part of Newcastle Gateshead clinical commissioning group (CCG) and operates on a General Medical Services (GMS) contract agreement for general practice.
The practice is part of a corporate provider, CBC Health, which also holds the contracts for several other GP practices in the Gateshead area as well as the contract for the local out of hours service (Gatdoc). CBC Health took over Rowlands Gill Medical Centre in August 2018.
The practice provides services from the following address, which we visited during this inspection:
- The Grove, Rowlands Gill, NE39 1PW
The surgery is located in a converted two storey ex-residential property. There is a car park on site, an accessible WC, wheelchair and step-free access. All patient facilities are on the ground floor.
The service for patients requiring urgent medical attention out of hours is provided by the NHS 111 service and GatDoc.
Patients can book appointments in person, on-line or by telephone.
The practice has:
- one salaried GP (female),
- two regular locum GPs (female),
- one advanced nurse practitioner (female),
- two nurse practitioners (female)
- one practice nurse (female),
- two healthcare assistants,
- a service manager, and
- four staff who carry out reception and administrative duties.
The practice has a higher than average proportion of patients over the age of 65 (26.8% compared to the national average of 17.3% and the CCG average of 16.1%) and a lower number of patients under the age of 18 (16.8% compared to the national average of 20.7% and the CCG average of 19.2%). Information taken from Public Health England placed the area in which the practice is located in the fifth less deprived decile. In general, people living in more deprived areas tend to have greater need for health services