• Doctor
  • GP practice

Stirling Road Medical Centre

Overall: Requires improvement read more about inspection ratings

Stirling Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 1PL (01752) 982202

Provided and run by:
Plymouth Primary Care Ltd

Important: The provider of this service changed. See old profile

Assessment report published 1 July 2025

Ratings

  • Overall

    Requires improvement

  • Safe

    Requires improvement

  • Effective

    Requires improvement

  • Caring

    Good

  • Responsive

    Requires improvement

  • Well-led

    Requires improvement

Our view of the service

We carried out an assessment between the 28 November 2024 and 18 December 2024, in response to concerns we received. Stirling Road Medical Centre is a GP practice and delivers services to approximately 34,000 patients under a contract held with NHS England. The practice has one main location and four branch sites. Information published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities shows that deprivation within the practice population group is in the 1st decile (1 of 10). The lower the decile, the more deprived the practice population is compared to others. This assessment considered the demographics of people using the service, the context the service was working within and how this impacted service delivery. Scores were reached based on evidence found at this assessment.

The provider of this service took over the running of the practice in April 2024. At this assessment we found improvements were needed in governance systems and processes, in particular health and safety; staff training; monitoring of people’s health and access to care and treatment for people in a timely manner . People were treated with respect and kindness. Where relevant, further commentary is provided in the quality statements section of this report. The service was in breach of the legal regulation relating to person-centred care, staffing and good governance. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.

People's experience of this service

People told us the practice treated them with kindness, compassion, empathy and respected their privacy and dignity. People found there were issues in getting an appointment, with long waits on the telephone and delayed responses to online requests. People said they were involved in decisions about their care and treatment.