Updated 11 October 2019
Ashburnham Road Surgery provides a range of primary medical services from its location at 8 Ashburnham Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1DS. Ashburnham Road offers a service from a branch location at 178 Ampthill Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9PU that was not visited as part of this inspection. Ashburnham Road Surgery is part of the NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The practice holds a General Medical Services contract (GMS), this is a nationally agreed contract with NHS England.
The practice serves a population of approximately 3,800 patients with a higher than national average population of patients aged under 18 years and lower than national average population of patients aged over 65 years. The practice population is 57% white British and has a high population of Asian patients.
Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as three on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest.
The clinical team is led by a single-handed male GP. The practice also employs three regular locum GP’s (two female / one male), a female locum nurse, a male health care assistant and a female practice pharmacist. The team is supported by a practice manager and a team of non-clinical, administrative staff.
The practice operates from a three-storey property, with disabled access to the front of the building. Patient consultations and treatments take place on the ground floor and first floor level. There is no car parking available at this site. Patients with limited mobility are seen on the ground floor or at the branch surgery that has disabled access and parking available.
Ashburnham Road Surgery is open from 8am to 6.30pm on Monday to Wednesday and Friday. The practice is closed on a Thursday afternoon where there is an agreement in place for patients to contact the out of hours services. The branch surgery is open on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11.30am to 2pm. When the practice is closed, out of hours services are provided by Herts Urgent Care. Information about this is available in the practice and on the practice website.
The practice provides maternity and midwifery services, treatment of disease, disorder or injury and diagnostic and screening procedures as their regulated activities.