Updated 5 March 2020
The Microfaculty is situated within Waltham Forest Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in East London and is located in a converted house over two floors with free parking on surrounding roads. The practice provides services to approximately 5,200 patients under a Primary Medical Services (PMS) contract. It is registered with the Care Quality Commission to carry on the regulated activities of maternity and midwifery services, family planning services, treatment of disease, disorder or injury and diagnostic and screening procedures.
The practice is rated four out of 10 on the deprivation scale, where one is the most deprived and 10 is the least deprived. Forty nine percent of the practice population has a long-standing health condition, which is slightly higher than the local average of 43% and 10% of the practice population are unemployed, which is higher than the local average of 6%. Thirty seven percent of patients do not have English as a first language and the practice staff speak a combined total of nine languages.
The practice has one male GP principal and two female salaried GPs who complete a combined total of 23 sessions per week, there is a practice nurse who completes five sessions a week and a clinical pharmacist. There are two practice managers and a number or reception/administration staff members. The practice is also a teaching practice and currently has one GP registrar and an international GP who also complete supervision and follow a strict supervision and teaching regime.
The practice is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 6:30pm. Phone lines are answered from 8am and appointment times are as follows:
- Monday 9am to 11:20am and 3:30pm to 5:50pm
- Tuesday 9am to 11:20am and 2pm to 5:50pm
- Wednesday 10am to 12pm and 3:30pm to 5:50pm
- Thursday 9am to 11:20am
- Friday 9am to 11:20am and 3pm to 5:50pm
The locally agreed out of hours provider covers calls made to the practice when it is closed, and it is part of the local HUB which provides GP and nurse appointments on weekday evenings and weekends when the practice is closed.