Updated 19 February 2019
Charlestown Medical Practice is located on the outskirts of Manchester. It is part of and managed by Northern Health GPPO Ltd, a not for profit organisation.
The practice is located in the same building as a range of community clinics providing services. The practice is fully accessible to those with mobility difficulties. There is a small car park with disabled parking spaces.
At the time of our inspection there were 4069 patients registered with the practice. The practice has an Alternative Primary Medical Services (APMS) contract and is a member of Manchester Health and Care Commissioning. The APMS contract is the contract between general practices and NHS England for delivering primary care services to local communities.
The average life expectancy and age profile of the practice population is slightly above the CCG and national average. Information taken from Public Health England placed the area in which the practice at seven on the scale of deprivation (from a possible range of between one and 10, where 1 is most deprived). In general, people living in more deprived areas tend to have greater need for health services
The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to provide the regulated activities of diagnostic and screening procedures; surgical procedures; maternity and midwifery services and treatment of disease, disorder and injury.
Regulated activities are delivered to the patient population from the following address:
Charlestown Rd
Blackley
Greater Manchester
M9 7ED
The practice has a website that contains information about what they do to support their patient population and the in-house and online services offered.
The practice is a teaching practice for postgraduate doctors.