Updated 1 May 2019
Lathom House Surgery is located at 31 Lord Street, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 4BZ. The practice is part of the NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commission Group (CCG) and provides services under a General Medical Services contract with NHS England. It has 4421 patients on its register. The practice website address is www.lathomhousesurgery.nhs.uk.
Lathom House Surgery was established in 1998 and provided from a converted residential dwelling. The building was extended in 2005. The practice provides consultation and treatment rooms on the ground and first floor. The surgery provides good access for those with mobility problems. Patient car parking is available. The GP surgery is close to a health centre and the practice is hoping to relocate into the health centre in 2019.
The female principle GP is supported by two female salaried GPs. The staffing complement includes one practice nurse, three health care assistants, one business manager, an office manager and five administrative / reception staff.
The practice is open Mondays to Fridays from 8.00am to 6.30pm, appointments are available between 9.00am and 11.50am each morning and in the afternoon from between 3pm and 5.30pm. Appointments outside core hours are available from the Extended Access Service, which offers appointments weekdays between 6.30pm and 8.00pm and daytime during Saturdays and Sundays. The service runs from various locations on weeknights and from three hubs in West Lancashire at the weekend.
Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as eight on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest.
The practice has a higher number of patients over the age of 65 years, 24% compared with the England average of 17%. The largest age group of patients registered at the practice are aged between 50 and 54 years.
The practice has 56% of its population with a long-standing health condition, which is higher than CCG average (55%) and the England average (51%). Unemployment at 5% is higher than the local average of 3% and the national average of 4%.
The practice provides surgical procedures, maternity and midwifery services, treatment of disease, disorder or injury and diagnostic and screening procedures as their regulated activities.