Updated 2 April 2019
The St Mary Cray Practice is located in the High Street, St Mary Cray, Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley. The area is mainly residential with some industrial premises nearby. The premises are close to rail stations and bus routes with on-road parking close to the surgery. The practice is located in rented accommodation converted for use as a surgery on the ground floor and a dental practice on the first floor. The two services share the entrance door and corridor only.
The St Mary Cray Practice is based on the ground floor of the premises. The facilities include the reception area, a large separate waiting room, two GP consultation rooms, one nurse treatment room, a spare treatment/consultation room for use as required, two administration rooms and the reception/administration area.
The service operates under a General Medical Services contract providing services to 2990 registered patients. Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are responsible for commissioning health services for the locality. There are a large number of small GP surgeries in the vicinity (five surgeries within a radius of 0.5 miles). A nearby practice had closed at the end of January, consequently the practice list size was continuously growing, since the end of January 400 new patients had joined the practice.
The provider is registered with the CQC to provide the regulated activities of family planning; maternity and midwifery services; treatment of disease, disorder and injury and diagnostic and screening procedures. Clinical services are provided by the three female GPs (One full time lead GP and two-part time salaried GPs) one Practice Nurse and a Clinical Pharmacist. Administrative services are provided by eight part-time members of staff including a Practice Manager, Assistant Practice Manager, Medical Records Summariser, Medical Secretary/Receptionist and four reception staff.
The practice is open between 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday, Tuesday evening from 6.30pm to 7.45pm. The practice has opted out of providing out-of-hours (OOH) services. Patients needing urgent care out of normal hours are advised to contact the OOH number 111 which directs patients to a local contracted OOH service or Accident and Emergency, depending on the patient’s medical urgency.