Headley Drive Surgery provides primary medical services in New Addington to approximately 2500 patients and is one of 59 practices in Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The practice population is in the second most deprived decile in England. The practice is one of the three in the New Addington Group Practices which includes Fieldway Medical Centre and Parkway Health Centre. All the three surgeries are managed by AT Medics.

The practice population has a higher than CCG and national average representation of income deprived children and older people. The practice population of children is higher than the CCG and national averages and the practice population of working age people is lower than the CCG and national averages; the practice population of older people is lower than the local average and national average. Of patients registered with the practice for whom the ethnicity data was recorded 17% are white British, 10% are black African and 4% are black British.

The practice operates in converted premises. All patient facilities are wheelchair accessible. The practice has access to one doctor consultation room, one nurse consultation room, and two medical student consultation rooms on the ground floor.

The clinical team at the surgery is made up of one part-time male GP who is the director, one part-time male salaried GP, two part-time female practice nurses and one female healthcare assistant. The non-clinical practice team consists of practice manager, quality assurance co-ordinator, site co-ordinator and four administrative and reception staff members. The practice provides a total of nine GP sessions per week.

The practice operates under an Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contract, and is signed up to a number of local and national enhanced services (enhanced services require an enhanced level of service provision above what is normally required under the core GP contract). The practice is a training practice for trainee doctors and medical students.

The practice reception and telephone lines are open from 8:00am till 6:30pm Monday to Friday. Appointments are available from 9:00am to 12:00pm and 3:00pm to 6:00pm every day. Extended hours surgeries are offered on Wednesday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Additional surgeries are offered at Parkway Health Centre on Monday to Friday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm and on Saturdays from 9:00am to 1:00pm and 3:00pm to 7:00pm and on Sundays from 3:00pm and 7:00pm.

The practice has opted out of providing out-of-hours (OOH) services to their own patients between 6:30pm and 8am and directs patients to the out-of-hours provider for Croydon CCG.

The practice is registered as a partnership with the Care Quality Commission to provide the regulated activities of diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.