Updated 3 September 2019
Dr Zuber Ahmed, also known as Sun Valley Medical Practice, is located at Glodwick Primary Care Centre, 137 Glodwick Road, Oldham, OL4 1YN. The surgery is on a bus route, has a large car park, and there is a pharmacy located in the same building.
The provider is registered with CQC to deliver the Regulated Activities diagnostic and screening procedures, family planning, maternity and midwifery services, surgical procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
Dr Zuber Ahmed is a member of Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and provides services to approximately 5,500 patients under the terms of a personal medical services (PMS) contract. This is a contract between general practices and NHS England for delivering services to the local community. The practice population has increased by approximately 2000 patients during the last four years.
The provider is a single-handed male GP who registered with the CQC in April 2013. From April 2019 the single-handed GP was supernumerary, having a salaried and locum clinical team to see patients. There was a male and a female salaried GP and a male and a female long-term locum GP. The practice also employed a practice nurse, an advanced nurse practitioner, and a member of the nursing team referred to as a clinical practitioner who had just completed a masters degree enabling them to be an advanced nurse practitioner. There is also a healthcare assistant and phlebotomist, and a chiropractor is directly employed by the practice. They are supported by a practice manager and several administrative and reception staff.
There is a higher than average number of patients under the age of 18, and a slightly below average number of patients between the ages of 65 and 85. The number of patients over the age of 85 is in line with the CCG average and below the national average. The National General Practice Profile states that 47% of the practice population is from an Asian background with a further 5% of the population originating from black, mixed or other non-white ethnic groups. 48% of patients are from white backgrounds. Information published by Public Health England, rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as one, on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest. Male life expectancy is 76 years compared to the national average of 79 years. Female life expectancy is 80 years compared to the national average of 83 years.