Updated 15 January 2025
Date of Assessment: 25 April 2025 to 13 May 2025. Amherst Medical Practice is located at 21 St Botolphs Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3AQ, is a GP training practice and has a branch practice in High Street, Brasted, Kent, TN16 1HU that has a dispensary. We visited both practices as part of this assessment.
Amherst Medical Practice is a GP practice that delivers services to approximately 15, 222 patients, under a contract held with NHS England. The National General Practice Profiles states that 91% of the practice population are White, 4% Asian, 1% Black, 3% mixed and 1% other. Information published by Office for Health Improvement and Disparities shows that deprivation within the practice population group is in the 10th decile (10 of 10). The lower the decile, the more deprived the practice population is relative to others. The practice has a higher-than-average population of older people with co-morbidities. This assessment considered the demographics of the people using the service, the context the service was working within and how this impacted service delivery. Where relevant, further commentary is provided in the quality statements section of this report.
We found a breach of the legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.