Stonehill Medical Centre

Background to this inspection

Updated 11 September 2017

Stonehill Medical Centre is located in the Farnworth area of Bolton. Consulting rooms are all accessible to patients with a disability and there is a car park with space for disabled parking. There is also a branch surgery (under the same registration as Stonehill Medical Centre), Highfield Surgery, also in Farnworth. This is also accessible and there is street parking outside. Patients are able to make appointments at the surgery of their choice.

At the time of our inspection there were approximately 13,800 patients registered with the practice. The practice is a member of by NHS Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The practice delivers commissioned services under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract.

The practice is in a deprived area, in the second most deprived decile. There is a lower than average life expectancy. The life expectancy for males is 75 years (CCG average 77 years and national average 79 years) and the female life expectancy is 79 years (CCG average 81 years and national average 83 years). The practice age and gender profile is similar to the national averages, as are the proportion of patients registered who have a long standing health

There are six GP partners, two male and four female. There are six salaried GPs, two male and four female. There is also a nursing team made up of nurse practitioners, practice nurses, assistant practitioners and a phlebotomist. There is a practice manager and a team of administrative and reception staff.

Stonehill Medical Centre is open:

Monday 8am - 8.15pm

Tuesday 8am – 8pm

Wednesday 7am – 6.30pm

Thursday 8am – 6.30pm

Friday 8am – 6.30pm

Appointments are available at various times while the practice was open.

Highfield Surgery (the branch site) is open from 9am until 12 noon and 2pm until 5pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. It is open from 9am until 12 noon on Wednesdays.

Weekend appointments were available two hubs within the GP Federation area.

The practice is a teaching and training practice for medical students and registrars.

There is an out of hours service available provided by BARDOC via NHS 111.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 11 September 2017

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Stonehill Medical Centre on 9 September 2016. The overall rating for the practice was good, with a rating of requires improvement in the safe domain. The full comprehensive report on the September 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Stonehill Medical Centre on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 23 August 2017 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breach in regulation that we identified in our previous inspection on 9 September 2016. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements.

Overall the practice remains rated as good and the safe domain is now rated as good.

Our key findings were as follows:

All clinical rooms were locked with a keypad lock to prevent entry when unoccupied.
All patient information was secure.
All medicines and patient samples were kept securely.
Sharps bins were not over-filled.
Policies were in place regarding the above and regular checks were carried out to ensure compliance with the policies.

The practice is rated as good for the care of people whose circumstances may make them vulnerable.

This rating was given following the comprehensive inspection 9 September 2016. A copy of the full report following this inspection is available on our website. http://www.cqc.org.uk/search/services/doctors-gps

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Background to this inspection

Overall inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)

People with long term conditions

Families, children and young people

Older people

Working age people (including those recently retired and students)

People experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia)

People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable