Updated 13 January 2020
The Stanford Medical Centre provides services from three premises; a main site and two branch sites. These have good transport links and have a pharmacy nearby.
Main site: The Stanford Medical Centre, 175 Preston Road, Brighton, BN1 6AG.
Islingword Road Surgery: 179 Islingword Road, Brighton, BN2 9SL.
Cockcroft Surgery: University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GN.
The Stanford Medical Centre is registered with the CQC to provide the regulated activities; Treatment of disease, disorder or injury; Surgical procedures; Diagnostic and screening procedures; Maternity and midwifery services and Family planning services.
The provider is situated in the NHS Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and provides services to 19,433 patients under the terms of a general medical services (GMS) contract. They offer a number of services for patients including; sexual health advice and family planning, chronic disease management, smoking cessation, health checks and travel vaccines and advice.
There are currently nine registered GP partners (five female, four male). There is one salaried GP (female). There are six practice nurses, and one health care assistant. There is one pharmacist. GPs and nurses are supported by the practice manager and a team of reception/administration staff.
Data available to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) shows the number of patients from birth to 18 years old served by the practice is slightly below the national average. The number of patients aged 85 years and over is comparable to the national average. The number of patients in paid work or full-time education is above the national average. The National General Practice Profile states that 89% of the practice population is from a white background with a further 11% of the population originating from black, Asian, mixed or other non-white ethnic groups. Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as five, on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest. Male life expectancy is comparable to the national average of 79 years. Female life expectancy is comparable to the national average of 83 years.
The Stanford Medical Centre is open from Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm. The practice offers extended opening hours on Monday evenings from 6:30pm to 9:20pm, and Saturday mornings from 8am to 11.00am. The Islingword Road Surgery is open from 8am to 11:30am and from 2pm until 5:30pm Monday to Friday. The Cockcroft Surgery, which serves the University of Brighton, is open during the term-time only from 8:15am until 12pm.
Appointments can be booked over the telephone, online or in person at the surgery. Patients are provided with information on how to access an out of hour’s service by calling the surgery or viewing the practice website.
When the practice is closed patients are asked to call 111, which is a free 24-hour helpline to help patients access the appropriate out of hours care. The out of hours service offers appointments from 6am to 8am on weekday mornings and throughout the day and evening during weekends. Alternatively, patients can see a doctor or nurse 7 days a week at the walk-in clinic at the Brighton Station Health Centre. The Centre is open from 8am to 8pm every day of the year.