Lindfield Medical Centre Also known as Dr Reader & Partners

Updated 18 January 2017

Lindfield Medical Centre offer primary medical services via a general medical services (GMS) contract to approximately 11,154 registered patients. The practice provides services to a higher number of patients who are aged over 45 years of age with a significantly higher number of patients between the ages of 65 to 69 and over 85 years of age, when compared with the local clinical commissioning group (CCG) and England average. The practice is in an area with low deprivation levels compared to the CCG and national average.

The practice clinical staff comprises six GP Partners (three male and three female), four practice nurses (1.7 Whole Time Equivalents (WTE)), a health care assistant (0.6 WTE) and a care co-ordinator. The Practice is supported by a team of administration staff including a practice administrator and a reception and secretarial team. Day to day management is undertaken by a practice manager.

The practice runs a number of services for its patients including minor surgery, asthma clinics, child immunisation clinics, diabetes clinics, new patient checks, and weight management support.

Services are provided from:

Lindfield Medical Centre

High Street

Lindfield

Haywards Heath

West Sussex

RH16 2HX

The practice was open between 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Out of hours services are provided by IC 24.

Updated 18 January 2017

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection of this practice on 7 April 2016. Breaches of Regulatory requirements were found during that inspection within the safe domain. After the comprehensive inspection, the practice sent us an action plan detailing what they would do to meet the regulatory responsibilities in relation to the following:

• Ensure fire drills are undertaken at regular intervals.

We undertook this focused desktop inspection on 25 October 2016 to check that the provider had followed their action plan and to confirm that they now met regulatory requirements. A desktop inspection is when we request information from the registered provider to check that they have taken action to meet regulations without a visit to the location.

This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Lindfield Medical Centre on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

This report should be read in conjunction with the last report published in August 2016.

Our key findings across the areas we inspected were as follows:-

• We saw evidence to confirm that the practice had undertaken a fire drill and practice as indicated in their action plan.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

Updated 18 January 2017

The practice was rated as good for the care of older people on 7 April 2016. This rating remains unchanged.

Updated 18 January 2017

The practice was rated as good for the care of older people on 7 April 2016. This rating remains unchanged.

Updated 18 January 2017

The practice was rated as good for the care of older people on 7 April 2016. This rating remains unchanged.

Updated 18 January 2017

The practice was rated as good for the care of older people on 7 April 2016. This rating remains unchanged.

Updated 18 January 2017

The practice was rated as good for the care of older people on 7 April 2016. This rating remains unchanged.

Updated 18 January 2017

The practice was rated as good for the care of older people on 7 April 2016. This rating remains unchanged.