Updated 16 July 2019
Sherburn Group Practice, The Medical Centre, Beech Grove, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6ED is a GP practice in a large village in the Selby district of North Yorkshire. Sherburn in Elmet is situated between Leeds and York. There are transport links to nearby cities and access to hospitals, Leeds is approximately 16 miles to the west and York is approximately 16 miles to the north east. Both cities are approximately 30 minutes away by car, and there are also train stations in the village and in the neighbouring village of South Milford with regular trains to both cities. The practice is also a teaching practice accommodating student nurses and medical students.
The practice has historically been part of a federation and worked with local practices to develop services for patients due to the distance to hospitals. The practice team have a wide range of knowledge and expertise and have undertaken extended training such as in cancer care, paediatrics, contraception and diabetes. This means that patients can access certain care closer to home.
There has been an increase in the practice population and the area has a significant amount of housing development. This has led to an increased demand on GP services and the practice are taking measures to accommodate the increase, for example with two urgent GP clinics each day. The practice provides extended hours on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, there is no other provision in the area for urgent care or extended hours apart from a telephone consultation service when the surgery is closed. They are now working with two other practices in the locality to develop a primary care network and services to meet the needs of their patients.
The provider is registered with CQC to deliver the Regulated Activities; diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services, family planning, surgical procedures, and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
These are delivered from two sites in the same location.
Sherburn Group Practice is situated within the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and provides services to 9833 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 provider is a partnership of five GPs (a mix of females and males) and a management partner who registered with the CQC in 2013. The practice employs three salaried GPs, a GP retainer, an advanced nurse practitioner, one practice nurse, two treatment room nurses, two health care
assistants and a range of administration and reception staff. The is also a practice dispensary with three dispensers and a dispensing manager.
The National General Practice Profile states that 99% of the practice population is from a white
background. Information published by Public Health England, rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as ten, on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest. Male life expectancy is 80 years compared
to the national average of 79 years. Female life expectancy is the same as the national average at 83 years.