Updated 11 March 2020
Dr R M Roope and Partners is located at The Whiteley Surgery, Yew Tree Drive, Whiteley, PO15 7LB. It was previously a branch of Locks Road Surgery which closed in 1991 leaving The Whiteley Surgery as the main location.
The practice provides services under a general medical services contract. The practice has approximately 13,000 registered patients with a slightly higher than average working age and children and young families population and its patients are predominantly from a white British background. The practice is part of the NHS Fareham and Gosport Clinical Commissioning Group.
In 2017, a collaboration was formed between The Whiteley Surgery and two other local practices in order to improve services to patients – separating acute care from long term condition care. The collaboration was called Sovereign Primary Health Care. This provided a same day access service at Fareham Community Hospital, which was supported by staff from all three practices.
The practice had access to an acute visiting service which was run on behalf of all 10 Fareham GP practices.
The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission to carry out the following regulated activities:
- diagnostic and screening procedures
- surgical procedures
- family planning
- maternity and midwifery services
- treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
The practice’s clinical team consists of five partners and three salaried GPs with a whole time equivalent of 4.46, three advanced nurse practitioners, three practice nurses, and three health care assistants. The administration team is led by a practice manager and consists of an assistant practice manager, two information technology (IT) managers, a reception manager, three administrators, three medical secretaries and 11 receptionists.
The practice has opted out of providing an out-of-hours service. Information was available on the practice’s website to advise patients that an expended hours service was available on Saturday mornings at a nearby practice. If patients required care and treatment outside normal hours they were advised to call NHS 111.