Updated 13 September 2018
Aughton Surgery is a semi-rural practice situated on Town Green Lane in Aughton on the outskirts of Ormskirk. The practice is housed in a converted telephone exchange building and delivers primary care services to a patient list of 6000 patients via a General Medical Services (GMS) contract with NHS England. The practice is part of NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning group (CCG).
Patients requiring a GP outside of normal working hours are advised to call Out of Hours West Lancashire GP Services.
The practice is staffed by three GP partners (two male and one female) and one female salaried GP. The GPs are supported by an advanced nurse practitioner, a clinical pharmacist, two practice nurses (both female), and a health care assistant (HCA). The clinical staff are supported by a practice manager and a team of administration and reception staff. The practice is a training practice for fourth year medical students.
The average life expectancy of the practice population is above local averages, with males on average living to 81 years and females to 83 years (CCG average being 79 and 82.5 years respectively, national averages being 79 and 83 years). The practice's patient population consists of a higher proportion of older people, 12% being over the age of 75 (CCG average 9.8%, national average 7.8%) and 19% of the practice population is under 18 years (CCG average 18.9%, national average 20.8%). 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.
Regulated activities delivered are diagnostic and screening, treatment of disease, disorder or injury & maternity and midwifery procedures.