Updated 16 August 2018
Leckhampton Surgery is a GP partnership located about one and a half miles from Cheltenham town centre. The practice’s premises are within an Edwardian house which has been extended over a number of years to accommodate the growing needs of the local population.
The practice provides its services to approximately 13,000 patients under a General Medical Services (GMS) contract. (A GMS contract is a contract between NHS England and general practices for delivering general medical services and is the commonest form of GP contract). The practice delivers its services from the following address:
17 Moorend Park Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL53 0LA.
Information about the practice can be obtained through their website at:
The practice partnership has nine GP partners making a total of approximately seven and a half whole time equivalent GPs. There are four male and five female GPs. The nursing team includes one nurse practitioner and four practice nurses who were all female. The practice also employed three health care assistants, a care co-ordinator and a pharmacist. The practice management and administration team included a practice manager, an assistant practice manager, a patient services manager and a range of administration and reception staff. The practice is approved for training qualified doctors who wish to become GPs and teaching medical and nursing students. At the time of our inspection there was one GP registrar undertaking their training with the practice.
The practice had a higher than average patient population aged above 65 years old. The general Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) population profile for the geographic area of the practice is in the least deprivation decile. (An area itself is not deprived: it is the circumstances and lifestyles of the people living there that affect its deprivation score. Not everyone living in a deprived area is deprived and that not all deprived people live in deprived areas). Average male and female life expectancy for the practice is 82 and 86 years, which is above the national average of 79 and 83 years respectively.
The practice reception desk is open from 8.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday and there is a duty doctor on site from 7.30am. Appointments with a GP are from 7.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Patients have access to the building via the main door and can use the check in screen to inform the GP they have arrived for their appointment. The GPs always collect patients from the waiting area. Extended hours are available from 6.30pm to 8pm on Wednesdays, and 8am to 10am on the first and third Saturday of the month.
The practice is registered to provide the following Regulated Activities:
- Diagnostic and screening procedures.
- Treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
- Maternity and midwifery services.
- Surgical Procedures.
- Family Planning.
The practice has opted out of providing out of hours services to its patients. Patients can access the out of hours services provided by Care UK via the NHS 111 service.