The Grange Group Practice is located in the Fartown area of Huddersfield and is a practice member of the NHS Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group. The practice has a registered population of 16800 patients. It is located in an area of high deprivation as the locality is within the 20% most deprived in the country. The practice is located at Fartown Grange, Spaines Road, Huddersfield, and is accommodated in a large purpose built surgery with good disabled access. There is also a branch surgery located two miles away at 268 Keldergate, Deighton, which is accommodated in a converted bungalow. We inspected both the main and branch surgeries.

There are nine GP’s (five male and four female) at the practice. The practice is a GP training practice and nurse practitioner training practice and usually has up to two trainees at any one time. In addition to the GP’s the practice has three Advanced Nurse practitioners (all female), five Practice Nurses, four healthcare assistants,

20 administrators and three managers. There are also pharmacists employed by the practice. Staff are both full and part time employees.

The practice is open between 8.30am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday; however the branch surgery closes at 5.00pm on Fridays.

The practice does not provide out of hour’s services, these are provided by Local Care Direct which is accessed through the normal practice telephone number or through NHS 111.