Updated 16 September 2020
Ashover Medical Practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a partnership, which consists of three male GPs and one female GP. It is registered to carry out the following regulated activities - diagnostic and screening procedures, family planning, surgical procedures, maternity and midwifery services, and the treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
Ashover Medical Practice is a rural dispensing practice which opened in 2004 and is situated within North East Derbyshire close to the Derbyshire Peak District. It works in close collaboration with the provider’s other CQC registered GP practice in nearby Matlock.
The practice has a contract with NHS Derby and Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to provide General Medical Services (GMS) and offers a range of local enhanced services.
The practice has approximately 2,230 registered patients. The age profile demonstrates a higher proportion of older patients, and lower numbers of younger patients compared to local and national averages:
- The percentage of people in the 65+ year age group at 30.3% is above the CCG average of 20.5%, and the national average of 17.3%.
- The percentage of people in the under 18 age group at 13.3% is below the local average of 19.3%, and the national average of 20.7%.
The practice scored eight on the deprivation measurement scale; the deprivation scale goes from one to 10, with one being the most deprived. People living in more deprived areas tend to have greater need for health services.
The National General Practice Profile describes the practice ethnicity as being predominantly white at 98.6% of the registered patients, with estimates of 0.6% mixed race, 0.7% Asian and 0.1% black.
The partners provide some clinical sessions at the practice, working across both of their registered locations. There is a practice manager, a part-time practice nurse, a practice secretary, and a phlebotomist who also works as a notes summariser. Due to the small size of the practice, reception staff work also work as dispensers. There is a senior dispenser/receptionist and a team of six more reception/dispensary staff. A member of this team also works as the practice co-ordinator.
The practice opens Monday to Friday from 8am until 6.30pm with extended hours opening on Tuesday between 6.30-7.30pm. Access to wider local access scheme to be determined.
The surgery closes on a Wednesday afternoon on most months for staff training. When the practice is closed, out of hours cover for emergencies is provided by Derbyshire Health United (DHU).