Updated 28 October 2019
Drs Nazareth, Hameed, Frankland and Ihsan practice is also known as The Waterloo practice and is a member of Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). It is located within an urban area of Huddersfield, situated in modern purpose-built premises. There is disabled access, all patient areas are on one level and there are car parking facilities on site. There is also an on-site pharmacy.
The practice has a patient list size of 9,580 with a slightly higher than national average of patients aged between 65 to 85 years. The majority of patients are white British and there are moderate levels of deprivation in the practice area. The practice has close links to local residential nursing/care homes and provides care and support as needed for registered patients who reside there.
The practice has one site, which we visited as part of this inspection:
Waterloo Health Centre, Wakefield Road, Waterloo, Huddersfield, West YorkshireHD5 9XP.
The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide the following regulated activities:
- Diagnostic and screening procedures
- Maternity and midwifery services
- Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
- Surgical procedures
- Family planning
The practice provides General Medical Services (GMS) under a locally agreed contract with NHS England.
In addition they provide medical services to a local young people’s home for patients who have complex physical and mental health needs.
The practice is open between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday, closing between 1pm to 2pm each day.
Appointments are available from 8.30am to 1pm and 2pm to 5.50pm. Extended surgery hours are offered on one evening per week, the day is not fixed but varies depending on which GPs are managing the clinic. Pre-booked appointments for these clinics are available from 6.30pm to 8pm.
When the practice is closed out-of-hours services are provided by Local Care Direct, which can be accessed via the surgery telephone number or by calling the NHS 111 service.
The Waterloo Practice is a training practice and is accredited to train qualified doctors to become GPs. There are six GP partners, four male and two female. There are currently two GP registrars; and one advanced nurse practitioner. The clinical team also consists of three practice nurses and two health care assistants; all of whom are female.
The clinicians are supported by a practice manager and a team of administration and reception staff.
The practice has good working relationships with local health, social and third sector services to support provision of care for its patients. (The third sector includes a very diverse range of organisations including voluntary, community groups).
When we returned to the practice for this inspection, we checked, and saw that the previously awarded ratings were displayed, as required, in the practice premises. The overall rating was displayed on the practice website with a link to the inspection report.