Updated 15 October 2019
Rosmellyn Surgery is located at St Clare Medical Centre, St Clare Street, Penzance, TR18 3DX.
The surgery has good transport links and there is a pharmacy located onsite.
The practice moved to the purpose-built medical centre in January 2019, it shares the premises with two other GP practices. Although the practice remains independent of the other practices, all three practices share health and safety management systems, emergency medicines and equipment.
The provider is registered with CQC to deliver the Regulated Activities; diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services, family planning, surgical procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. These are delivered from both sites.
Rosmellyn Surgery is situated within the Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and provides services to approximately 6,800 patients under the terms of a personal medical services (PMS) contract. This is a contract between general practices and NHS England for delivering services to the local community.
The practice has four GP partners, three of which are female and one is male, and a GP registrar. The practice employs an advanced nurse practitioner, three practice nurses (two of which are prescribers) and four health care assistants. There is also a practice manager, a clinical systems manager, two secretaries, seven reception and administration staff and a facilities manager who works across all three practices.
Information published by Public Health England, rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as three, on a scale of one to ten. Level three represents a higher level of deprivation and level ten the lowest. Average life expectancy for males and females is comparable to local and national averages.
The practice is open between 8.30am and 6pm Monday to Friday. Extended hours appointments are available to book with GPs, nurses and health care assistant between 6.30pm until 8pm every Tuesday and between 9am and 3pm every third Sunday. When the practice is closed patients are directed to contact the out-of-hours service by using the NHS 111 number.