Updated 7 March 2019
The Poplars Medical Centre is in Swinton, Greater Manchester. Regulated activities are delivered to the patient population from: 202 Partington Lane, Swinton, Greater Manchester, M27 0NA.
The practice has a website that contains information about what they do to support their patient population and the in house and online services offered: www.thepoplarsmedicalcentre.co.uk
The practice has 11,666 registered patients and serves a population of patients mostly aged between 15-44.
The practice has five GP partners (one female and four male), five salaried GPs (4 female and one male), three practice nurses, two assistant practitioners, one phlebotomist, and a team of administration and reception staff.
Information taken from Public Health England placed the area in which the practice is in the fourth least deprived decile (from a possible range of between 1 and 10). In general, people living in more deprived areas tend to have greater need for health services.
Outside of practice opening times, patients are diverted to the NHS 111 out of hours service. The service operates under a General Medical Services contract and provides the following regulated activities: Maternity and midwifery, Diagnostic and screening procedures, and Treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The GMS contract is the contract between general practices and NHS England for delivering primary care services to local communities.