Updated 7 May 2019
Grand Union Health Centre is located at 209 Harrow Road, London, W2 5EH in a three-storey, purpose built medical facility. The practice has access to 13 consultation rooms which are accessible by lift and stairs.
The practice was formed in October 2015 by the merger of two former GP practices, the New Elgin Practice and Harrow Road Health Centre, based at 209 Harrow Road. There was a further merger in September 2018 with Bayswater Medical Centre, a practice rated inadequate and placed into special measures following an inspection undertaken on 10 May 2018.
The practice holds a Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract with NHS West London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and provides services to approximately 17,177.
The practice is registered as a partnership with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to provide the regulated activities of diagnostic and screening procedures, treatment of disease, disorder or injury, maternity and midwifery services, family planning and surgical procedures.
The practice team includes two female and one male GP partner, three male and six female salaried GPs (total of 70 GP clinical sessions), one full-time clinical pharmacist, three practice nurses (93 hours per week), three health care assistants (105 hours per week) and a team of 16 administration and reception staff led by a full-time practice manager, assistant practice manager and operations manager.
The practice is open between 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Extended hours appointments are available until 8.30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and from 6am on Friday. Patients can also access GP and practice nurse appointments from 6.30pm-8pm on Monday to Friday and from 8am–8pm on Saturdays and Sundays at GP hub in the area.
Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as two on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest. Data shows that almost 51% of patients at the practice area were from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups.