Updated 6 June 2018
Fairfield Surgery is a rural practice offering general medical services to people living and working in Burwash, Etchingham and the surrounding area. The current patient list is pproximately 4100. It is a practice with two GP partners, both male and two salaried GPs one male and one female. This equates to 2.7 full time equivalent GPs.
Additionally the practice employs a regular GP locum to carry out a weekly ward round at a local nursing home.
The practice also has two practice nurses, two healthcare assistants, four dispensary staff, a practice manager and a team of receptionists and administration staff.
The practice offered dispensing services to those patients on the practice list who lived more than one mile (1.6km) from their nearest pharmacy.
Data available to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) shows the percentage of patients aged 18 and under is just below both clinical commissioning group (CCG) and England averages. Data also shows the percentage of patients over 65 years of age is higher than both the CCG and national averages. The number of registered patients suffering income deprivation (affecting both adults and children) are below CCG and England averages.
The practice is open Monday to Friday between 8am and 6.30pm. Appointments can be booked over the telephone, online or in person at the surgery. Patients are provided information on how to access an out of hour’s service by calling the surgery or viewing the practice website.
The practice runs a number of services for its patients including; chronic disease management, new patient checks, child vaccinations, smoking cessation, phlebotomy and postnatal care.
Services are provided from one location:
Fairfield Surgery
High Street
Burwash
Etchingham
East Sussex
TN19 7EU
Further information about the practice and services provided can be found on their website which can be accessed via the following link www.fairfieldsurgery.co.uk
The practice has a General Medical Services (GMS) contract with NHS England. (GMS is one of the three contracting routes that have been available to enable commissioning of primary medical services). The practice is part of NHS Hastings and Rother Clinical Commissioning Group. Out of hours care is accessed by contacting NHS111.
Fairfield Surgery is registered by CQC to carry out the following regulated activities, Maternity and midwifery services, Treatment of disease, disorder or injury, Surgical procedures and Diagnostic and screening procedures.