Updated 13 August 2019
Dr Al-Kaisy’s Practice provides primary medical services to approximately 4750 patients. The practice is in a purpose-built building located in a residential area of Dagenham and is commissioned by Barking and Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The practice holds a General Medical Services 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 registered with the Care Quality Commission as a partnership to provide the regulated activities of treatment of disease, disorder or injury, diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services, surgical procedures and family planning.
The practice runs a number of services for its own patients and patients registered in other practices within the same CCG. Services include family planning services and is also a Yellow Fever Centre. The practice has recently taken over the care of residents at three local nursing homes.
The practice has two male GP partners providing 18 GP sessions a week. They also have a part time female GP working two sessions per month. The practice employs a part time female practice nurse working 22 hours per week and two part-time healthcare assistants. The clinical team are supported by a practice manager, assistant practice manager/secretary, business manager and four administration/reception staff.
The practice is open between 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm on Saturday. Nurse appointments are available during the week and on Saturday between 9am and 1pm. In addition to pre-bookable appointments that can be booked up to four weeks in advance, urgent appointments and telephone consultations are also available for people that need them on the day. Out of Hours service are delivered by a different provider, which could be accessed by calling the surgery telephone number.
Information taken from the Public Health England practice age distribution shows the population distribution of the practice is similar to that of other practices in CCG. The life expectancy of male patients is 76 years, which is lower than the CCG average of 77 years and the national average of 79 years. The female life expectancy at the practice was 81 years, which is the same as the CCG average and lower than national average of 83 years. Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as two on a scale of one to 10. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level 10 the lowest.