Updated 2 May 2019
Wandsworth Medical Centre, is located within the Wandsworth local authority and is one of 40 practices serving the NHS Wandsworth CCG area. It provides primary medical services to approximately 18,200 patients.
Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as seventh on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest.
The practice has a large proportion of patients registered of working age; 80.9% are aged 18-64 which is higher than both the CCG and national averages of 72.9% and 62% respectively. Of the patients registered with the practice, 73.9% are White British, 4.7% are from mixed race ethnic groups, 9.9% are Asian, 9.7% are Black African with the remaining 1.8% being of other races.
The practice has two part time female GP Partners, one full time male GP Partner and one part time male GP Partner who are contracted to provide Personal Medical Services (PMS) and who are registered with the CQC for the following regulated activities: treatment of disease, disorder or injury; maternity and midwifery services; family planning; surgical procedures, and diagnostic and screening procedures.
The practice provides a range of services including maternity care, childhood immunisations, chronic disease management and travel immunisations and a number of enhanced services (enhanced services require an enhanced level of service provision above what is normally required under the core GP contract) including childhood immunisation, minor surgery, coil fitting, learning disability health checks, extended opening hours, and rotavirus and shingles immunisations. Private travel vaccinations are offered in addition to those available free of charge on the NHS.
The remainder of the clinical team at Wandsworth Medical Centre is made up of six part time female salaried GPs and two part time male salaried GPs, two practice nurses, two part time female physicians associates, one full time practice nurse, one part time phlebotomist and a full time health care assistant assisted by a non-clinical team comprising of a full time practice manager, a part time management accountant, seven full time reception/administrative staff, two full time medical secretaries and a part time summariser.
The practice provides health care services to the local population and is located within a purpose-built facility on two floors which can be accessed by stairs or a lift. There is a mix of consulting rooms, treatment rooms, administrative rooms, a reception area and a waiting room. There are facilities for disabled patients and staff.
Appointments are available from Monday to Friday between 8am and 8pm. The surgery doors are open and the telephone line is switched to the surgery at these times.
The practice is part of a GP Federation where further appointments are available, at other locations within the area, between 8am to 8pm.
The practice has opted out of providing out-of-hours (OOH) services to their own patients and directs patients to the out-of-hours provider by providing access details on their answerphone, on the website and on the outer door.