Updated 18 October 2019
Beechwood Medical Practice is at Fishponds Primary Care Centre, Beechwood Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3TD and is located within the City of Bristol local authority. It is part of the NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area and provides general medical services to approximately 11,000 patients.
The practice is situated in a purpose-built heath centre which houses two GP practices who work closely together, a large team of associated community staff and an on-site pharmacy which is operated by another provider.
There is a well-equipped minor operations suite, on-site facilities for podiatry, and four bookable rooms for new patient services. The practice currently houses the local heart failure service and there is a large seminar room which is used regularly for training events.
There is a secure car park situated beneath the main building for partners and staff use; facilities for those who wish to cycle to work including showers and changing rooms and ample parking and level access to the building for patients.
The consulting and treatment rooms for the practice are situated on the ground floor. The practice has eleven consulting rooms, and there are three treatment rooms (for use by nurses, health care assistants and phlebotomists); reception and records room; and a waiting room area. There is limited patient parking immediately outside the practice with spaces reserved for those with disabilities.
Beechwood Medical Practice is a training practice and has General Practice Specialty Trainees (GPSTs) who are attached to the practice for four or twelve month periods, and who are supervised by a GP Trainer with overall responsibility for their education.
Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as fourth on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest.
The practice is based in an area of low deprivation and low unemployment compared to the national average. A total of 14% of the practice population is over 65 years which is slightly lower than both the CCG and national averages of 16% and 17% respectively.
The practice is led by three male and four female GP Partners who are contracted to provide General Medical Services (GMS) and who are registered with the CQC for the following regulated activities: diagnostic and screening procedures, family planning, maternity and midwifery services, surgical procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
The GP Partners are supported by a nurse practitioner, five practice nurses, a health care assistant and a phlebotomist. The practice Manager is supported by a deputy practice manager and a team of 20 reception/administration staff.
The practice provides a range of services including maternity care, childhood immunisations, chronic disease management and travel immunisations and several enhanced services (enhanced services require an enhanced level of service provision above what is normally required under the core GP contract) including childhood immunisation, 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 Provider has only one location and so we inspected the location at:
Fishponds Primary Care Centre
Beechwood Road
Fishponds
Bristol
BS16 3TD