Updated 23 October 2019
The Cornerstone Practice is a provider partnership registered with the CQC to undertake the regulated activities of treatment of disease, disorder or injury, diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services, family planning and surgical procedures.
The service has a Christian foundation. The main practice location as registered with CQC is
Shadsworth Surgery (Shadsworth Road, Blackburn, BB1 2HR). The practice also has two further branch sites:
• Rhyddings Surgery (71 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, BB5 3DD)
• Lambeth Street Surgery (Lambeth Street, Audley, Blackburn, BB1 1LZ)
During this inspection we visited Shadsworth Surgery and Lambeth Street Surgery.
All sites have off road parking for patients and all are served by good public transport links.
The Cornerstone Practice is part of the NHS Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and provides services to 18,585 patients under the terms of a personal medical services (PMS) contract. This is a contract between general practices and NHS England for
delivering services to the local community.
The age distribution of the practice’s patient demographic indicates a greater proportion of younger patients live in the area when compared with local and national averages. For example, 7.6% of the practice population are aged four years or younger, compared to the local average of 6.5% and national average of 5.6%, with 27.8% percent of the practice’s population being 18 years or younger compared to 24.6% locally and 20.7% nationally. Conversely the practice caters for a lower proportion of older patients. For example the percentage of the practice’s population aged over 65 years is 10.6%, compared to the local average of 13.7% and national average of 17.3%.
The practice is staffed by seven GP partners (four male and three female) and six salaried GPs. The clinical team also includes two advanced nurse practitioners, six practice nurses, three health care assistants and a clinical pharmacist. The practice’s non-clinical team comprises a practice manager, quality manager and three site managers along with a team of receptionists, administrators and secretaries.
Outside normal surgery hours, patients are advised to contact the out of hour’s service, offered locally by the provider East Lancashire Medical Services.