Updated 20 July 2018
Belmont Health Centre is located at 512 Kenton Lane in Harrow, London. The practice has a branch surgery located at 252 Long Elmes, Harrow, HA3 6LF. The main surgery building in Kenton Lane has a ramp access and the reception, one treatment room and seven consultation rooms, with additional rooms for phlebotomy and chronic disease management, are all located on the ground floor. There are two other surgeries and a walk-in centre located in the same building. The branch surgery at Long Elmes was also visited as part of this inspection. The practice website can be found at
The practice patient list is approximately 12,979 patients’ including a number of patients in a local residential and nursing home. The practice had a deprivation score of 17%, when compared to the CCG average of 15% and the national average of 28%. The practice has an ethnically diverse population and includes a higher than average proportion of patients aged under 18 and a lower proportion of patients aged over 75.
The practice is open between 8am and 6.30pm on Monday to Friday. Extended hours are offered between 6.30pm and 8pm on Tuesday and between 9am and 12pm on Saturday. Outside of these hours, patients are redirected to their out of hours provider, Care UK.
The practice team comprises eight GP partners (four male and four female), who provide a combination of 51 sessions. The practice also employs a practice nurse who works 24 hours a week and a full-time treatment room/enhanced nurse practitioner. Working alongside the GPs and nurses are two qualified healthcare assistants, a part-time clinical pharmacist and a phlebotomist. The administrative team comprises of a full-time practice manager, a secretary, an administration manager, a reception supervisor and 15 reception and administration staff.
The practice operates under a General Medical Services (GMS) contract and is commissioned by Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide the regulated activities of diagnostic and screening procedures, family planning, maternity and midwifery services, treatment of disease disorder or injury and surgical procedures. Services provided also includes wound care, coil insertion, phlebotomy, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, ECG monitoring, travel clinic and a continence clinic.