Updated 22 February 2019
The Porch Surgery is a GP practice located in Corsham, Wiltshire. It is one of 47 practices within the Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area and has approximately 11,300 patients.
The practice occupies a purpose-built building with patient services located on the ground floor. There are 12 consulting rooms and two treatment rooms. There are automatic front doors, a toilet suitable for disabled patients and a check in screen, which included languages other than English.
The practice is registered to provide the following regulated activities:
- Diagnostic and screening procedures;
- Family planning;
- Maternity and midwifery services;
- Surgical procedures;
- Treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
The practice provides a number of services and clinics for its patients, including childhood immunisations, family planning, minor surgery, and a range of health lifestyle management and advice services, including asthma management, diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure management. The practice delivers some services in partnership with other GP practices in Wiltshire.
Data available shows a measure of deprivation in the local area recorded as 9, on a scale of 1-10, where a higher score indicates a less deprived area. (Note that the circumstances and lifestyles of the people living in an area affect its deprivation score. Not everyone living in a deprived area is deprived and not all deprived people live in deprived areas). The area the practice serves has relatively low numbers of patients from noticeably different cultural backgrounds. 98% of the practice population describes itself as white British. Average male and female life expectancy for patients at the practice is 82 and 84 years respectively, which is similar to the Wiltshire average and in line with the national average of 79 and 83 years respectively.
There are six GP partners and two salaried GPs making a full-time equivalent of five GPs. There are two nurse prescribers, three practice nurses, two health care assistants and a phlebotomist. They are supported by a reception and administrative team of 17 staff and three team managers. At the time of our inspection they did not have a Practice Manager in post.
The practice is open from 8am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. Between 12.30 and 1.30pm, when the practice closed for lunch an emergency phone number was available for contacting the practice which was displayed in the practice reception and on their website. Appointments with a GP are 8.10am to 11.50am and 2.40pm to 6.10pm, Monday to Friday. The practice offered extended hours appointments from 7.15am, evening appointments up to 7.30pm and the practice is open on alternate Saturday mornings. The practice also worked in partnership with other local practices to provide additional access to GP appointments every weekday evening up to 8pm and also at weekends.
The practice has opted out of providing a full Out of Hours service to its own patients. Patients can access an Out of Hours GP service by calling NHS 111. Information about how to contact the out of hours service was available in the waiting area and on the practice website.
The practice has a General Medical Services contract with NHS England (a locally agreed contract negotiated between NHS England and the practice).
The practice provides services from a single site:
- The Porch Surgery, Beechfield Road, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9DL
The practice has a website containing further information. It can be found here: www.porchsurgery.nhs.uk