Updated 21 June 2019
SMA Medical Practice is located in a purpose built building on a busy high road in east London, with good transport links, two disabled parking bays for patients in the staff car park and parking available on surrounding roads. The practice is a part of Waltham Forest Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and is managed by The Hurley Group, who is the care taking practice.
There are approximately 10,900 patients registered at the practice, 40% of whom did not have English as a first language. The practice has a young population, only 6% of patients were aged over 65 years and 27% were aged under 18. Thirty five percent of patients have a long standing health condition, which is below the CCG average of 43% and the national average of 51% and the practice has a higher rate of unemployment at 9% compared with the CCG average of 6% and the national average of 4%. The practice is rated as two on the deprivation scale, where a rating of one represents the most deprived and 10 represents the least deprived.
The practice has a mix of male and female GPs who carry out a total of 36.5 sessions per week, there are two practices nurses who complete a total of 16.5 sessions and a health care assistant. The practice also has a practice manager and a number of administration and reception staff. The practice is supported by the providers’ clinical and non-clinical support teams.
The practice operated under a General Medical Services (GMS) contract (a contract between NHS England and general practices for delivering general medical services and is the most common form of GP contract).
The practice is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm, except for Wednesdays when the practice closes at 7pm. Phone lines are also answered from 8am and appointment times are as follows:
- Monday 8am to 8pm
- Tuesday 8am to 8pm
- Wednesday 8am to 8pm
- Thursday 8am to 1:30pm and 2pm to 6pm
- Friday 8am to 8pm
The locally agreed out of hours provider covers calls made to the practice when it is closed and it is part of the local HUB which provides GP and nurse appointments on weekday evenings and weekends when the practice is closed.
SMA Medical Centre operates regulated activities from one location and is registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide treatment of disorder, disease or injury, diagnostic and screening procedures, surgical procedures, maternity and midwifery services and family planning.