Updated 5 December 2018
Dr Morris and Partners provides a range of primary medical services, including minor surgical procedures from its location at Highlands, Flitwick, Bedfordshire, MK45 1DW. It is part of the NHS Central Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The practice holds a General Medical Services contract (GMS), this is a nationally agreed contract with NHS England.
The practice serves a population of approximately 15,500 patients with higher than national average population of working age patients. The practice population is 96% white British.
The practice has a dispensary and is also a training practice and employs Registrars. A Registrar is a fully qualified and registered doctor who is completing further training to become a GP.
Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as ten on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest.
The clinical team consists of three GP partners (one male and two female), eight salaried GP’s (four male and four female). The practice also employs two female practice nurses, two female healthcare assistants and a phlebotomist. The dispensary at the practice employs three pharmacists, two dispensers and a clinical services manager. The team is supported by a practice manager and a team of non-clinical, administrative staff.
The practice operates from a low-rise property, with consultations taking place on the ground floor. There is disabled access throughout. There is a car park outside the surgery, with disabled parking available.
Dr Morris and Partners is open from 8am to 6pm on Monday to Friday. When the practice is closed, out of hours services are can be accessed via the NHS 111 service. Information about this is available in the practice and on the practice website.
The practice provides family planning, surgical procedures, maternity and midwifery services, treatment of disease, disorder or injury and diagnostic and screening procedures as their regulated activities.