Updated 30 January 2020
University Medical Centre is located in the city of Bath and is one of 25 GP practices within the Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The practice is part of the evolving ‘Unity’ Primary Care Network (PCN) with two other GP practices; and works closely with the 'Bath Independents' PCN made up of three other local GP practices. The practice provides services to 14,400 patients under the terms of a personal medical services (PMS) contract. This is a contract between general practices and the CCG for delivering services to the local community.
The provider is registered with CQC to deliver the Regulated Activities: diagnostic and screening procedures; family planning; maternity and midwifery services; surgical procedures; and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. These are delivered from one location at:
University Medical Centre, Quarry House, North Road, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY.
The provider is a partnership of two GP partners (one male and one female) and employs a salaried GP and up to six locum GPs during the university term time. The nursing team includes two nurse practitioners, a practice nurse prescriber and one health care assistant (HCA). They are supported by a practice manager and an administrative team. The practice is a teaching practice for medical students. There were no medical students present on the day of this inspection.
The patient list predominantly (around 90%) includes students and staff at the university, many of whom are international students; and there is a significant number of patients (around 4,000) registered and de-registered each year. Many international students are unfamiliar with NHS services and the practice provides advice and guidance to assist them. The practice also provides care for regular transient groups of people who attend conferences at the university campus during academic holiday periods.
There are very few registered patients under the age of 18 years or over the age of 65 years. The National General Practice Profile states that 7.5% of the practice population is from an Asian background, with a further 5.4% of the population originating from black, mixed or other non-white ethnic groups. 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 practice does not provide out-of-hours services to its patients and when closed patients can access the local out-of-hours service provider via NHS 111. Contact information for this service is available in the practice and on the practice website.