Cheshire Road Surgery is now GDPR regulated as per the May 2018 Data Protection Act.
We have now officially become a training practice and are taking on medical students from St Bartholomew's Hospital for GP placements. You may encounter students on your visit to the surgery.
Telephone hour is changing!
From Wednesday 7th October telephone hour will be changing!
We are going to trial pre-booked telephone appointments for the next 2 months. These will be available with the Doctor and Nurse daily and will be prebookable meaning you can book before or on the day in question.
Each Doctor and nurse that works at the surgery will have availability when they work a morning session.
Patient choice and continuity of care is extremely important to us.
For more information please ask at reception.
GP contract 2015-2016 Named GP
Read our helpful FAQs to give you a general overview of this requirement.
What is the named GP requirement?
This is a contractual requirement and builds on the 2014-2015 agreement to provide a named and accountable GP for over 75s. The named GP requirement has now been extended to all patients.
By 31 March 2016 all practices will need to include on their website reference to the fact that all patients, including children have been allocated a named, accountable GP.
All practices are required to use the new code 'patient allocated named accountable general practitioner' to confirm the practice has allocated a GP to each patient by the 30 June 2015, or within 21 days if aged 75 or over or newly registered.
For all patients (excluding patients aged 75 and over and those on the AUA register who have been informed under 14/15 provisions or within 21 days), practices have until 31 March 2016 to notify individual patients as appropriate.
Will practices have to write to patients to tell them their named GP?
There is no requirement to write to any patients regarding their named GP. Practices are required to inform patients of their named GP at the next appropriate interaction and it is for practices to decide what is appropriate.
By the end of March 2016, the practice must confirm on their website that every patient has a named GP. If a practice already operates a personal list and patients are familiar with having a personal GP, there is no need to inform patients again. However it will still be necessary to ensure that confirmation is provided on the website as outlined above.
What does 'accountable' mean?
The contract requires the named accountable GP to take responsibility for the co-ordination of all appropriate services required under the contract and ensure they are delivered to each of their patients where required (based on the clinical judgement of the named accountable GP).
The contract remains 'practice based', so overall responsibility for patient care has not changed. This is largely a role of oversight, with the requirements being introduced to reassure patients that they have one GP within the practice who is responsible for ensuring that this work is carried out on their behalf.
What are the named GP's responsibilities to 75s and over?
This is unchanged from 2014-2015; for patients aged 75 and over the named accountable GP is responsible for:
- working with relevant associated health and social care professionals to deliver a multi-disciplinary care package that meets the needs of the patient
- ensuring that these patients have access to a health check as set out in section 7.9 of the GMS Contract Regulations.
Does the requirement mean 24-hour responsibility for patients?
No. The named GP will not:
- take on vicarious responsibility for the work of other doctors or health professionals
- take on 24-hour responsibility for the patient, or have to change their working hours. The requirement does not imply personal availability for GPs throughout the working week
- be the only GP or clinician who will provide care to that patient
Can patients choose their own named GP?
In the first instance, patients should simply be allocated a named GP. However, if a patient requests a particular GP, reasonable efforts should be made to accommodate their preference, recognising that there are occasions when the practice may not feel the patient's preference is suitable.
Do patients have to see the named GP when they book an appointment with the practice?
No. Patients can and should feel free to choose to see any GP or nurse in the practice in line with current arrangements. However, some practices may see this change as a way to encourage and promote a greater degree of continuity of care for patients.
Collaborative Working
As a collaborative Central4Haringey have won two Innovation awards courtesy of Haringey CCG for our Saturday morning clinics and our Over 75s Project. Please see attached awards.
We are officially the top performing practice in Haringey (out of 49) and the only one which has scored above average on every single parameter of the national Ipsos Mori survey! Well done team! Thank you patients!
Please go to:
www.gp-patient.co.uk/practices/F85640
to find out more information.
Are you unable to see your GP during core hours?
Practices in Central Haringey have joined together to provide a Saturday morning service for all of their patients.