Updated 2 April 2019
Dr Amrit Kaur Khera is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as a single handed provider operating a GP practice in Walsall, West Midlands. The practice is part of the NHS Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The provider is registered with CQC to deliver the Regulated Activities; diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services and treatment of disease disorder or injury.
The practice holds a General Medical Services (GMS) contract with NHS England. A GMS contract is a contract between NHS England and general practices for delivering general medical services and is the commonest form of GP contract.
The practice operates from Broadway Medical Centre, 213 Broadway, Walsall, WS1 3HD.
There are approximately 4,606 patients of various ages registered and cared for at the practice. The practice provides GP services in an area considered to be relatively deprived within its locality. Demographically the practice has a higher than average patient population aged under 18 years, with 27% falling into this category, compared with the CCG average of 24% and England average of 21%. Eleven per cent of the practice population are above 65 years which is lower than the CCG average of 16% and the national average of 17%. The percentage of patients with a long-standing health condition is 37% which is below the local CCG average of 52% and the national average of 51%. The practice life expectancy for patients is 78 years for males and 82 years for females which is below the national average.
The practice has two female GP partners, four locum GPs (one male/three female), two part time nurse prescriber (one male/one female) and one full time female practice nurse, one female phlebotomist, a practice manager, a secretary, an administrator and a team of reception staff.
The practice is open between 8.30am and 2pm and 3pm and 6.30pm on Monday to Wednesday and on Friday, and from 9am to 1pm on Thursday. The telephone lines are answered between 8.30am and 1pm and 3.30pm and 6.30pm every day except Thursday when the lines close at noon. When the practice is closed patients are directed toward the out of hours provider via the NHS 111 service. Patients also have access to the Extended GP Access Service between 6.30pm and 9pm on weekdays, 10am to 3pm on weekends, and 11am to 1.30pm on bank holidays.
The practice offers a range of services, for example: management of long-term conditions, child development checks, childhood immunisations and minor surgery. Additional information about the practice is available on their website at