Updated 1 April 2019
In April 2017 Brune Medical Centre joined with three other practices to form ‘The Willow Group’. The Willow Group is registered to provide regulated activities at Brune Medical Centre. Care and treatment is also provided at three branch sites; Forton Medical Centre, Waterside Medical Centre and Stoke Road Medical Centre. Forton Medical Centre is a dedicated long term condition hub, staffed by nurses, with GP appointments available for patients at the other three sites.
Brune Medical Centre has two providers. Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is also a registered provider. This is a unique arrangement designed to provide an integrated care pathways to patients. The Willow Group is responsible for overseeing the day to day management of the GP services whilst Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust provides clinical and information governance support such as recruitment, training, systems and processes. All staff working in The Willow Goup are employees of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
The practice provides services under a general medical services contract. The practice has approximately 36,500 registered patients and operates in an area of high social deprivation. Gosport falls within the top 10% nationally of areas with high deprivation. The practice is part of the NHS Fareham and Gosport Clinical Commissioning Group.
The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission to carry out the following regulated activities - diagnostic and screening procedures, surgical procedures, family planning, maternity and midwifery services and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
The practice’s clinical team consists of nine GP partners (6.24 wte), eight salaried GPs (3.71 wte), two GP locums (1 wte), 10 advanced nurse practitioners, one NHS Professional (0.53 wte), 17 practice nurses (11.89 wte), five health care assistants (3.6 wte), three pharmacists (2.67 wte), one locum pharmacist (1 wte), two pharmacy technicians (1.27 wte) and five prescribing clerks (4.3 wte). The administration team consisted of three members of senior management, an IT manager, three site leads, four team leaders, 10 administrators, nine administration assistants, 36 care navigators and four medical secretaries. Care navigators work with patients to support their needs.
The practice has opted out of providing an out-of-hours service. The local CCG provided an out-of-hours service at the local community hospital for patients in the area.
You can access practice information online at www.thewillowgroup.nhs.uk