Updated 27 August 2019
St Bede Medical Centre is registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide primary care services to around 8,300 patients. The practice is part of Sunderland clinical commissioning group (CCG) and operates on a General Medical Services (GMS) contract agreement for general practice.
The practice provides services from the following address, which we visited during this inspection:
- Lower Dundas Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR6 0QQ
The practice is in a purpose-built single-storey building. All patient services are on the ground floor and consultation rooms are fully accessible There is on-site parking, including disabled parking.
Patients can book appointments in person, on-line or by telephone. The service for patients requiring urgent medical attention out of hours is provided by the NHS 111 service and Vocare, which is also known locally as Northern Doctors Urgent Care.
The practice has five GP partners (two female and three male), one salaried GP (male), two practice nurses (female) and one health care assistant (female). They also employ a business manager, a practice manager and nine staff who undertake administrative or reception duties.
This is a training practice, which provides opportunities for career start GPs, trainee GPs, medical students and those studying for A levels who have an interest in a career in medicine.
Information from Public Health England placed the area in which the practice is located in the fourth most deprived decile. In general, people living in more deprived areas tend to have a greater need for health services. Average male life expectancy at the practice is 77.6 years, compared to the national average of 79.2 years. Average female life expectancy at the practice is 82.8 years, compared to the national average of 83.2 years.
94.9% of the practice population were white, 0.7% were mixed race, 3.2% were Asian, 0.8% were black and 0.4% were other races.