Updated 6 March 2019
The provider, Taw Hill Medical Partnership, delivers regulated activities from its sole site at:
Taw Hill Medical Practice,
Aiken Way,
Swindon.
SN25 1UH
Tel: 01793 709500
Website: www.tawhillsurgery.nhs.uk
Taw Hill Medical Practice is based in Swindon, Wiltshire, and is one of 24 practices serving the NHS Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area. A staffed reception area is located on the ground floor, and the practice has consulting/treatment rooms on the ground floor.
The provider entered into a partnership arrangement with Integral Medical Holdings (IMH) in April 2018. The role of IMH is to offer non-clinical support such as human resources, administration, and standardisation of policies and auditing systems.
The practice has around 12,600 registered patients from an area surrounding the practice and Swindon town centre. The practice age distribution is broadly in line with the national average, with most patients being of working age or older.
The practice has an Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contract to deliver healthcare services. An APMS contract is a locally negotiated contract to commission or provide services that the provider considers necessary to meet all reasonable healthcare requirements.
Taw Hill Medical Practice is registered to provide the following regulated activities:
- Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
- Diagnostic and screening procedures
- Maternity and midwifery services
- Surgical procedures
- Family Planning
There are two GP partners (both male), and four salaried GPs (one male, three female). The wider clinical team consists of two nurses, one health care assistant (HCA), and a phlebotomist. The practice team includes a General Manager, along with patient support officers (PSOs) and an office supervisor.
Ninety-two per-cent of the practice population describes itself as white, and around 8% as having a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) background. The practice boundary has an estimated low level of socio-economic deprivation: a local area measure recorded a score of 10, on a scale of 1-10, with a higher score indicating a less deprived area. (Note that the circumstances and lifestyles of the people living in an area affect its deprivation score. Not everyone living in a deprived area is deprived and not all deprived people live in deprived areas).
Taw Hill Medical Practice is open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, and the practice will take calls during these times. Routine and urgent GP appointments are also available during these times. The practice has opted out of providing Out-Of-Hours services to its own patients. Outside of normal practice hours, patients can access the NHS 111 service, and an Out-Of-Hours GP is available at Swindon Walk-In Centre. Information about the Out-Of-Hours service was available on the practice website, in the patient registration pack, and as an answerphone message.