Updated 1 November 2018
New Eltham Medical Centre is in the London Borough of Greenwich, and provides a general practice service to 8617 patients from two purpose built premises.
Its main site is in New Eltham, and it also has a branch site Blackfen Medical Centre in Sidcup, Kent, which is part of the London Borough of Bexley.
Between October 2016 and March 2017, the practice became the formal ‘caretakers’ of a neighbouring practice’s patients, as the practice closed at short notice due to retirement of their lead GPs. This involved the transfer of approximately 1500 patients, who joined the practice
during this period.
The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as a partnership to provide the regulated activities of treatment of disease, disorder or injury; diagnostic and screening procedures, family planning; and maternity and midwifery services.
The practice has a Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract and provides a full range of essential, additional and enhanced services including maternity services, child and adult immunisations, family planning, sexual health services and minor surgery.
The practice has three GP partners, two salaried GPs and two sessional GPs. There is a good mix of female and male staff. The practice has one full time practice manager, a deputy practice manager and the rest of the practice team consists of one full time practice nurse, one-part time sessional practice nurse and ten administrative staff consisting of medical secretaries, reception staff, clerks and typist.
New Eltham Medical Practice is open Mondays to Fridays from 8am to 6.30pm; except for Thursdays when they are open 8am to 1.30pm. The branch surgery, Blackfen Medical Centre, is open Mondays to Fridays from 8.30am to 6.30pm. At New Eltham Medical Practice, consultation
times are from 8.30am to 11.30am Mondays to Fridays, and from 3pm to 6pm on Mondays and Tuesdays, 3.30pm to 6pm on Wednesdays, and from 4pm to 6pm on Fridays.
New Eltham Medical Practice is open on Saturday mornings from 8.30am to 12noon.
At the branch surgery, Blackfen Medical Centre, morning consultation times are from 8.30am to 11.30am Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, from 9am to 12noon on Wednesday and from 8.30am to 11am on Thursdays. Afternoon consultation times are from 4pm to 6pm on Mondays to
Fridays, except for Thursdays when they are from 3.30pm to 6pm.
When the practice sites are closed, the telephone answering service directs patients to contact the out of hours provider.