Updated 18 March 2020
Burntwood Health & Wellbeing Centre is located at Chasetown in Staffordshire. The surgery has good transport links and there is a pharmacy located nearby.
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; minor surgery and family planning.
Burntwood Health & Wellbeing Centre is a member of the South East Seisdon and Staffordshire Peninsular Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and provides services to 4300 patients under the terms of a personal medical services (PMS) contract. This is a contract between general practices and NHS England for delivering services to the local community.
The practice is also a member of the Burntwood Primary Care Network. Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are a key part of the NHS Long Term Plan, with general practices being a part of a network, usually covering 30,000-50,000 patients. The networks provide the structure and funding for services to be developed locally, in response to the needs of the patients they serve.
The provider is a GP partnership who registered with CQC in April 2019. One male partner, one female partner and two male long term locums form the GP team. The practice employs three female and one male advanced nurse practitioners, two female practice nurses and one female health care assistant. The clinical team are supported by a team of three mangers who work across all of the providers’ practices, which each hold a separate registration with CQC. The practice have an administration and receptionist team of six and employ one practice secretary.
There are higher than average number of patients under the age of 39, in common with the characteristics of the South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsular area, and fewer patients aged over 45 than the national average. The employment rate is higher than the national or regional averages and the number of patients with long term conditions is lower than national or regional averages. Information published by Public Health England, rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as seven, on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest. Male life expectancy is 76 years compared to the national average of 79 years. Female life expectancy is 81 years compared to the national average of 83 years.
The National General Practice Profile states that 98% of the practice population is from a White background with 2% of the population originating from black, mixed or other non-white ethnic groups.
Further information can be found on the practice website www.burntwoodhealth.co.uk