Updated 31 December 2019
Lincolnshire and District Medical Services Limited (LADMS) which was formed as a GP co-operative provides a number of healthcare services, both in primary and secondary care. As part of its primary care functions, it provides GP extended hours access hubs at three locations across Lincolnshire. Two of the services are directly contracted through an Alternative Provider Medical Contract (APMS) contract with Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group. The other is sub-contracted from another primary care services provider, also commissioned by Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group.
The hubs are located at:
• Beacon Medical Practice (Ingoldmells Branch) Skegness Road Ingoldmells PE25 1JL
•The Sidings Medical Practice, Boston West Business Park, Sleaford Road, Boston PE21 8EG
•County Hospital, High Holme Road, Louth LN11 0EU
Care and treatment are provided to approximately 252,765 patients across the area covered by Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group.
The hubs are staffed by sessional GPs, nurse prescribers (practitioners) and receptionists.
LADMS is registered with CQC to provide the regulated activities of:
•Diagnostic and screening procedures
•Family planning
•Maternity and midwifery services
•Surgical procedures
•Treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
The company website is http://www.ladms.co.uk
This extended access hub in the Skegness locality, based at the Ingoldmells branch surgery of Beacon Medical Practice, provides additional appointments for 72,992 (weighted to 76,485) of the Lincolnshire East CCG population from the six GP practices in the locality.
The hub is open from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm on Mondays to Fridays, and 8.30 am to 7.00 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. On Public Holidays, including Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, the service runs from either 9.00 am to 1pm or 10.00 am to 2.00 pm.
The hub operates from a purpose-built GP surgery with ample car parking and a bus stop located immediately outside.
The location has a branch site at Marisco Medical Practice, Stanley Avenue, Mablethorpe. LN12 1DP. This branch is open from 9am to 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays and from 10am to 2pm on public holidays.
The east coast of Lincolnshire is one of high deprivation and the Skegness and Mablethorpe practices have high numbers of elderly patients and patients with complex healthcare needs and long- term conditions. There are high volumes of temporary residents who register with the coastal practices, particularly between the months of April and September.