Updated 31 January 2022
Silverstone Circuits Medical Centre is operated by Silverstone Circuits Limited. The service is located within the grounds of Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire which is one of the main motorsport centres in England.
The service provides emergency medical care within the grounds of the circuit. There is a large medical centre including reception area, treatment rooms, observation bays, staff areas, a training suite and offices. There is an x-ray room only used in the peak of the motorsport season and led by a visiting radiographer.
There is a control centre where visiting first aid organisations and emergency vehicle crews can be co-ordinated during events and race days.
The service has four emergency cars and five emergency ambulances which are used to provide emergency medical care for racing drivers, motorbike riders and visitors within the grounds of Silverstone Circuit.
Any further treatment required, including surgical procedures, are carried out at one of the local hospitals. There is a helipad outside the building with direct access to the medical centre building and treatment rooms. During the peak motorsport season there are helicopters available for quick transfer to a local hospital.
Medical staff work at the service under practising privileges (whereby a medical practitioner is granted permission under a licenced agreement between individual medical professionals and a private healthcare provider to work in an independent hospital or clinic, in independent private practice, or within the provision of community services) and on a sessional basis, including doctors, paramedics and nurses. The staff team is led by a Circuit’s Head of Operations, a Medical Services Manager and a Chief Medical Officer. Following our inspection, there was a change in personnel, whereby the Medical Services Manager (Designate) assumed responsibility for the service and became the Registered Manager.
The service is registered to provide the following regulated activities:
• Treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
• Diagnostic and screening procedures.
The medical centre operates on days and times to suit the activities ran by Silverstone Circuit.