Statement of purpose
Part 1
The name and address of the registered service provider is:
Highfield Surgery, South Shore Primary Care Centre, Lytham Road, Blackpool, FY4 1TJ
01253 204672
www.highfieldsurgeryblackpool.nhs.uk
Registered Manager: Dr Michelle Martin
Practice Manager: Miss Heather Wilson
Highfield Surgery is a partnership. There are 8 Partners
Dr Michelle Martin
Dr Daniel Bennett
Dr Elizabeth Hodgson
Dr Nicola Barr
Dr Catherine Petrie
Dr Paolo Siddi
Dr Carolina Espada
Dr Marie Shah
CQC provider ID is PMS11408
The surgery is housed in a purpose built Primary Care Centre, and the Centre has been opened since April 2011. The premises are modern with full disabled access including disabled parking and lift.
Part 2
Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (The Care Quality commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 Part 4), the registering body (Highfield Surgery) is required to provide the Care Quality Commission a statement of purpose.
Our Aims and Objectives
- Provide a high standard of Medical Care
- Be committed to our patients needs
- Act with integrity and complete confidentiality
- Be courteous, approachable, friendly and accommodating
- Ensure safe and effective services and environment
- To improve as a patients centred service through decision making and communication
- To maintain our motivated and skilled work teams
- through monitoring and auditing continue to improve our healthcare services
- Maintain high quality of care through continuous learning and training
- To guide our employees in accordance with diversity and equality
- To ensure effective robust information governance systems
- Treat all patients and staff with dignity, respect and honesty
Our purpose is to provide people registered with the practice with personal health care of high quality and to seek continuous improvement on the health status of the practice population overall. We aim to achieve this by developi9ng and maintaining a happy sound practice which is responsive to people’s needs and expectations and which reflects whenever possible the latest advances in Primary Health Care
Part 3
All regulated Activities take place at
Highfield Surgery, South Shore Primary Care Centre, Lytham Road, Blackpool, FY4 1TJ
Regulated Activities under CQC
The GMS services provided by the practice are defined in the standard General Medical Services contract. These services are mainly split into three groups:
- Essential
- Additional
- Enhanced
Essential Services
We provide essential services for people who have health conditions from which they are expected to recover, chronic disease management and general management of terminally ill patients
Our core services include:
- GP Consultations
- Respiratory Clinics
- CHD Clinics
- Diabetes Clinics
Additional Services
Our additional services include:
- Cervical Cytology Screening
- Child Health Surveillance
- Childhood vaccinations and immunisations
- Contraception Services
- Maternity Medical Services
- Certain Minor Surgery procedures, including Cryotherapy
- Vaccination and Immunisations
Enhanced Services
Our enhanced services include:
- Contraceptive coil fitting (IUD) for contraceptive purposes
- Flu Vaccinations, including children aged 2 – 3 years
- LARC (Long Acting reversible Contraception)
- Learning Disability Health Checks
- Minor Surgery Incision/excisions
- Minor Surgery Joint Injections
- MMR Catch-up Programme Vaccinations
- NHS Health Checks
- Pertussis Vaccinations for pregnant women
- Pneumococcal Vaccinations
- Rotavirus Vaccinations
- RSV Vaccinations
- Shared Care Monitoring
- Shingles Vaccinations
- Hepatitis B at risk (new-born babies) Vaccinations
- HPV completing does (booster) Vaccinations
- Meningococcal ACWY freshers Vaccinations
- Meningococcal B Vaccinations
- PCV Hib/Men C Vaccinations
- Learning Disabilities Health Check Scheme
- Extended Hours
Other Services
The practice also provides
- Antenatal Care
- ECGs
- End of Life Care
- Lung testing (spirometry & FeNo)
- Medication reviews
- Mental Health reviews
- Ring Pessary replacement
- Travel advice
- Prostate Reviews
Non-NHS Services
The practice also provides services which are non-NHS and are paid for by the patients. These services include:
- Insurance reports and claim forms
- Private medical reports
- Non-NHS vaccinations (i.e. Travel Vaccinations)
- Driving medicals (HGV, PSV, Taxi etc)
- DVLA medicals
- Vaccinations certificates
- Completion of Certificates / Forms / Letters
All the above services are used by the ‘Whole Population’
Part 4
The Registered Manager for this Provider is
Dr Michelle Martin
Highfield Surgery
South Shore Primary Care Centre
Lytham Road
Blackpool
FY4 1TJ
