Marple Bridge Surgery
Statement of Purpose
Date: March 2013
Review due: March 2014
Statement of Purpose
The name and address of the registered provider is Dr Rodgers and Partners.
Marple Bridge Surgery, Town Street, Marple Bridge, Stockport, SK6 5AA
0161 427 2049 / 1074
Stoccg.P88002-admin@nhs.net
CQC provider ID
Marple Bridge Surgery
Registered manager: Dr M Jane Needham
Practice manager:
Mrs Heather Underwood
Marple Bridge Surgery is a partnership. There are 4 partners & 1 salaried GP:
Dr Martin Rodgers
- BSc(Hons), MD, MRCGP, DRCOG (Leicester 1983)
Dr M Jane Needham - MBChB, MRCGP, DFFP (Sheffield 1990)
Dr Jane L Wright
- MBChB, nMRCGP, BSc, DRCOG, DFFP (Manchester 2004)
Dr Amy J Sutton
- MBChB ,DRCOG,nMRCGP,DFFP (Manchester 2006)
Dr Constanze Berchtold (Salaried GP) – State Exam. MRCGP, DRCOG, DFFP (Wurzberg 1993)
Practice Nurses:
Mrs Clare Crosthwaite – SRN, SCM, Specialist Practitioner (General Practice)
Mrs Gail Eaton
- RGN
Mrs Lianne Gilson
- RGN
The surgery is rented property within an old established building, located in the village centre. There is
local parking. All the clinical patient areas are on the ground floor with disabled access and there is
administration in the lower level. Marple Bridge Surgery is a training practice.
Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (The Care Quality Commission (Registration ) regulations
2009 Part 4), the registering body ( Marple Bridge Surgery) is required to provide to the Care Quality
Commission a statement of purpose.
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 developing 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.
We aim to do this with the following objectives:
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Provide a high standard of medical care incorporating effective Clinical Governance and evidence
based practice
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Be committed to our patients needs
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Act with integrity and complete confidentiality
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Be courteous, approachable, friendly and accommodating
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Ensure safe and effective services and environment
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To improve as a patient centred service through decision making and communication
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To maintain our motivated and skilled work teams
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Through monitoring and auditing continue to improve our healthcare services
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Maintain high quality of care through continuous learning and training
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To guide our employees in accordance with diversity and equality
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To ensure effective and robust information governance systems
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Treat all patients and staff with dignity, respect and honesty.
The registered activities and service types have been agreed by the Marple Bridge Surgery’s practice
manager and partners in accordance with CQC guidance. Services are described under registered activity
and service type.
The services provided by Marple Bridge Surgery for the whole local registered population
The regulated activities under CQC are:
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Routine medical checks and general medical services, mostly NHS with occasional private
consultations. This includes the provision of routine and urgent /emergency appointments, home
visits as required and all associated administration
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We offer extended hours with a surgery starting at 07:20am daily. The surgery is open 5 full days
a week with no half day or lunchtime closing
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Out of hours is covered by our local provider, Mastercall Out of Hours Service.
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Immunisations eg. Routine childhood and adult vaccination, flu vaccination
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Foreign travel advice and vaccination
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We carry out medicals report, eg for insurance companies
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Smoking Cessation – Any patient who is a smoker and ready to stop smoking will be seen by one
of our Practice Nurses for an assessment, advice and help re cessation
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Respiratory Care - Marple Bridge Surgery carries out regular Spirometry and lung function testing
as needed
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Diabetic Care – We offer a diabetes review with the Practice Nurse ( run within normal surgery
times ) to provide ongoing care for our diabetic and pre diabetic patients
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Family planning is offered within normal surgery times and incorporates advice on the full range
of options. We also fit contraceptive implants within the surgery
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Phlebotomy – We have daily Health Care Assistant sessions for routine blood tests and the
Practice Nurse also do some blood tests
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Midwifery - The community midwives hold their own clinics at Marple Bridge Surgery for
patients at Marple Bridge Surgery. They supervise antenatal care, undertake deliveries in hospital
and at home where appropriate
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Minor Surgery - We offer a number of minor surgical procedures and joint injections carried out
by Dr Rodgers
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Well person checks – These can be carried out with any practice nurse
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ECGs are carried out either routinely or in an acute setting by our HCA or practice nurse
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Cervical screening – Our nurses carry out routine cervical screening
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Psychological treatment – a member of the local Mental Health team carries out sessions in our
surgery, some counselling and CBT is offered
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Child Health Surveillance – this is carried out by 2 of our partners during routine surgeries
General Information
We endeavour to treat all our patients to the best of our ability and to do this with dignity, respect and
honesty. Everyone at Marple Bridge Surgery is committed to deliver an excellent service. We ask all
patients to highlight any concerns and address these professionally.
Continuity of Care
Building and maintaining a strong relationship between doctors, health professionals, and patients is
essential to the way we work. This is especially so in the management of ongoing problems or longterm illness. In these circumstances we encourage patients to continue seeing the same health
professional and wherever possible we will facilitate this through our appointments system.
However, for a new problem, and the doctor or nurse that you normally see is not available, or you
would like to see someone else then we would encourage you to see any of the doctors or nurses at the
practice.
Learning and Training
We have been a training practice for many years and are committed to the training of doctors and
nurses. We believe in “life-long learning” and all the health professionals and administrative staff
undergo an annual appraisal where learning and development needs are identified.
Information Governance
We are fully compliant with the Data Protection Act, confidentiality is maintained at all times by the
practice team.
Patient Reference Group
We have recently established a Patient Reference Group, this comprises a core group who attend
meetings and a larger virtual group who are involved online only. We value their contribution and
feedback from patient surveys and suggestions.
Signed…………………………….
Registered Manager – Dr M Jane Needham
Date……………………………….