Updated 29 November 2016
Burbage Surgery is located in Burbage, a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire. The practice has occupied its current, single-storied facility since 1980. The practice has three GP consulting rooms, a treatment room, a general office area located behind the reception desk, and a dispensary.
Burbage Surgery is one of 57 GP practices in the NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area. Burbage Surgery has around 3,600 registered patients dispersed over an area of 400 square miles, most of whom live within a five to six mile radius of the practice. The practice patient populations deviate from the England average for certain age groups, thereby providing an indication of the area’s demographic profile. For instance, patient populations aged between 45 and 54 years are noticeably above the England average, and all age groups between 20 and 34 years are noticeably below the England average.
The practice population is 97% white, with the largest minority ethnic population (around 1.3%) being Asian or Asian British. A measure of deprivation in the local area recorded a score of 9, on a scale of 1-10. A higher score indicates a less deprived area. (Note: an area itself is not deprived, it is the circumstances and lifestyles of the people living there that affect its deprivation score. Not everyone living in a deprived area is deprived and not all deprived people live in deprived areas).
The practice team consists of two GP partners (one male, one female) and two salaried GPs (both female). In addition there are two practice nurses and two phlebotomists. The clinicians are supported by two dispensers, a practice manager, and a team of administrators and secretaries. The practice has a Personal Medical Services contract.
Burbage Surgery takes calls from 8am. Doors are open from 8.30am to 6.30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday doors are open from 8.30am to 12pm. The practice is closed on Wednesday afternoon but a sign on the practice front door, and an answerphone message, informs patients that a nearby surgery will deal with emergencies and urgent problems from 12pm to 6.30pm.
Routine GP appointments are available from 9am to 12pm and 4.30pm to 5.50pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Routine nurse appointments are available from 8.30am to 6.30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; and from 8.30am to 12pm on Wednesday. The practice provides some extended hours evening appointments with a GP and a nurse until 7pm on Monday and Tuesday and with a nurse until 6.45pm on Thursday. Extended hours appointments are provided at a nearby surgery until 6pm on Wednesday. All appointments can be pre-booked up to four weeks in advance.
Burbage Surgery has a dispensary and dispenses to around 90% of its patients. A member of the dispensary team is available from 9am to 6pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and from 9am to 12pm on Wednesday.
The practice has opted out of providing Out Of Hours services to its own patients. Outside of normal practice hours, patients can access NHS 111, and an Out Of Hours GP service is available from 6pm to 8am, Monday to Friday. Information about the Out Of Hours service was available on the practice website, on the front door, in the patient registration pack, and as an answerphone message.
Burbage Surgery provides regulated activities from its sole location at 9 The Sprays, Burbage, Wiltshire SN8 3TA.