Updated 9 January 2020
The Limes Surgery provides a range of primary medical services to the local population from its premises at Unit 8 - 14, Limes Court, Conduit Lane, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 8EP.
The provider of the service is Lea Valley Health Limited. Lea Valley Health Limited is a Federation of eight NHS GP practices in the Lower Lea Valley area of Hertfordshire and serves over 75,000 patients. The contract to run The Limes Surgery commenced on 1 February 2018.
The provider is registered with CQC to deliver five Regulated Activities; diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services, family planning, surgical procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
Services are provided on an Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contract (a nationally agreed contract designed to meet local requirements) to approximately 8,358 patients. The Limes Surgery is located within the Hertfordshire local authority and is one of 54 practices serving the NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area. The practice has one registered manager in place. (A registered manager is an individual registered with CQC to manage the regulated activities provided).
The practice team consists of a female lead GP and five salaried GP partners, two of which are female and three are male. There are two practice nurses, one health care assistant, one clinical pharmacist, a practice manager, a deputy practice manager, a reception manager and a team of reception and administration staff members.
The age of the practice population served is comparable to local and national averages. The practice has a lower than average number of patients aged from zero to 18 years old and a higher than average number of patients aged 65 years and over. The practice population is predominantly white British and has a black and minority ethnic population of approximately 4.7% (2011 census). Information published by Public Health England, rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as eight, on a scale of one to 10. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level 10 the lowest.
The Out of Hours service is provided by Herts Urgent Care and can be accessed via the NHS 111 service.