Updated 22 January 2020
The Clapton Surgery is a GP practice based in Clapton, a district to the north of the London Borough of Hackney. The practice is part of the City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and provides services under a General Medical Services (GMS) contract. The practice is based within Theydon Road Health Centre, a modern purpose built building situated in a residential area. The practice is easily accessible by public transport and by car.
The single largest ethnic group in the London Borough of Hackney is White (55%), followed by Black/Black British (23%) and Asian/Asian British (11%). Practice profile data shows 67% of the practice population is aged under 18 years which is significantly higher than the national average of 39%. At 78 years for males and 83 years for females, average life expectancy is similar to the national average of 79 and 83 years respectively. The area is within the second most deprived decile out of 10 on the deprivation scale.
The practice has approximately 7000 patients and is situated in an area where a large proportion of the residents identify as Orthodox Jewish. The practice estimate the proportion of their patient list identifying as Orthodox Jewish to be about 60%.
The practice is staffed by a principal GP (male, nine sessions), a salaried GP (male, nine sessions), three locum GPs (all female, six sessions in total), a practice nurse (female, six sessions) and a health care assistant.Non-clinical roles are fulfilled by a practice manager and assistant practice manager, a senior receptionist and four reception/administrative staff, all working a mixture of full and part time hours.
The practice opening hours are from 8.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Surgery times are from 9am to 11.30am and 4pm to 6.30pm every day except Wednesday when there is no afternoon surgery and Thursday when surgery time starts at 8am. Outside of these hours GP services were provided by the practice’s out of hours provider.
Patients can book routine appointments available up to one month in advance, special appointments bookable up to 24 hours in advance, urgent appointments bookable on the day only and telephone consultations.
The practice is registered with the CQC to provide the following registered activities: Treatment of disease, disorder or injury; Diagnostic and screening procedures; Maternity and midwifery services from Theydon Road Health Centre, Hackney, London E5 9BQ.