Updated 22 November 2018
Swan Lane Medical Centre is the registered provider and provides primary care services to its registered list of approximately 8500 patients. The practice delivers commissioned services under a Personal Medical Service (PMS) contract and is a member of Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
The PMS contract is the contract between general practices and NHS England for delivering primary care services to local communities. The practice offers direct enhanced services that include meningitis provision, the childhood vaccination and immunisation scheme, facilitating timely diagnosis and support for people with dementia, influenza and pneumococcal immunisations, learning disabilities, minor surgery and rotavirus and shingles immunisation.
Regulated activities (Family planning, Diagnostic and screening procedures, Treatment of disease, disorder or injury, Surgical procedures and Maternity and midwifery services) are delivered to the patient population from the following address:
Swan LaneBoltonLancashireBL3 6TL
The practice has a website that contains comprehensive information about what they do to support their patient population and the in-house and online services offered:
At the time of our inspection there were three full time GPs partners (two males, one female), two part time advanced nurse practitioners (female), two practice nurses (female) an assistant practitioner (female) a health care assistant (male) and a patient plan manager. Clinical staff are supported by a new practice manager and assistant practice manager and twelve other staff in the reception and administration team. There is also a health trainer, health improvement practitioner, pharmacist, pharmacy technician and a mental health practitioner working in the practice, theses posts are funded and managed by Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group.
The age profile of the practice population is broadly in line with the CCG averages. The practice ethnicity profile showed 53% of patients were of Asian background another 19% were from a diverse range of ethnic backgrounds and 28% were White British. Approximately 60% of patients did not speak English as a first language. The practice also provided care to approximately 133 patients living in a nearby residential and nursing home. Information taken from Public Health England placed the area in which the practice is located is the second most deprived (from a possible range of between 1 and 10). In general, people living in more deprived areas tend to have greater need for health services.