Updated 30 April 2020
Churchill Medical Centre operates one GP service across two sites. The location site address we visited as part of our inspection is 1 Churchill Terrace, Chingford, London, E4 8DG, which is a purpose-built building. The branch site operates from Chingway Medical Centre, 7 Ching Way, London E4 8YD. The practice is a part of Waltham Forest Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in East London.
The practice is a training practice for medical students, trainee nurses, nurses in GP training and doctors in GP training and provides services to approximately 13,600 patients under a Primary Medical Services (PMS) contract.
The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission to carry on the regulated activities of maternity and midwifery services, treatment of disease, disorder or injury, surgical procedures, family planning and diagnostic and screening procedures.
The practice is rated four out of 10 on the deprivation scale, where one is the most deprived and 10 is the least deprived. The practice has an older population than the CCG average, with 16% of patients being aged over 65 years compared to the CCG average of 10%. Fifty-one percent of patient’s report being in paid work or full-time education compared to the CCG average of 68% and the national average of 63%.
The practice has three female and six male GP partners as well as two salaried GPs and registrars, who provide a combined total of 86 sessions per week. There are also two advanced nurse practitioners who complete a total of 10 sessions per week and three practice nurses who complete a total of 20 sessions per week. The practice also has two health care assistants, a clinical pharmacist, a practice manager, an assistant practice manager and a team of 28 reception and administration staff members.
The Practice is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 6:30pm, except for Mondays (Chingway) and Thursdays (Churchill) when it closes at 8pm. Appointment times are as follows:
- Monday 9am to 11:40pm and 2:30pm to 7:20pm
- Tuesday 8:30am to 11:10am and 2:30pm to 5:30pm
- Wednesday 8:30am to 11:10am and 2:30pm to 5:30pm
- Thursday 9am to 11:40am and 2:30pm to 7:20pm
- Friday 8:30am to 11:10am and 3pm to 5:40pm
The locally agreed out of hours provider covers calls made to the practice when it is closed, and it is part of the local HUB which provides GP and nurse appointments on weekday evenings and weekends when the practice is closed.