Updated 2 November 2018
Albion Medical Practice is the registered provider and provides primary care services to its registered list of approximately 9547 patients. The practice delivers commissioned services under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract and is a member of Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
The GMS 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 are delivered to the patient population from the following addresses:
1 Albion Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
OL6 6HF
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:
The age profile of the practice population is broadly in line with the CCG averages. Information taken from Public Health England placed the area in which the practice is located in the second most deprived (from a possible range of between 1 and 10).
Albion Medical Practice is a training practice and had two GP trainees in post at the time of our inspection being supervised by the GP partners.