Updated 8 July 2019
Trent View Medical Practice provides general medical services (GMS) to 11,500 patients. The practice is based in Keadby, near Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. Two additional branch surgeries are based at nearby Crowle and Skippingdale. We visited the surgeries at Keadby and Crowle as part of this inspection. The practice provides a service to residents of both urban areas of Scunthorpe and rural areas of the Isle of Axholme and covers a sixty-mile radius. GPs, clinical and some administrative staff work across all sites, although some services such as minor surgery are provided only from the Skippingdale site. The site at Keadby is a converted house and the two branches are purpose built.
There are five GP partners and three salaried GPs, seven female and one male. There is a team of four advanced nurse practitioners, three practice nurses, three healthcare assistants and two pharmacists. They are supported by a team of management, reception, dispensing and administrative staff.
Out of Hours services are provided through Safe Care network federation which patients access via the NHS 111 service.
The practice scored one on the deprivation measurement scale, the deprivation scale goes from one to ten, with one being the most deprived. People living in more deprived areas tend to have a greater need for health services. Male life expectancy is 79 years compared to the national average of 79 years. Female life expectancy is 82 years compared to the national average of 83 years.