Statement of Purpose
Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 every registered provider must have a statement of purpose.
A statement of purpose is a document which includes a standard required set of information about a service. The statement describes:
- The provider’s aims and objectives in providing the service
- The kinds of service provided
- The health or care needs the service sets out to meet
- The locations where the services are provided or provided from
- Details from the provider including their legal status, and any manager, including the address for service for all registered persons
The Practice:
- Brunton Park Health Centre, Princes Road, Brunton Park, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 5NF
- CQC Registered Manager: Dr Anne-Marie Engeset & Dr Adrian Scott
- Practice Manager: Mrs Michelle Punton
Contact Information
The Practice is a GP partnership, open to all patients residing within our practice boundary.
We are a general medical services practice offering primary care services for the diagnosis and prevention of disease. We work in partnership with our patients and help them to manage their health and prevent illness.
Our clinicians assess, diagnose, treat, and manage illness and they carry out screening for some diseases and promote general health and wellbeing.
Our clinicians act as a patient’s advocate, supporting and representing a patient’s best interests to ensure they receive the best and most appropriate health and/or social care. Our clinicians also provide the link to further health services and work closely with other healthcare colleagues. They may also arrange hospital admissions and referrals to other services and specialists and they link with secondary and community services about patient care, taking advice and sharing information where needed.
Our surgery has step free access and has a car park with marked disabled bays.
The practice has a General Medical Services (GMS) contracts with NHS England and provides services to approximately 8,200 patients of all ages.
The Practice has two GP partners and four salaried GPs. The Practice is a training practice with GP trainees allocated to us (fully qualified doctors allocated to the practice as part of a three-year postgraduate general practice vocational training programme). There are nursing staff, which include one practice nurse lead and two healthcare assistants.
We have a team of office staff which includes the practice manger and ten administration and reception staff.
The practice is part of North Gosforth PCN.
Our Mission Statement:
Our primary health care team are committed to provide our patients with a high quality, effective, safe, caring medical service and advocate best practice in the delivery of this service.
Our Vision:
We will aim to continue to be an innovative organisation with a culture of continuous quality improvement to all the services we provide.
We will aim to be attentive and compassionate to the needs of our patients and treat all patients with dignity and respect.
We will aim to respect patient choice and involve patients in shared decision making, ensuring they are guided to the correct service choice.
Our Aims and Objectives:
To provide high quality, safe, professional primary health care general practice services to our patients:
- To focus on prevention of disease by promoting health and wellbeing and offering care and advice to our patients
- To work in partnership with our patients, their families and carers towards a positive experience and understanding, involving them in decision making about their treatment and care
- To be a “learning” organisation that continually improves what we can offer patients
- To treat patients as individuals and with the same respect we would want for ourselves or a member or our families, listening and supporting people to express their needs and wants and enabling people to maintain the maximum possible level of independence, choice, and control
- To work in partnership with other agencies to tackle the causes of, as well as provide the treatment for, ill health and where appropriate involve other professionals in the care of our patients
- To ensure all staff have the competency and motivation to deliver the required standards of care ensuring that all members of the team have the right skills and training to carry out their duties competently and to the best of their abilities
- To take care of our staff offering support to do their jobs and to protect them against abuse. We have a zero tolerance of all forms of abuse
- To provide our patients and staff with an environment which is safe and friendly
Non-NHS Services
Our practice also provides services which are non-NHS and are paid for by the patient. These services include:
- Insurance claims forms
- Pre-employment and HGV medicals