Updated 27 July 2023
Tieve Tara Medical Centre is located in Castleford at:
Park Dale
Castleford
West Yorkshire
WF10 2QP
We visited the surgery as part of this inspection activity.
The provider Spectrum Community Health C.I.C is registered with CQC to deliver the Regulated Activities; diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services and treatment of disease, disorder or injury and surgical procedures. Spectrum Community Health C.I.C took over the running of the practice in 2021.
The Ouseburn Practice operates under the Tieve Tara Medical Centre registration. This delivers a Special Allocations Scheme service to around 35 patients who reside in the North East of England (a Special Allocations Scheme practice delivers GP services to patients who had been removed from their previous GP’s patient list). This service is primarily delivered remotely via telephone consultations, with face to face consultations being undertaken at a GP practice in Seaham, County Durham and at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead. We did not visit this service during the inspection.
The building is accessible for those with a disability and has been adapted further. For example, the reception desk had been lowered for wheelchair users and a hearing loop had been installed for those with a hearing impairment. There is parking available nearby for patients and an independent pharmacy is adjacent to the practice.
The practice is situated within the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and delivers Personal Medical Services (PMS) to a patient population of 5,480.
The practice is part of a wider network of GP practices Wakefield North Primary Care Network (PCNs are groups of practices working together to focus local patient care).
According to the latest available data, the ethnic make-up of the practice patient population is 98.2% White, 0.6% Asian, 0.6% Black and 0.6% Mixed..
Information published by Office for Health Improvement and Disparities shows that deprivation within the practice population group is in the lowest decile (1 of 10). The lower the decile, the more deprived the practice population is relative to others.
Tieve Tara Medical Centre has a larger proportion of younger patients aged 0-19 years, and a lower proportion of patients aged 65 years and over compared to local and national averages.
Tieve Tara Medical Centre appointments and support include:
- Pre-bookable appointments for certain conditions and reviews.
- Telephone and face to face appointments.
- Telephone triage and advice.
- On the day/urgent appointments.
- Home visits.
- Support to registered patients who live in 8 residential care settings.
Tieve Tara Medical Centre is open between 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday, although a limited number of nurse and healthcare assistant appointments were available from 7.30am to 8am Monday to Friday. In addition, the practice can make appointments for patients to access primary care services via a local extended hours service. Out of hours care is provided by Local Care Direct Limited.
Tieve Tara Medical Centre is managed by a head of primary care, and clinical services are delivered by a team of regular locum GPs, 1 advanced nurse practitioner, 1 clinical pharmacist, 1 lead nurse, 1 practice nurse, 1 nurse associate, and 1 healthcare assistant. The clinical team is supported by a practice manager and a team of receptionists and administration staff. At the time of inspection recruitment is going for some additional staff roles. In addition, the practice receives and/or hosts additional staff from their PCN including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and care coordinators.
The Ouseburn Practice Special Allocations Scheme operates 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, and offers both telephone consultations and face to face appointments. The Ouseburn Practice is delivered by 1 salaried GP and 1 bank GP, 1 lead nurse, and 1 healthcare assistant/administration support worker.