Updated 14 February 2023
The Bromley by Bow Health Centre is a training practice that is part of the Bromley by Bow Health Partnership which also includes XX Place Health Centre and St Andrews Health Centre. At the time of our inspection the Bromley by Bow Health Partnership provider was in the process of registering a fourth location it had recently taken over. All of the practices are in Mile End East and Bromley by Bow PCN, within North East London ICS.
The Bromley by Bow Health Centre is located in Tower Hamlets, North East London and holds a General Medical Services (GMS) contract jointly with XX Place Health Centre (a GMS contract is the contract between general practices and NHS England for delivering primary care services to local communities). These two practices sites share an EMIS system and data set. Bromley by Bow Health Centre’s patient list size is currently 7213.
The Bromley by Bow Health Centre is registered with the Care Quality Commission to carry on the regulated activities of treatment of disease, disorder or injury, diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services, surgical procedures and family planning. The practice provides a range of enhanced services including alcohol support, childhood vaccination and immunisation, extended hours, dementia support, improving patient online access, influenza and pneumococcal immunisations, learning disabilities, minor surgery, patient participation, risk profiling and case management, rotavirus and shingles immunisation and unplanned admissions.
The staff team at the practice include two GP partners (one female and one male), four salaried GPs (female and male), one advanced nurse practitioner (female), three practice nurses (females), one phlebotomist (female), two health care assistants (females), one practice manager, practice manager assistant and 12 administrative staff. Weekly there are a total of 22 GP sessions.
The practice’s opening hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6.30pm. Extended hours services are from 6.30pm to 8pm plus Saturdays 9am to 5pm and are delivered on behalf of two Primary Care Networks (PCNs) at one of The Bromley by Bow Health Partnership practices. The practice doors remain open during this time and reception is staffed throughout the day for patients presenting in person to book and attend appointments. There is a duty doctor available 8am to 6.30pm. The phone lines are transferred to the Tower Hamlets out Of Hours’ service when the phone lines are closed. Access for patients through online consultations are available throughout the week Monday to Friday 8am to 3pm.
Information published by Public Health England shows that deprivation within the practice population group is in the third lowest decile (three of 10). The lower the decile, the more deprived the practice population is relative to others. The ethnic make-up of the practice area is 48% Asian, 37% White, 9% Black, 4% Mixed, and 2% Other.