All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.

The average pay for GPs working at Parkside Medical Centre in the last financial year was £98,700 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 1 full time GP and 3 part time GPs who worked in the practice for more than six months.

We aim to provide quality health care services to all our patients

Our objectives are to be a practice where:

• Patients are treated as active participants in the care they receive
• Patients & colleagues are treated with dignity and respect
• Patients are prioritised on the basis of need
• Patient records are treated confidentially
• Long term medication and treatments are reviewed at appropriate intervals
• Best practice is taught and promoted
• An open and honest working environment is nurtured in which teamwork thrives
• Healthcare is provided in clean comfortable and appropriate surroundings

We aim to keep our surgery clean and tidy and offer a safe environment to our patients and staff. We endeavour to keep it clean, safe and well maintained at all times.

If you have any concerns about safety, cleanliness or infection control, please report these to our Reception staff.

Our staff all follow our Health & Safety and Infection Control Policies to ensure the care we deliver and the equipment we use is safe.

We take additional measures to ensure we maintain the highest standards:

• Encourage staff and patients to raise any issues or report any incidents relating to hazards, cleanliness and infection control. We can discuss these and identify improvements we can make to avoid any future problems.
• Carry out annual health & safety and infection control audits to make sure our procedures are working.
• Provide annual staff updates and training on safety, cleanliness and infection control
• Review our policies and procedures to make sure they are adequate and meet national and local guidance.
• Maintain the premises and equipment to a high standard within the available financial resources and ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to reduce or remove risks.
• Use washable or disposable materials for items such as couch rolls, modesty curtains, floor coverings, towels etc, and ensure that these are laundered, cleaned or changed frequently to minimise risk of infection.
• Make alcohol hand gel available throughout the building.

As per NHS rules, all patients are assigned an accountable GP and patients can express a preference as to which GP they are assigned to. Whichever GP you are assigned to you can still see ANY available GP at the practice and all clinicians have access to patient medical records.

Patients can also express a preference of the GP they are seen by at the time of booking an appointment. The practice will always try its best to accommodate patient preferences where possible.