This is a Statement of Purpose for the Cherry Medical Practice which sets out the following information:

• The full name of the service provider and of any registered manager together with their business address, telephone number, and where available electronic mail addresses
• The legal status of the service provider
• Details of the locations at which the services provided for the purposes of the regulated activity carried on
• Our aims and objectives in carrying on the regulated activity;
• The kinds of services provided for the purpose of carrying on of the regulated activity
• The range of service users needs which those services are intended to meet.

Cherry Medical Practice is a General Practice Partnership open to all patients living within our Practice boundary with a M28 or M38 postcode. We work in partnership with our patients and our Patient Participation Group to provide medical care for our patients. We are an active member of the Walkden and Little Hulton Primary Care Network. We work as part of the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.

We are a Personal Medical Services (PMS) Practice offering Primary care services for the diagnosis and prevention of disease. We help patients to manage their health and prevent illness. Our GPs assess, diagnose, treat and manage illness. They carry out screening for some diseases and promote general health and wellbeing. Our GPs 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 GPs 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 in with secondary care and community services about patients, taking advice and sharing information where needed. They also collect and record important information from other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of our patients.

Our GPs are also involved in the education and training of practice staff and other healthcare professionals.

We are a team comprised of two female GPs, one practice nurse who is a prescriber, one healthcare assistant, one practice manager, one reception manager and five receptionists. We also currently have two pharmacists working with the practice who review patient medications and a paramedic who sees acutely unwell patients in surgery and can also do home visits where needed.

Location: The Practice address is Cherry Medical Practice, Little Hulton Health Centre, Haysbrook Avenue, Salford, M28 0AY.

Our phone number is 0161 983 0210.

Our email address is gmicb-sal.cherrymedicalpractice@nhs.net

Our Mission Statement: To improve the health, wellbeing, and lives of those we care for.

Our Vision: To work in partnership with our patients and staff to provide the best standard of Primary Care services possible working within local and national governance, guidance, and regulations.

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 to patients.
• To treat patients as individuals and with the same respect we would want for ourselves or a member of our family, 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 encourage our patients to communicate with us by joining our Patient Participation Group, talking to us, participating in surveys, and feeding back on the services that we offer
• 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
• To take care of our staff, offering them support to do their jobs and to protect them against abuse
• Have a zero tolerance of all forms of abuse.
• To provide our patients and staff with an environment which is safe and friendly
• To operate on a financially sound basis.
• To maintain GDPR compliance.

Our Services: The PMS services provided by our GPs are defined under the Standard Personal Medical Services Contract. These services are mainly split into three groups:

• Essential
• Additional
• Enhanced

Essential services: We provide essential services for people who have health conditions from which they are expected to recover, chronic disease management and general management of terminally ill patients.

Our core services include:

• GP consultation
• Asthma clinic
• Chronic obstructive airways disease clinic
• Coronary heart disease clinic
• Diabetes clinics

Additional services

Our additional services include:

• Cervical cytology screening
• Contraceptive service
• Child health surveillance
• Shared antenatal care
• Vaccinations and immunisations
• Diabetes Prevention care
• Weight Management referrals

Enhanced services: Our enhanced services include:

• Childhood vaccinations and immunisation
• Prostate Cancer Injection Therapy
• Flu immunisation

Other services: Our Practice also offers services including:

• Child health and development
• ECGs (electrical heart trace)
• End of life care
• Epilepsy
• Lung testing (spirometry)
• Structured Medication Reviews
• Men’s health
• Mental health
• Pregnancy testing
• Ring pessary replacement
• Stop smoking support
• Travel advice and some vaccinations
• Women’s health

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
• Non-NHS vaccinations
• Prescriptions for taking medication abroad
• Private sick notes
• Pre-employment and HGV medicals
• Fostering medicals
• Patient-requested letters