Chris Inquires Re GP Surgery Staffing Levels In Christchurch
Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent (a) GPs and (b) other clinical practitioners were employed at (i) Highcliffe Medical Centre, (ii) Christchurch Medical Centre, (iii) Burton Brunch Surgery, (iv) Stour Surgery and (v) The Grove Surgery on (A) 1 June 2024 and (B) 14 May 2025.
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- Hansard source(Citation: HC Deb, 19 May 2025, cW)
Stephen Kinnock Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Figures are provided in the tables below on full time equivalent (FTE) general practitioners (GPs) and other clinical practitioners employed at the practices for which the Department holds data. We have provided the most recent data available, which captures staff employed on 31 March 2025, and compared this to 31 March 2024.
Data for the Burton Medical Centre is not available as it was a branch of the Christchurch Medical Practice. The Burton Medical Centre became a branch practice in October 2017, and was subsequently closed in October 2024.
The following table shows the number of FTE GP doctors and other clinical staff in the Highcliffe Medical Centre, the Christchurch Medical Centre, the Burton Brunch Surgery, the Stour Surgery, and the Grove Surgery, as of 31 March 2025:
Practice name GP doctors Other clinical staff
Highcliffe Medical Centre 9.9 11.4
Christchurch Medical Practice 10.2 21.7
Stour Surgery 4.7 7.1
The Grove Medical Centre 11.1 16.2
In addition, the following table shows the number of FTE GP doctors and other clinical staff in the Highcliffe Medical Centre, the Christchurch Medical Centre, the Burton Brunch Surgery, the Stour Surgery, and the Grove Surgery, as of 31 March 2024:
Practice name GP doctors Other clinical staff
Highcliffe Medical Centre 8.7 11.4
Christchurch Medical Practice 10.7 23.0
Stour Surgery 4.9 7.1
The Grove Medical Centre 12 17.3
Notes:
- the data does not include estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid staff records; and
- FTE refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours, 37.5 hours, and 0.5 that they worked half that time. For GPs in training grade contracts, 1 FTE is equal to 40 hours, and in this table these FTEs have been converted to the standard Workforce Minimum Data Set measure of 1 FTE equalling 37.5 hours, for consistency.
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