Houghton Close Surgery, Bedford, Bedfordshire

Houghton Close Surgery is one of the leading GP practice in Bedford and it is located at 1 Houghton Close, Ampthill, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 2TG. Patients can contact Houghton Close Surgery at 01525 300898 for appointments. Services offered by Houghton Close Surgery are Smoking cessation clinic, Minor surgery (e.g. removal of moles and skin lesions) - provided in-house, Anticoagulant monitoring and dosing - provided in-house, COPD clinic with spirometry, Baby clinic with health visitor, Primary care counselling service and others. Houghton Close Surgery GP has total 11654 registered patients, out of this there are 5992 female registered patients and 5662 male registered patients. It offers Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) which allows you to get your medicines with out the need of paper prescription. Houghton Close Surgery has medical staff of 7 to cater to your healthcare needs. NHS Bedfordshire, Luton And Milton Keynes Icb - M1j4y is responsible for effective clinical commissioning of Houghton Close Surgery.

Houghton Close Surgery address, phone number, fax number, website, email etc. details are mentioned as below. Patients can call on the below given phone number for appointments.

Name	Houghton Close Surgery
Organization code	E81074
Address	1 Houghton Close, Ampthill Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 2TG
Phone number	01525 300898
Fax number	01525 406939
Website	http://www.houghtonclosesurgery.co.uk
Email	-
Commissioner	NHS Bedfordshire, Luton And Milton Keynes Icb - M1j4y
Electronic Prescription Service	Available

Houghton Close Surgery opening timing for reception and surgery are as mentioned below for complete week. Patients can book their appointments accordingly.

• Reception times
• Surgery times

Houghton Close Surgery have following clinics at their center and they provide below mentioned services to the patients.

Smoking cessation clinic	Minor surgery (e.g. removal of moles and skin lesions) - provided in-house
Anticoagulant monitoring and dosing - provided in-house	COPD clinic with spirometry
Baby clinic with health visitor	Primary care counselling service
Phlebotomy	Asthma Clinic
Learning disability health check

Houghton Close Surgery has following Accessibility and Parking facilities available which can be availed by incoming patients.There are 7 medical staff working at Houghton Close Surgery. Following are the staff details who work at Houghton Close Surgery with their name, job tittle and GMC Number.

Name	Job title	GMC Number
Dr Lisa Soeng	General Practitioner	7427222
DR John Murphy	General Practitioner	4038687
Dr Michelle Saint	General Practitioner	4212463
Dr Helen Jane Smith	General Practitioner	4279077
Dr Shaheena Sookun	General Practitioner	6079047
Dr Eap Soeng	General Practitioner	6064098
DR Alistair Snape	General Practitioner	7041135

Some measuring parameters of Houghton Close Surgery are taken and their fetched values are as mentioned below.

Measure	Value
Antibiotic Prescribing	items per standardised prescribing unit (see definition)
Cancer Detection Rate	59.65% detected by practice, out of 57 new diagnoses.
Care Quality Commission Inspection Ratings	Good
Cervical Cancer Screening	81.2% screened, of 2696 eligible women.
Dementia - Face to Face Reviews	84.48% reviewed by GP, out of 58 patients diagnosed.
Diabetes - Managing Blood Glucose Level (HbA1c)	82.68% within a recommended level, out of 410 patients.
Flu vaccinations - Aged 65 and over group	72.8% vaccinated, of 2067 eligible people.
Flu vaccinations - Under 65 At Risk Groups	52.6% vaccinated, of 975 eligible people.
High Blood Pressure Management	82.85% with recommended measurement, out of 1,475 patients.
Mental Health – Comprehensive Care Planning	90.24% with a plan, out of 41 patients.
Patient Experience - Confidence and Trust in healthcare professional	97.15% had confidence, of 134 respondents.
Patient Satisfaction with GP Practice Appointment Times	63.80% were satisfied, of 129 respondents.
Percentage of children aged 1 completed primary course of 5:1 vaccine	94.29% vaccinated.
Proportion of children aged 2 with Haemophilus influenzae type b and Meningitis C booster vaccine	97.03% vaccinated.
Proportion of children aged 2 with Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine	98.02% vaccinated.
Proportion of children aged 2 with pneumococcal conjugate booster vaccine	97.03% vaccinated.
Stroke prevention: medication for patients with atrial fibrillation	97.56% treated, out of 205 patients.

Houghton Close Surgery GP has 11654 registered patients out of this it has 5992 female registered patients and 5662 male registered patients.
Total number of male patients and female patients

Number of male and female patients, grouped by 10 years


Houghton Close Surgery has total of 11640 registered patients as per Patient Online Management Information (POMI) system as on 30-Sep-22

Online Appointments

Functionality status of the online system at the Practice for enabling the use of online Patient Transactional Services for booking and/or cancelling appointments through the Principal system	Online booking of appointments and cancelling is enabled
Total number of 'online patients' registered to use an online Patient Transactional Service to book and/or cancel appointments	7212
Total number of appointment scheduling or cancelling transactions using an Online Patient Transaction Service within the reporting month	424

Online Prescription Order

Functionality status of the online system at the Practice for enabling the use of online Patient Transactional Services for ordering repeat prescriptions through the Principal system	Online prescription ordering is enabled
Total number of 'online patients' registered to use an online Patient Transactional Service to order repeat prescriptions	8087
Total number of prescriptions ordered using an Online Patient Transaction Service. (Note that ordering several items at once to be counted as one prescription).	3171

Online Patient Record Access Service

Functionality status of the Practice system for enabling the use of online Patient Record Access Services for 'online patients' to view their Detailed Coded Care Record	Patients can view detailed coded records online
Total number of 'online patients' registered to use an online Patient Record Access Service to access elements of the Detailed Coded Care Record	437
Total number of accesses of a patient record by an 'online patient' with Detailed Coded Care Record access.	349

Map and Direction

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