Updated 10 January 2025
Date of Assessment: 23 January 2025. Ashton Medical Group is a GP practice and delivers service to 17,238 patients under a contract held with NHS England. The practice also includes a branch surgery nearby which patients could also access. At the last comprehensive inspection in 2017 the practice was rated good in Responsive. We conducted this assessment due to receiving information of concern and assessed the quality statement Responsive. The National General Practice Profiles states that the ethnic make-up of the practice area is 76.9% White, 17.03% Asian, 2.74% Black, 2.08% Mixed, and 1.17% other ethnicities. There are equal numbers of male and female patients registered at the practice. Information published by Office for Health Improvement and Disparities shows that deprivation within the practice population group is in the 2nd decile (2 of 10). The lower the decile, the more deprived the practice population is relative to others. This assessment considered the demographics of the people using the service, the context the service was working within and how this impacted service delivery. Where relevant, further commentary is provided in the quality statements section of this report.
During this assessment we only looked at responsive, the overall rating remains Good