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Part II: Classes of Information
All information at the Crofton and Sharlston General Practice
is held, retained and destroyed in accordance with NHS
guidelines. Our commitment to publish information excludes any
information which can be legitimately withheld under the
exemptions set out in the NHS Openness Code or Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Where individual Classes are subject to
exemptions, the main reasons are e.g. the protection of
commercial interests and personal information under the Data
Protection Act 1998. This applies to all Classes within the
Publication Scheme. The information on this Scheme is grouped
into the following broad categories:
This practice has a local Personal Medical Services contract.
The contract is with: Wakefield West Primary Care Trust, White
Rose House, West Parade, Wakefield, West-Yorkshire, WF1 1LT
The practice aims to follow National Institute for Clinical
Excellence (NICE) and National Service Framework guidelines.
Copies of these can also be found on the NICE website (www.nice.org.uk)
or the Department of Health website (www.doh.gov.uk).
The NHS is a very large part of the public sector. It is
possible to find out information about our practice, the
Wakefield West Primary Care Trust and other NHS services in your
area by using
www.nhs.uk. A full list of local General Practices can be
found there too. The Crofton and Sharlston provides general
medical services for the geographical area of Crofton, New
Crofton, Sharlston,New Sharlston Sharlston Common, Walton,
Wragby and all hamlets in between.
The full names of GPs at our practice are listed in the
introduction to this publication scheme. The practice also
employs:
- Administrative staff
- Health visitor(s)
- Practice manager(s)
- Practice nurse(s)
- Pharmacy staff
A full list of the services we provide is detailed in
Class 2 below.
There is a national NHS Plan that explains how the NHS is
changing and sets out how all the different parts function and
work together. A copy is available on the Department of Health
website (www.doh.gov.uk/nhsplan).
Some information will be withheld, including personal,
confidential information about individuals which is protected by
the Data Protection Act 1998.
This is the range of services we provide:
- Audiology
- Baby clinic
- Cervical cytology
- Child health surveillance
- Contraceptive services
- Counsellor
- Disease management clinics
- District nurse
- Health promotions clinics
(e.g. well man and well woman clinics)
- Immunisations
- Maternity medical services
- Minor surgery services
- Parent craft
- Psychiatrist
- Speech therapy
- Health Visitor
- Podiatrist
- Community Psychiatric Nurse
- Minor Ailments Clinic
- Diabetic Clinic
- Travel advise and immunisations (including yellow fever)
For any policies relating to our services, please refer to
Class 6.
Included in our practice leaflet is information on the
following:
- our practice address(es)
- our opening and closing times
- the arrangements we have for out of hours cover
Our practice leaflet is available free of charge from:
Practice Administrator
Sue Crawshaw
Slack Lane
Crofton
Wakefield
West-Yorkshire
WF1 1ET
Language and translation information: English (all of us),
Spanish (Dr Leading), Dutch (Dr Ferdinandus), German (Dr
Ferdinandus)
Clinical interests at our practice: Dr Leading: Diabetes Dr
Hall Child Health; Medicine Management Dr Sykes Cardiovascular;
Rheumatology Dr Taylor Gynaecology; Medicine Management Dr
Ferdinandus ENT, Orthopaedics, Minor Surgery, Epilepsy.
The Crofton and Sharlston receives money from Wakefield West
according to its contract (as per Class 1 above) in exchange for
services provided for patients.
The total income received from the NHS before expenses in
2001/2002 was £750318. The sum spent on drugs prescribed by the
Crofton and Sharlston in 2001/2002 was £1131608.
Please see Part III for a link to the
document titled “Statement of Fees and Allowances payable for
General Medical Practitioners in England”. Please apply to the
Department of Health for information on costs and the formats
this is available in.
There may be circumstances where material cannot be released
because it is confidential or commercial information or the
appropriate officer designated for these purposes under the Act
has taken the view that it may be prejudicial to the conduct of
the Practice’s affairs.
Information leaflets relating to the clinical services and
health services that we provide for patients and the public, and
our range of regular publications are freely available at the
surgeries, in the reception areas. Alternatively, please
contact:
Practice Administrator
Crofton Health Centre
Slack Lane
Crofton
Wakefield
West-Yorkshire
WF1 1ET
01924-866916
If you wish to make a complaint about any aspect of our
service, you should first contact:
Mrs Carol Perkins
Practice Manager
Crofton Health Centre
Slack Lane
Crofton
Wakefield
West-Yorkshire
WF1 1ET
01924-866915
The complaints policy for our practice can be obtained at a
cost of £ 1 from our website or in hardcopy from:
Practice Manager
Crofton Health Centre
Slack Lane
Crofton
Wakefield
WF1 1ET
01924-866915
We have policies available on the following:
Each of the above are available in hardcopy and some are
available on our website. If you would like a copy, please
contact:
Practice Manager
Crofton Health Centre
Slack Lane
Crofton
Wakefield
WF1 1ET
01924-866915
Cost of Information
For the most part, we will charge you only for hard copies or
copying onto media (e.g. CD-ROM). Some information is available
free, but for others there may be a charge. The charges will
vary according to how information is made available. Charges are
as follows:
a) Via the General Practice website – free of charge,
although any charges for Internet Service provider and personal
printing costs would have to be met by the individual.
For those without Internet access, a single print-out as on
the website would be available by post from Practice
Administrator, Crofton Health Centre, Slack Lane, Crofton,
Wakefield, West-Yorkshire, WF1 1ET or by personal application at
the Crofton and Sharlston General Practice.
However, requests for multiple printouts, or for archived
copies of documents which are no longer accessible or available
on the web, may attract a charge for the retrieval, photocopy,
postage etc. We will let you know the cost and charges that will
have to be paid in advance. We will not provide printouts of
other organisation’s websites.
b) Leaflets and brochures – free of charge for leaflets or
booklets on, for example, services we offer to the public. A
list is available in Class 4.
c) “Glossy” or other bound paper copies, or in some cases a
CD-ROM, video or other mediums are for charge as in our
publication lists available from Practice Manager, , Slack Lane,
Crofton, Wakefield, West-Yorkshire, WF1 1ET, 01924-866915
d) E-mail will be free of charge unless it says otherwise.
The charges will be reviewed regularly. |
