Drs Smith, G Paige, Potter,
H Paige, Brewster, Payne & Kitching

59a Hemdean Road, Caversham
Reading, RG4 7SS

Telephone: 0118 947 1455
Fax: 0118 946 1766

Surgery Opening Times

Monday - Friday 8.00am - 6.30pm

Saturday - Sunday Closed

Consultation Times - 8.30am - 11.30am

3.00pm - 5.30pm by appointment, except in an emergency

Welcome To Balmore Park Surgery

(A Berkshire West Primary Care Trust Practice)

We hope that this booklet will provide you with the information necessary to make the best use of our services. Many of our patients come from families who have been our patients for several generations. We are delighted to encourage this continuity of care for family medicine but of course we welcome new patients too!

The practice was established c.1900 in premises on the corner of Priory Avenue in Caversham. In 1985 the surgery moved to custom-built premises in Hemdean Road, as the old house was too small to allow the expansion and standard of services which we wanted to provide for our patients. Centrally situated within walking distance of the shopping centre, the surgery is well served by several local bus routes.

Today, the practice is run as a partnership between seven of our doctors. The practice includes 10 doctors, seven nurses and a community health team. We have been a training practice for many years and have an enthusiastic and friendly team who provide a high standard of clinical care, and are constantly improving existing services and developing new ones. From time to time the practice therefore also has a Registrar undergoing GP training.
We have a full complement of reception, administrative and secretarial staff as well as attached district nurses, health visitors, a community midwife, two physiotherapists, a counsellor and dietician. We also provide a wide range of in-house nurse-led clinics, including those for minor illness, phlebotomy, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, travel and family planning.

The practice has a list size of approximately 14,820 patients, which is above the national average and covers a wide social spectrum. The doctors operate a personal list system to provide continuity of care wherever possible. Full-time partners work eight sessions per week with two half days.

We have been a PMS (Personal Medical Services) practice since 1999 and provide our services under contract to Berkshire West Primary Care Trust. The Royal Berkshire Hospital is our local hospital. Out of hours services are provided through a local co-operative agreement managed by Berkshire West Primary Care Trust.

We operate from large, modern and well-equipped premises which have provision for the disabled as well as a pharmacy on site. Our treatment rooms are provided with modern equipment and the surgery has a network of some 40 or more computers which provide a wide range of functions including appointment scheduling, consultation records and patient information.

The Practice's Freedom of Information Publication Scheme Click here to download the Practice's Publication Scheme in Word format or Click here to download it in plain text format (we are required to make this available under the Freedom of Information Act 2000)