IPCAS GPEA
Integrated Primary Care Access Service (IPCAS) General Practice Extend Access (GPEA)
IPCAS GPEA
Integrated Primary Care Access Service (IPCAS) General Practice Extend Access (GPEA)
On the 1st June 2019, The Southern Hampshire Primary Care Alliance went live with new streamlined service for patients in the Fareham and Gosport and South East Hampshire CCG areas. This service provides pre-bookable GP extended access appointments as well as urgent out of hours GP and Acute Practitioner appointments. What this means is greater availability of appointments outside of core working hours in order to address the health needs of the general public particularly useful for workers with little flexibility.
Five centralised hubs located in Fareham, Gosport, Portchester, Waterlooville, and Petersfield will operate on different evenings and weekends in order to enable patients from our 38 member practices to access appointments they may not ordinarily be able to attend due to work commitments, etc. In response to local patient and stakeholder feedback, a sixth hub is being trialed in Bordon from the 1st August.
In addition, the out of hours GP and Acute Practitioner service accessed via 111 means that patients can avoid going to the Emergency Department and be managed in the community as and when appropriate. The integrated nature of the service ensures that if a patient has been assessed by the 111 Service as medically unable to attend a hub, an out of hours home visit can be arranged as an alternative to a hospital visit.
The six hubs are run by reception staff, nursing staff and General Practitioners who all live and work locally and supported by three managers who work both remotely and on-site in order to provide the best possible care for our patients. If you are a patient at any of our 38 member practices and unable to attend your own surgery during core hours, you will be offered an appointment at one of the hub sites. To book an appointment please contact your GP.
HUB SITE LOCATIONS AND OPENING HOURS
Site | Fareham and Gosport
Opening Hours
Fareham Community Hospital
233A Brook Ln, Sarisbury Green, Southampton SO31 7DQ
Contact Number: 01489 587433
Monday – Friday
6.30pm to 10.30pm
Forton Medical Centre, Gosport
Whites Pl, Gosport PO12 3JP
Contact Number: 02392 5833333
Tuesday and Thursday – 18.30pm to 22.30pm
Saturday and Sunday – 8am to 22.30pm
Portchester Health Centre
Portchester Health Centre/West St, Fareham PO16 9TU
Contact Number: 02392 316069
Saturday and Sunday
8am to 10.30pm
Site | South Eastern Hampshire
Opening Hours
Swan Surgery
Swan St, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3AB
Contact Number: 01730 232281
Tuesday and Thursday – 6.30pm to 10.30pm
Saturday and Sunday – 8am to 10.30pm
Waterlooville Health Centre
Dryden Cl, Waterlooville PO7 6AL
Contact Number: 02393 870567
Monday, Wednesday and Friday – 6.30pm to 10.30pm
Saturday and Sunday – 8am to 10.30pm
Chase Community Hospital,
Conde Way, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 0YX
Friday Evening only – 18.30pm to 22.30pm
HUB SITE LOCATIONS AND OPENING HOURS
Site | Fareham and Gosport
Opening Hours
Fareham Community Hospital
233A Brook Ln, Sarisbury Green, Southampton SO31 7DQ
Contact Number: 01489 587433
Monday – Friday
6.30pm to 10.30pm
Forton Medical Centre, Gosport
Whites Pl, Gosport PO12 3JP
Contact Number: 02392 5833333
Saturday and Sunday
8am to 10.30pm
Portchester Health Centre
Portchester Health Centre/West St, Fareham PO16 9TU
Contact Number: 02392 316069
Saturday and Sunday
8am to 10.30pm
Site | South Eastern Hampshire
Opening Hours
Swan Surgery
Swan St, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3AB
Contact Number: 01730 232281
Tuesday and Thursday
6.30pm to 10.30pm
Saturday and Sunday
8am to 10.30pm
Waterlooville Health Centre
Dryden Cl, Waterlooville PO7 6AL
Contact Number: 02393 870567
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
6.30pm to 10.30pm
Saturday and Sunday
8am to 10.30pm
The Service is Managed by:
Tina Richardson – GP Extended Access/IPCAS Site Service Manager
We welcome feedback from service users and copies of Friends and Family Tests can be found at each of the hub sites.
Address
35, Pure Offices
One Port Way
Port Solent
Portsmouth
PO6 4TY
Contact Us
Tel: 02392 414020
Email: shpca.info@nhs.net
