Located in the north-east of Wiltshire, Swindon is the county’s largest settlement, with a population of more than 220,000 people.

A thriving town, with a history rooted deep in industry, Swindon has expanded greatly within the last 10 years, mainly due to its competitive house prices and its proximity to nearby large towns and cities, such as Bristol, Bath, Reading, Oxford and London. 

Although an attractive place to live and work, especially for new families and high-earning professionals looking to commute, Swindon’s health landscape is marred by a number of challenges. There is a sharp contrast in life expectancy depending where in the town people live. Some studies have suggested that men in the more affluent areas of Swindon could live up to nine years more than those in the more deprived areas. 

Other challenges facing Swindon are similar to those that affect other towns and cities, such as ageing populations, growing obesity levels and an increasing number of people falling victim to drug and alcohol misuse. 

Despite this, Swindon is in a fantastic position to build its health economy into something truly integrated. 

The Great Western Hospital, located to the south of the town, not only provides acute healthcare, but also community care and, more recently, primary care services. Having a single provider for a wide range of services ensures that care can be more joined-up, and puts Swindon in a position that is unique of other similar-sized towns.

Priorities for Swindon:

Improvement

Working with communities

Infrastructure

Under each of these areas are a number of further, more-detailed priorities that showcase where the Swindon Integrated Care Alliance is heading. 

Significant work programmes under way

  • Exploring enhanced intervention in some of the town’s most deprived areas to see if benefits can be achieved 
  • Enable staff to work flexibly across the whole system through new approaches
  • Reduce autism and learning disability waiting lists, and clear any backlogs that exist 
  • Encourage people to take up self-care programmes, which is backed-up by enhanced community support

Swindon Primary Care Networks

Brunel PCN 1

Clinical Lead: Dr Francis Campbell

Elm Tree Surgery

Ridgeway View Family Practice

Station House Surgery (branch)

Brunel PCN 4

Clinical Lead: Dr Sarah Bruen

Blunsdon Surgery (branch)

Hermitage Surgery (branch)

Taw Hill Medical Practice (branch)

Westrop Medical Practice

Tadpole Surgery (branch)

Moredon Medical Centre

Sparcells PCN

Clinical Lead: Dr Richard Carter

Sparcells Surgery (branch)

Great Western Surgery (branch)

Whalebridge Practice

Brunel PCN 2

Clinical Lead: Dr Nadia Coates

Carfax NHS Medical Centre (branch)

Kingswood Medical Group

 

Brunel PCN 5

Clinical Lead: Arpit Srivastava

Victoria Cross Surgery

Abbymeads Medical Practice

Eldene Surgery

Lakeside Surgery (branch)

Penhill Surgery (branch)

Wyvern Health Partnership PCN

Clinical Lead: Dr Mark Boothman

Lawn Medical Centre

Old Town Surgery

Priory Road Medical Centre

Brunel PCN 3

Clinical Lead: Dr Coralie Chapman

Ashington House Surgery

North Swindon Practice

Freshbrook Surgery (branch)

Crossroads Surgery (branch)

Brunel PCN 6

Clinical Lead:  Dr Humaira Ramzan

Ridge Green Medical Centre

Park Lane Practice

Phoenix Surgery

Hawthorn and Merchiston PCN

Clinical Lead: Dr Laura Bond

Hawthorn Medical Practice

Merchiston Surgery