Distington Surgery

Address: THE SURGERY, HINNINGS ROAD, DISTINGTON, WORKINGTON, CUMBRIA, CA14 5UR

Part of Sub-ICB Location: NHS NORTH CUMBRIA

Part of PCN: COPELAND HAVEN PCN

Current practice type: GP Practice

Practice locations are approximate, based on postcode.

Standard measures

Our 74 standard measures compare performance across England. This is the measure where Distington Surgery has the greatest potential for improvement. View all 74 measures...

NHS low priority measures

These are measures about low-value items which NHS England says should not routinely prescribed in primary care. This is the ranking of Distington Surgery for all low-value items combined. View the 24 measures...

You can browse all of our measures by topic: Antimicrobial Stewardship (10), Cardiovascular system (11), Central Nervous system (3), Cost Saving (33), Diabetes (5), Efficacy (18), Erectile Dysfunction (1), Eye (1), Gastrointestinal system (1), Generic prescribing (2), Greener NHS (3), Infections (11), NHS England - items which should not routinely be prescribed in primary care (24), Mental Health (5), NICE (24), Nutrition (5), Opioids (5), National medicines optimisation opportunities (10), Pain (13), Mentioned in Papers (2), Reproductive system (1), Respiratory (4), Retired measures (0), Safety (25)

Savings on individual presentations

Every month, we identify the biggest cost saving opportunities for Distington Surgery. We also indicate cheaper options, based on what others have prescribed.

£9,033
The theoretical maximum of savings this practice could have saved this month through prescription switches. Read more...

Price concessions cost

We estimate that in December 2024 price concessions for out-of-stock medicines will cost Distington Surgery an additional
£1,351

See the full breakdown of this estimate, view costs for other months, and sign up for alerts on the price concessions dashboard.

Ghost-branded generics

New: many practices are mistakenly prescribing generics as if they are brands. See a list of generics that may be affected here.

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OpenPrescribing Labs

Our Labs page is where we develop experimental new approaches to analysing data. All data and charts on the Labs should be treated cautiously. Our experimental Lab tools automatically identify areas that may be of interest to advanced users of OpenPrescribing, however not all charts presented may be relevant to clinical practice.
To view our first Labs prototype prescribing outlier dashboard click here

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