1. The Aims & Objectives of the Establishment

To provide an alternative means for the general public to receive medical consultation, examination and diagnosis by a General Medical Practitioner. The service is to be provided in peaceful, practical, professional and comfortable surroundings. It will be fee paying, so that patients will be able to choose the time that they require with the Medical Practitioner. The Practice will provide the very best in general medical traditional practice. It will also provide services both on and off site to companies. Company care will involve health surveillance of employees both on and off site, helping an early and appropriate return to work for employees who have been off sick, pre-employment health screening, employee and executive health checks. The Practice will run alongside NHS care and will communicate effectively and frequently with the NHS General Practitioners of patients. Patients are instructed not to de-register from their NHS GP’s but to use both services as and when required. All patients are required to retain registration with their NHS GP.

2. The Name and Address of the Registered Provider

The name and address of the registered provider is Dr Joanna Longstaffe of The Independent General Practice, Longford Business Centre, Haywood House North, Dumfries Place, Cardiff CF10 3GA. There is no additional registered manager and therefore the registered provider is also the registered manager. She is a member of the Medical Defence Union, No.231131 X.

3. The Relevant Qualifications and Experience of the Registered Provider

The relevant qualifications and experience of Dr Joanna Longstaffe are as follows;

Bachelor of Medical Science . University of Wales College of Medicine 1988

Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners Post Graduate Examination 1991

Certificate of Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner, received 1st August 1989

Certificate of Prescribed/Equivalent Experience from the Joint Committee on Post Graduate Training for General Medical Practice, received August 1990

Certificate in Advanced Cardiac Life Support , 1990 – regularly updated since

Qualified in Forensic Medicine ( Police Surgeon ) , 2003

National Open College Network Certificate – Credit Level 2 – Welsh Language , 2004

Certificate in Administration on Botulinum A Toxin , February 2004 , London

Mother of 4 children , born between 1997 and 2002

Dr Joanna Longstaffe has all the credentials required for the management of a private General Practice. She has been an NHS partner in Cardiff for 12 years and worked in the Casualty Unit of the Heath Hospital for 10 years.

Dr Longstaffe is a member of the General Medical Council, GMC No. 3355631 and the Independent Doctors Forum.

4. The Relevant Qualifications and Experience of the Staff working in the Establishment, or for the purposes of the Agency

Locum doctors may be asked to work on a self employed basis for the purposes of the Practice. Such doctors will be required to produce evidence of their CV, full qualification and registration of societies, medical indemnity insurance, General Medical Council certificates, Hepatitis B status and references where appropriate.

Where doctors or nurses are NOT in an NHS/Private employee status, their CRB status will be required.

* Please read the information on this page before registering. The Registration Forms can be downloaded from our downloads page - Here. The forms are downloadable as a PDF file - (Acrobat Reader required).