St. Michael's Medical Centre

What St. Michael's Medical Centre does

St. Michael's Medical Centre is a single-site NHS GP partnership practice located on St. Michaels Bridge Road in Dumfries, Scotland (DG1 2PX). The practice operates from modern purpose-built premises completed in March 2006 and has held a Primary Medical Services contract with NHS Dumfries and Galloway since 1 April 2004 under the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004. It is owned and operated by three GP partners and serves approximately 7,000-7,600 registered patients centred primarily on the town of Dumfries.

The practice delivers the standard NHS general medical services portfolio: routine and urgent GP consultations, childhood and seasonal immunisations (including the seasonal influenza campaign), chronic disease management (notably Type 2 Diabetes recalls and DESMOND referrals), women's health (contraception, cervical screening, well woman advice, sexual health clinic), minor surgery, smoking cessation support, well person checks for patients aged 40-75, maternity care via the Blue Team midwifery service, and home visits for housebound patients. Clinical delivery is supported by three GPs, a Practice Manager, an Office Supervisor, practice and healthcare assistant nurses, an in-house pharmacy team (Lead Pharmacist, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician), an NHS Dumfries & Galloway Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist, and an Immunisation Nurse. The underlying technology stack is entirely NHS-provided: the Patient Access / EMIS Access portal for online appointments and repeat prescriptions, NHS Attend Anywhere for video consultations, NHS Inform for patient-facing health information, the Practice365 website platform, and integration with Diabetes My Way for diabetes self-management.

The revenue model is a contracted, NHS-funded subscription-style arrangement under the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004. The practice receives capitation and other payments from NHS Dumfries and Galloway for registered patients, with services free at the point of use to those patients. A small ancillary revenue stream is generated from non-NHS services (pre-employment, sports and driving medicals including HGV/PSV, insurance claim forms, travel prescriptions, private sick notes, vaccination certificates) priced at BMA suggested scales. Patients register directly with the practice if they reside within the practice boundary, and access is delivered through face-to-face consultations, telephone triage, video consultations via NHS Attend Anywhere, online booking through Patient Access, and home visits. There is no external marketing activity beyond the practice website and NHS information channels.

Name

St. Michael's Medical Centre

Legal name

St Michaels Medical Centre

Website

https://stmichaelsmedical.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

St. Michael's Medical Centre is a 3-partner NHS GP practice in Dumfries, Scotland, contracted under the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 to provide general medical services to approximately 7,600 registered patients from modern purpose-built premises completed in 2006.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Care / NHS General Practice

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Primary Care Practices (HLAFAGAA)

Keywords

• NHS primary care services
• General practice medicine
• Chronic disease management
• Immunisation services
• Women's health services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dumfries

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. NHS Primary Medical Services: Contracted to provide general medical services under the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. Services are funded through the NHS and provided free at point of use to registered patients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

St Michael's Medical Centre is a 3-partner NHS GP practice delivering comprehensive NHS Primary Care Services to approximately 7,000–7,600 registered patients in and around Dumfries, Scotland. Its core offering includes general medical consultations, immunisations, chronic disease management (notably Type 2 Diabetes recall and reviews), women's health and sexual health clinics, minor surgery, physiotherapy, smoking cessation support, well-person health checks, maternity care, and home visits — supplemented by a small portfolio of fee-paying non-NHS services such as pre-employment and driving medicals.

Product overview

St Michael's Medical Centre operates as a single-site NHS GP practice offering a unified portfolio of primary care services centred around its core general medical services. The practice, completed in March 2006 and serving approximately 7,600 patients in Dumfries, provides comprehensive clinical services including immunisations, chronic disease management, women's health, physiotherapy, and minor surgery, complemented by digital services for online prescription ordering and video consultations via NHS platforms. Services are delivered through the core NHS Primary Care Services offering, supported by general nursing clinics, home visits, and a Well Person clinic for preventive health checks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NHS Dumfries and GallowaycoreOthers · 1 April 2004As from 1st April 2004, the practice has been contracted to provide general medical services under the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. The health board oversees and funds primary care services in the region.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Others

• TPP: UK healthcare IT supplier providing SystmOne, the leading GP clinical system widely used across NHS practices. Comparable as a primary-care technology ecosystem participant serving the same practice IT layer.
• EMIS Group: UK healthcare technology supplier whose EMIS Web and EMIS Access systems are used by the vast majority of NHS GP practices including St Michael's. Comparable as a critical infrastructure provider to the practice's clinical workflow.
• Modus Services: UK primary care support and back-office services provider working with NHS GP practices and federations. Comparable as an enabling service provider in the GP practice operating environment.
• Cegedim Vision: UK provider of Vision clinical and practice management software used by a material share of NHS GP practices. Comparable as a GP-IT supplier in the same primary care operating stack.

Direct peers

• Doctor Care Anywhere: UK-listed telehealth provider delivering primary care and GP consultations via video and digital channels. Comparable as a primary care access model competing for NHS and private patient relationships in the UK.
• LIVI: UK/NHS-aligned digital primary care platform offering video GP consultations through NHS partnerships. Direct overlap as a primary-care delivery channel competing for the same registered-patient relationship as a traditional NHS GP practice.
• Push Doctor: UK digital GP service offering on-demand video consultations with NHS-contract and private options. Direct peer in telehealth-enabled primary care delivery to UK patients.

Broad incumbents

• eMed (formerly Babylon Health): UK-founded digital primary care company that ran 'GP at Hand' NHS GP practice and global digital health services. Comparable as a broad incumbent spanning digital primary care, chronic condition management and AI-enabled triage.
• Practice Plus Group: UK independent healthcare provider delivering NHS primary care, urgent care, diagnostics and secondary care. Comparable as an operator of contracted NHS primary care services at greater scale than a single-site GP practice.

Regional players

• Totally plc: UK healthcare services group operating NHS urgent care, planned care and community services. Comparable as a UK-focused NHS-services operator with portfolio breadth spanning primary-adjacent pathways.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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