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Practice information

Last Updated: Monday, 10 August 2026

History
The current primary care system in England, whereby GPs [general practitioners] are contractors to the NHS, was born out of the decision made at the establishment of the NHS in 1947. Storrsdale has been a well established Medical Practice since this period. Storrsdale Medical Centre provides a wide range of health services, including medical advice, vaccinations, examinations and treatment, prescriptions for medicines, referrals to other health services and social services. In the beginning of 2007, Dr. Murugesh Velayudham took over as the successor of Dr. S A Kumar, who previously held the position of senior GP partner at Storrsdale Medical Centre. Dr. Murugesh Velayudham and his team have been diligently providing the highest quality of care to the patients of Storrsdale Medical Centre since 2007. His commitment and expertise have undoubtedly made a significant impact on the well-being of the community. We offer a transparent service to all, ensuring services available are needed and used. With full disabled access, our custom built premises offers an inviting place for you to ensure your life is a happy and healthy one. Our clinical team consists of Salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice nurses, First Contact Physicians and clinical pharmacist. The practice team deliver a full range of clinical services under our General Medical Services (GMS) contract with NHS England.

As a team the values we share with partners and staff are:

  • Openness
  • Fairness
  • Respect
  • Accountability
  • To give the highest standard of care possible

The practice has always strived and  brought improvement and changes on providing high quality care and reducing health inequalities in Liverpool.

Mission Statement:

Caring for the community by providing safe, effective and high quality patients centered service within a confidential and safe environment.

Modern general practice model

Storrsdale Medical Centre is working on basis of Modern General Practice

Modern general practice is the foundation of a transformation journey to better align capacity with need, improve patient experience and improve the working environment for general practice staff by:

  • optimising contact channels; offering patient choice of access channel (telephone, online and in person) via highly usable and accessible practice websites, online consultation tools and improved telephone systems.
  • structured information gathering at the point of patient contact (regardless of contact channel) to understand what is being asked of the service.
  • using one care navigation (and workflow) process across all access channels to assess and prioritise need safely and fairly, and to efficiently get patients to the right healthcare professional or service, in the appropriate time frame (including consideration of continuity of care) moving away from a ‘first come first served approach’.
  • better allocating existing capacity to need, making full use of a multi-professional primary care team, community services and ‘self access’ options where appropriate, and helping GPs and practice staff to optimise use of their time to where it’s needed most.
  • building capability in general practice teams to work together and to access, understand and use data, digital tools and shared knowledge to lead, plan, implement, improve and sustain change.

Modern general practice uses digital tools, transformation support, funding and  incentives as part of a system wide delivery plan, which also includes expansion of clinical pharmacy and improvements across the primary care-secondary care interface to support general practice sustainability and primary care transformation.

GP Contract 2026/2027

We have received information from the NHS about the contract for this year. The key themes are:

 
Improving Access for Patients
• Patients identified as having a clinically urgent need must receive a response on the same day. • Patients with non-urgent requests will receive an appropriate response and guidance on next steps by the end of the next working day. • Online consultation systems must remain available during core hours and cannot limit the number of requests submitted by patients. • Practices must clearly display opening times for all methods of access, including telephone, online consultations and walk-in services. • Patients should never be asked to call back on another day to access services.

 

Building capacity in our workforce
• A new GP reimbursement scheme has been introduced to support practices in recruiting additional GPs or increasing sessions provided by existing GPs. • Changes to the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) will allow Primary Care Networks to recruit a wider range of GPs, helping improve patient access and continuity of care. • All Practice and PCN staff will participate in the General Practice Staff Survey to support workforce development and staff experience improvements.

 

Reducing Bureaucracy and Improving Care Coordination
• Advice and Guidance services are now embedded within core practice funding, helping clinicians obtain specialist advice more quickly and reducing unnecessary referrals. • Online patient registration processes will be streamlined, making registration easier and more efficient for patients and practices. • Improved data collection and reporting will help NHS organisations better understand patient access and service demand. • Practices will continue to work closely with community pharmacies, supporting safer and more efficient communication and prescription management.

 

Delivering Modern General Practice
• We continue to develop our online services to ensure patients can access help through the most appropriate route. • Care navigation and triage processes will ensure clinically urgent cases are managed promptly and patients receive guidance on the most suitable service for their needs. • Primary Care Networks will strengthen continuity of care by identifying and prioritising patients who would benefit from ongoing support from the same healthcare professionals. • PCNs will support care home residents by ensuring eligible patients are offered routine and seasonal vaccinations in line with national recommendations.

 

Supporting Prevention and Better Health Outcomes
• The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) has been updated to align with the latest NICE guidance and support more effective patient care. • New indicators have been introduced to support obesity management, including referrals to structured weight management programmes and medicines optimisation. • A new diabetes indicator promotes completion of all eight NICE-recommended diabetes care processes. • Childhood vaccination indicators have been enhanced to recognise practices that achieve meaningful improvements in vaccination uptake. • The RSV vaccination programme has been expanded to include all adults aged 80 and over and residents of care homes for older adults.